Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1991 No. 98 of 1991 - SECT 82

82. (1) AUSTEL may declare that the chart of accounts or cost allocation
manual that would otherwise be binding on a particular carrier is binding on
that carrier with such modifications as the declaration specifies.

(2) AUSTEL may only make a declaration under subsection (1) if it is satisfied
that making the declaration is desirable in order to help achieve the objects
of this Part.

(3) A declaration under subsection (1):

   (a)  may be made on AUSTEL's own initiative or at the request of the
        carrier concerned; and

   (b)  must be made by writing given to the carrier.

(4) A declaration under subsection (1) has effect, according to its tenor,
from:

   (a)  if the declaration is made before the day when the chart or manual
        would, apart from the declaration, become binding on the carrier -
        that day; or

   (b)  the day after the carrier receives the declaration; or

   (c)  the day specified in the declaration as its day of effect; whichever
        is later or latest.