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Telecommunications Act 1991
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##### 18 Eligible services
(1) Subject to this section, a telecommunications service that is supplied by means of:
(a) at least one reserved line link; or
(b) facilities including at least one reserved line link;
is an eligible service.
(2) Subject to this section, a telecommunications service:
(a) between distinct places within Australia; or
(b) between places within Australia and places outside Australia;
that is supplied by the use of satellite-based facilities is an eligible service.
(3) A telecommunications service (other than a public mobile telecommunications service or a public access cordless telecommunications service) that is supplied by a general carrier is not an eligible service.
(4) A public mobile telecommunications service that is supplied by a mobile carrier is not an eligible service.
(5) The fact that subsection (3) or (4) prevents a telecommunications service of a particular kind from being an eligible service because it is supplied by a general carrier or a mobile carrier, as the case may be, must be disregarded in determining whether a telecommunications service of that kind that is supplied by a person other than such a carrier is an eligible service because of subsection (1) or (2).