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Telecommunications Act 1991
156Determination under section 154 taken to be an access agreement
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##### 156 Determination under section 154 taken to be an access agreement
(1) A determination made under section 154 because of an arbitration:
(a) is taken to be an access agreement between the carriers who were parties to the arbitration; and
(b) may be varied by those carriers, and enforced by each of them, as if it were a contract between them.
(2) Paragraph (1)(a) has effect for the purposes of:
(a) sections 157 and 158, Division 4 and section 236; and
(b) any other provision of this Act, except subparagraph 141(1)(b)(i), this section and any provision that expressly distinguishes between an access agreement and a determination made under section 154.
(3) Paragraph (1)(b) does not affect Division 1 of Part 16.
(4) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a determination made as mentioned in subsection 157(4).