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Telecommunications Act 1991
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##### 71 Prescribed carrier obligations
(1) A licence may declare that a specified condition of the licence is a prescribed carrier obligation of the carrier that holds the licence.
(2) A declaration under subsection (1) may be included in the licence when it is granted.
(3) The Minister may by writing vary a licence by inserting, varying or omitting a declaration under subsection (1).
(4) A variation under subsection (3) takes effect:
(a) when a copy of the variation is given to the carrier; or
(b) if the variation states that it takes effect on a later date—that later date.
(5) An instrument under subsection (3) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.