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Telecommunications Act 1997 - Determination under subsection 51(1), No. 2 of 1998

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This determination exempts informal, not-for-profit sharing of phone or internet services from heavy carrier licensing under the Telecommunications Act. It applies where a visitor uses a carriage service on someone else’s land, the service is provided free or at cost, and the equipment owner (or close household/family) has a legal interest in the land.

It lets property owners offer free Wi‑Fi, landline access, or internet to guests or campers without needing a carrier licence, while keeping commercial operations regulated.

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Telecommunications Act 1997

DETERMINATION UNDER SUBSECTION 51(1), No. 2 of 1998

I, RICHARD KENNETH ROBERT ALSTON, Minister for Communications, the Information Economy and the Arts, under subsection 51(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997 (‘the Act’), determine that section 42 of the Act does not apply in relation to use of a network unit to supply a carriage service, on a not-for-profit basis, to a person on land in relation to which:

(a) the person is a visitor; and

(b) either of the following persons has a legal or equitable interest:

(i) the network unit owner; or

(ii) a person within the immediate circle of the network unit owner.

Dated 21 August 1998

RICHARD ALSTON

Minister for Communications,

the Information Economy and the Arts

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