203Objects

##### 203 Objects (1) These are the objects of this Part: (a) to ensure that eligible services, and the facilities used in supplying them, meet technical and operational standards determined by AUSTEL for the purpose of: (i) maintaining the integrity and efficiency of telecommunications networks operated by carriers; and (ii) maintaining at international standards the standards of eligible services supplied in Australia; (b) to ensure that telecommunications networks are not used in an unlawful way, or for unlawful purposes, in connection with the supply of eligible services; (c) to promote and safeguard a fair and efficient market in the supply of telecommunications services and to ensure that the supply of higher level services is open to full competition; (d) provide a means of regulating the activities of persons who supply eligible international services, in order to prevent the misuse of market power by persons who operate telecommunications networks outside Australia for or in relation to the supply of such services; (e) provide a means of regulating the supply of eligible services (other than public mobile telecommunications services) by means of facilities that include a radcom facility: (i) that is owned or operated by a person other than a general carrier; and (ii) is connected to a network operated by a general carrier; (f) provide a means of regulating the supply of eligible services by means of a network that: (i) is owned or operated by a person other than a general carrier; and (ii) is also used, is intended to be also used, or can also be used, to supply telecommunications services between places that are all in the same area because of subsection 12(2) or (3); and (iii) is interconnected to a network operated by a general carrier; (g) provide a means of regulating the supply of eligible services by means of: (i) a reserved line link between a place within Australia and a place outside Australia; or (ii) facilities including such a line link. (2) The purpose of regulating the supply of eligible services as mentioned in paragraph (1)(e), (f) or (g) is to prevent undue erosion of the practical value of the general carriers’ rights under Parts 6 and 9.