Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1991 No. 98 of 1991 - SECT 74

74. (1) This section applies where:

   (a)  a carrier is a Signatory within the meaning of the INTELSAT Agreement
        because the carrier has been designated, by or on behalf of the
        Commonwealth and in accordance with Article II (b) of that Agreement,
        to sign the INTELSAT Operating Agreement; or

   (b)  a carrier is a Signatory within the meaning of the Convention on the
        International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT) because the
        carrier has been designated, by or on behalf of the Commonwealth and
        in accordance with Article 2 (3) of that Convention, to sign the
        Operating Agreement on the International Maritime Satellite
        Organization (INMARSAT).

(2) The Minister may notify the carrier in writing of the general policies of
the Commonwealth Government that are to apply in relation to the carrier's
performance of its functions as a Signatory within the meaning of that
Agreement or Convention.

(3) The Minister may give the carrier such written directions as he or she
thinks necessary in order to give effect to the policies set out in notices
under subsection (2).

(4) It is a condition of each licence held by the carrier that the carrier
must perform its functions as a Signatory within the meaning of that Agreement
or Convention in a way that is consistent with notices under subsection (2)
and directions under subsection (3).