106Minister may direct AUSTEL in the use of its powers under this Division

##### 106 Minister may direct AUSTEL in the use of its powers under this Division (1) The Minister may give AUSTEL written directions about: (a) what authorisations AUSTEL may or must give under this Division; and (b) what terms and conditions (if any) may or must be included in authorisations under this Division; and (c) how AUSTEL is to exercise its other powers under this Division. (2) The Minister may give or vary a direction only if: (a) he or she has consulted each general carrier whose interests may, in his or her opinion, be affected by the direction, or by the direction as varied, as the case may be; and (b) in his or her opinion, the direction, or the direction as varied, as the case may be, will not erode unduly the practical value of the general carriers’ rights under sections 90 and 92. (3) This section does not affect the Minister’s power to give AUSTEL directions under other provisions about other matters. (4) An instrument under this section is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.