TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONSUMER PROTECTION AND SERVICE STANDARDS) ACT 1999 - SECT 32
Minister to have regard to certain matters
(1) In deciding whether to approve a draft universal service plan for an area,
the Minister must have regard to whether:
(a) the plan provides for the
universal service obligation (in so far as it relates to that area) to be
fulfilled:
(i) as efficiently and economically as practicable; and
(ii) at performance standards that reasonably meet the social, industrial
and commercial needs of the Australian community; and
(iii) progressively throughout that area within such period as the Minister
considers reasonable; and
(b) the draft plan complies with any
requirements in force under section 33.
(2) Subsection (1) does not, by implication, limit the matters to which regard
may be had.