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(b) to ensure that payphones are reasonably accessible to all people in Australia on an equitable basis, wherever they reside or carry on business; and
(c) to ensure that prescribed carriage services are reasonably accessible to all people in Australia on an equitable basis, wherever they reside or carry on business.
(b) to supply, install and maintain payphones in Australia; and
(c) to supply prescribed carriage services to people in Australia on request.
(4) A copy of a determination under subsection (3) must be published in the Gazette .
(5) The regulations may prescribe, for the purpose of paragraph (1)(b), what is, or is not, necessary to ensure that payphones are reasonably accessible as mentioned in that paragraph, including:
(b) the process for public consultation on the location of payphones; and
(c) the process for resolution of any complaints about the location of payphones.
(7) Subsection (5) does not limit the generality of subsection (3).
(8) An obligation does not arise under paragraph (2)(a) in relation to particular equipment, goods or services the supply of which is treated under section 13 as the supply of a standard telephone service if the customer concerned requests not to be supplied with the equipment, goods or services.
(9) An obligation does not arise under paragraph (2)(c) in relation to particular equipment, goods or services the supply of which is treated under section 14 as the supply of a prescribed carriage service if the customer concerned requests not to be supplied with the equipment, goods or services.
(10) To avoid doubt, an obligation arising under paragraph (2)(a) in relation to customer equipment requires the customer concerned to be given the option of hiring the equipment.