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#### 142A Definitions
In this Part:
> alter, in relation to a telecommunications network or line, has a meaning affected by section 159.
> associate has the meaning given by section 152.
> business unit means a part of a corporation.
> close proximity has a meaning affected by section 162.
> corporation means a body corporate.
> customer interface means an interface for the purposes of:
(a) ordering; and
(b) provisioning; and
(c) billing; and
(d) service activation; and
(e) fault rectification;
in relation to the supply of local access line services.
> declared service has the same meaning as in Part XIC of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.
> designated carriage service has the meaning given by section 142BD.
> designated commencement date means the date on which Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Act 2020 commences.
> electricity supply body has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011.
> eligible service has the same meaning as in section 152AL of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.
> fixed‑line carriage service means a carriage service that is supplied using a line to premises occupied or used by an end‑user.
> functional includes organisational.
> functional separation undertaking means:
(a) a standard functional separation undertaking; or
(b) a joint functional separation undertaking.
> fundamental provision of a functional separation undertaking has the meaning given by subsection 151A(9) or 151C(9).
> gas supply body has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011.
> joint functional separation undertaking means an undertaking under section 151C.
> local access line has the meaning given by section 158.
> local access line service means an eligible service supplied using a local access line.
> multi‑unit building means:
(a) a building that has 2 or more units for occupation as a place of residence or business; or
(b) a building in a complex, where each building has 2 or more units for occupation as a place of residence or business.
> national broadband network has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011.
> rail corporation has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011.
> residential customer has a meaning affected by section 161.
> retail business unit of a corporation means a business unit by which the corporation deals with the corporation’s retail customers in relation to the supply of local access line services.
> retail customer means a customer other than a wholesale customer.
> retailer, when used in relation to a joint functional separation undertaking, means a person identified in the undertaking as the retailer, or one of the retailers, for the purposes of the undertaking.
> Note: See paragraph 151C(2)(a).
> sewerage services body has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011.
> standard functional separation undertaking means an undertaking under section 151A.
> State or Territory road authority has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011.
> storm water drainage services has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011.
> storm water drainage services body has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011.
> superfast carriage service means a carriage service, where:
(a) the carriage service enables end‑users to download communications; and
(b) the download transmission speed of the carriage service is normally 25 megabits per second or more; and
(c) the carriage service is supplied using a line to premises occupied or used by an end‑user.
> supply, in relation to a service, includes supply of the service by a corporation to itself. This definition does not apply to subsection 142C(2) or 143(2).
> unsatisfactory compliance record has a meaning affected by section 142BC.
> upgrade, in relation to a telecommunications network or line, has a meaning affected by section 160.
> water supply body has the same meaning as in the National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011.
> wholesale business unit of a corporation means a business unit by which the corporation deals with its wholesale customers, and its retail business unit, in relation to the supply of local access line services.
> wholesale customer means a customer that is:
(a) a carrier; or
(b) a service provider.
> wholesaler, when used in relation to a joint functional separation undertaking, means a person identified in the undertaking as the wholesaler, or one of the wholesalers, for the purposes of the undertaking.
> Note: See paragraph 151C(2)(a).
> worker means an individual who is:
(a) an employee; or
(b) a contractor or subcontractor; or
(c) an employee of a contractor or subcontractor.