{"id":"F2004B00463","name":"Notice of the Primary Universal Service Provider for Australia","slug":"notice-of-the-primary-universal-service-provider-for-australia","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":31471,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2004B00463-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notice of the Primary Universal Service Provider for Australia","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: NOTICE OF THE PRIMARY UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROVIDER FOR AUSTRALIA\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nNOTICE OF THE PRIMARY UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROVIDER FOR AUSTRALIA\n\n \n\nNotice is given under subsection 12D(2) of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 (the Act) that Telstra Corporation Limited (ABN 33 051 775 556) is the primary universal service provider for the whole of Australia in respect of the following service obligations:\n\n \n\n(a)                the obligation referred to in paragraph 9(1)(a) of the Act (dealing with the standard telephone services);   \n\n(b)               the obligation referred to in paragraph 9(1)(b) of the Act (dealing with payphones);   \n\n(c)                the obligation referred to in paragraph 9(1)(c) of the Act (dealing with prescribed carriage services).   \n\n \n\n \n\nSimon Bryant\n\nA/g General Manager\n\nRegional Communications Policy\n\nDepartment of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts\n\n \n\n(Published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. GN49, 13 December 2000.)\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1751},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard administrative designation exercising the power under section 12D of the Act. It operates strictly within the existing statutory framework for universal service obligations without expanding the scope or creating new categories of obligation."},"complexity_factors":["Single-page administrative notice with no subsections, schedules, or definitions","No conditional logic, exceptions, or 'if/then' structures","Only three straightforward statutory cross-references (paragraphs 9(1)(a), (b), and (c))","Declarative statement of fact (X is the provider) rather than regulatory rules"],"plain_english_summary":"This notice names Telstra as Australia’s primary universal service provider, legally requiring it to ensure nationwide access to basic telephone services, payphones and other prescribed carriage services.  \n\nThe designation guarantees that people in remote or commercially unviable areas can get basic phone access; Telstra must deliver those services even where unprofitable, all Australians gain entitlement, and other carriers may have contribution obligations to support the scheme."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/notice-of-the-primary-universal-service-provider-for-australia","history":"/api/acts/notice-of-the-primary-universal-service-provider-for-australia/history","analysis":"/api/acts/notice-of-the-primary-universal-service-provider-for-australia/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/notice-of-the-primary-universal-service-provider-for-australia/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/notice-of-the-primary-universal-service-provider-for-australia/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/notice-of-the-primary-universal-service-provider-for-australia/documents"}}