New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GOVERNMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 2018 - SECT 16

16 Government sector agencies to use Government telecommunications network

(1) Government sector agencies are required to use the Government telecommunications network for operational communications requiring the use of a telecommunications network.

(2) Despite subsection (1), a government sector agency is not required to use the Government telecommunications network for operational communications if--

(a) the Minister has authorised the use of an alternative telecommunications network for operational communications and the network is used for that purpose in accordance with any conditions specified in that authorisation, or

(b) the agency is authorised under this Act or another Act or law to establish or operate a telecommunications network, however described, and has advised the Authority of the establishment or operation of that network, or

(c) the agency has established a telecommunications network for purposes other than operational communications, and the use of the network for operational communications is ancillary to the primary purpose of that network.