Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (ARBITRATION) REGULATIONS 2018 (F2018L01740) - REG 5

                   In this instrument:

"arbitration " means arbitration of a dispute by the ACCC under:

                     (a)  section 335, 351, 372M or 462 of the Telecommunications Act; or

                     (b)  clause 18, 27, 29, 36 or 46 of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act; or

                     (c)  clause 5 or 8 of Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act; or

                     (d)  section 149 or 151 of the Consumer Protection Act.

"Consumer Protection Act " means the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 .

"determination " means a determination of a dispute.

"dispute " means a dispute notified under subsection 6(1).

"member " , in relation to the ACCC, includes an associate member of the ACCC.

"party " means a person who, under section 8, is a party to an arbitration.

"service " means:

                     (a)  access to a service that is required to be provided under:

                              (i)  clause 4 or 7 of Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act; or

                             (ii)  section 149 of the Consumer Protection Act; or

                     (b)  access to a carriage service, facility or network that is required to be provided under:

                              (i)  section 372L of the Telecommunications Act; or

                             (ii)  clause 17, 33, 34, 35 or 46 of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act; or

                            (iii)  section 151 of the Consumer Protection Act; or

                     (c)  a service that is required to be provided under section 335 or 351 of the Telecommunications Act; or

                     (d)  compliance with the numbering plan that is required under section 462 of the Telecommunications Act; or

                     (e)  access to information that is required to be provided under clause 21, 22, 23, 24 or 25 of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act; or

                      (f)  consultation that is required under clause 29 of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act.

"service provider " means a person who is required, under the Telecommunications Act or the Consumer Protection Act, to provide a service.

"service seeker " means a person:

                     (a)  seeking to make or vary an agreement about provision of a service to the person; or

                     (b)  whose service provider has changed, or proposes to change, the terms and conditions on which a service is provided by the service provider to the person.

" Telecommunications Act " means the Telecommunications Act 1997 .