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Telecommunications Act 1991
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##### 122 Effect of limitation determined by AUSTEL
(1) This section applies where:
(a) a person has suffered, or may suffer, loss or damage because of an act or omission (whether negligent or not) done or made by or on behalf of a carrier in relation to the supply by the carrier of a basic carriage service; and
(b) when the act was done, or the omission was made, a determination under section 121 was in force in relation to that basic carriage service.
(2) The most that can be recovered by way of damages under:
(a) if the person has only one cause of action in tort against that carrier or any other person in relation to loss or damage that the first-mentioned person has suffered, or may suffer, because of that act or omission—that cause of action; or
(b) if the person has 2 or more such causes of action—all of those causes of action;
is the maximum amount specified in the determination.