Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SERVICE STANDARDS) ACT 1999 - SECT 20

Note: If a selection system has been determined under section 22, a declaration under this subsection must be consistent with the system.

Note: If a selection system has been determined under section 23, a declaration under this subsection must be consistent with the system.

(4) The Minister must exercise his or her powers under this section in such a way that:

(a) at any particular time, there is not more than one declaration in force under subsection (1); and

(b) no service area in relation to which a declaration is in force under subsection (2) overlaps (either wholly or in part) with another service area.

(a) takes effect at the start of the next financial year after the one in which it is made; and

(b) if it specifies a financial year at whose end it ceases to have effect--ceases to have effect at the end of that financial year, unless sooner revoked.

(6) A revocation of a declaration under this section takes effect:

(a) if it specifies a financial year at whose end it is to take effect--at the end of that financial year; or

(b) otherwise--at the end of the financial year in which it is made.

(7) If:

(a) a declaration (the original declaration ) is in force under subsection (1) in relation to a particular carrier; and

(b) a fresh declaration is made under subsection (1); and

(c) the fresh declaration is expressed to replace the original declaration with effect from a specified time; and

(d) the fresh declaration specifies another carrier;

(e) the fresh declaration takes effect at that time; and

(f) the original declaration ceases to have effect at that time.

(a) a declaration (the original declaration ) is in force under subsection (2) in relation to a particular carrier and in relation to a particular service area; and

(b) a fresh declaration is made under subsection (2); and

(c) the fresh declaration is expressed to replace the original declaration with effect from a specified time; and

(d) the fresh declaration specifies another carrier; and

(e) the service area specified in the fresh declaration is the same as the service area specified in the original declaration;

(f) the fresh declaration takes effect at that time; and

(g) the original declaration ceases to have effect at that time.

(a) a declaration is in force under subsection (2) in relation to a particular carrier; and

(b) at a particular time, the carrier ceases to hold a carrier licence;

(10) A declaration under this section is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

(11) A reference in this section to a carrier does not include a reference to a person of a kind declared by the regulations to be exempt from section 16.