Telecommunications Act 1997
28Designated radiocommunications facility
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28 Designated radiocommunications facility
(1) If a designated radiocommunications facility is used, or is for use, to supply a carriage service between a point in Australia and one or more other points in Australia, the facility is a network unit. (2) It does not matter whether the supply involves: (a) the use of a satellite; or (b) the use of a line or other facility outside Australia. (3) For the purposes of this section, a point includes a mobile or potentially mobile point, whether on land, underground, in the atmosphere, in outer space, underwater, at sea or anywhere else. (4) For the purposes of this section, a point that is: (a) in the atmosphere; and (b) in or below the stratosphere; and (c) above Australia; is taken to be a point in Australia. (5) For the purposes of this section, a point that is: (a) on a satellite; and (b) above the stratosphere; is taken to be a point outside Australia.