National Transmission Network Sale Act 1998
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15 Nominated customers
(1) The telecommunications access regime applies only in cases where the access seeker is a nominated customer and is seeking access for a nominated purpose. (2) The ABC and SBS are nominated customers for the purposes of: (a) the carriage of national broadcasting services or ancillary services; and (b) access to sites or telecommunications transmission towers for purposes connected with national broadcasting services or ancillary services. (3) A non‑profit body is a nominated customer for the purposes of access to sites or telecommunications transmission towers, where that access is for community or educational purposes connected with an open narrowcasting television service. (4) A community broadcasting licensee is a nominated customer for the purposes of: (a) the carriage of broadcasting services solely or principally for the purpose of supplying the service known as Radio for the Print Handicapped; and (b) access to sites or telecommunications transmission towers for purposes connected with a community broadcasting service. (5) An emergency service organisation is a nominated customer for the purposes of access to sites or telecommunications transmission towers for purposes connected with radiocommunication transmissions by the organisation. (6) A commercial broadcasting licensee is a nominated customer for the purposes of access to sites or telecommunications transmission towers for purposes connected with providing a commercial broadcasting service in a declared remote area. (7) A non‑profit body is a nominated customer for the purposes of: (a) the carriage of broadcasting services for the purpose of an exempt re‑transmission; and (b) access to sites or telecommunications transmission towers for purposes connected with an exempt re‑transmission. (8) A government body is a nominated customer for the purposes of: (a) the carriage of broadcasting services for the purpose of an exempt re‑transmission; and (b) access to sites or telecommunications transmission towers for purposes connected with an exempt re‑transmission. (9) The same person or body can be a nominated customer under more than one of the preceding subsections.