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TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 142

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  A controller of a local access line (other than a line that is part of the infrastructure of the national broadband network) must not use the line to supply an eligible service to a person other than a carrier or a service provider, if:

  (a)   the line came into existence, or was upgraded, on or after the designated commencement date; and

  (b)   the line is used, or is proposed to be used, to supply a superfast carriage service wholly or principally to residential customers, or prospective residential customers, in Australia; and

  (c)   no functional separation undertaking is in force.

  A controller of a telecommunications network (other than the national broadband network) must not use a local access line to supply an eligible service to a person other than a carrier or a service provider, if:

  (a)   the line is part of the infrastructure of the network; and

  (b)   the network came into existence, or was upgraded, on or after 1   January 2011, but before the designated commencement date; and

  (c)   the network is used, or is proposed to be used, to supply a superfast carriage service wholly or principally to residential customers, or prospective residential customers, in Australia; and

  (d)   no functional separation undertaking is in force.



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