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Telecommunications Act 1997
136DCosts—transactions between persons not at arm’s length
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#### 136D Costs—transactions between persons not at arm’s length
If:
(a) a body or association has incurred a cost in connection with a transaction where the parties to the transaction are not dealing with each other at arm’s length in relation to the transaction; and
(b) apart from this section, the cost is counted for the purposes of the application of this Division to the body or association; and
(c) the amount of the cost is greater than is reasonable;
the amount of the cost is taken, for the purposes of the application of this Division in relation to the body or association, to be the amount that would have been reasonable if the parties were dealing with each other at arm’s length.