Telecommunications Act 1997
142BDDesignated carriage service
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142BD Designated carriage service
(1) For the purposes of this Part, designated carriage service means: (a) if a carriage service is specified in an instrument under subsection (2)—that carriage service; or (b) otherwise—a Layer 2 bitstream service. (2) The ACCC may, by legislative instrument, specify a carriage service for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a). (3) The ACCC must not specify a carriage service under subsection (2) unless: (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; and (d) there is in force a declaration under subsection 152AL(3) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 that relates to the carriage service.