Telecommunications Act 1997
148Exemption—water supply bodies
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148 Exemption—water supply bodies
(1) Subsections 142C(2) and 143(2) do not apply if: (a) the eligible service is a carriage service, and the sole use of the carriage service is use by a water supply body to carry communications necessary or desirable for: (i) managing the distribution of water in a pipeline; or (ii) charging for the supply of water distributed in a pipeline; or (b) the eligible service is a service that facilitates the supply of a carriage service covered by paragraph (a) of this section. (2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to a carriage service supplied to a water supply body unless the carriage service is supplied on the basis that the water supply body must not re‑supply the carriage service.