Telecommunications (Arbitration) Regulations 2018
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In this instrument:
arbitration means arbitration of a dispute by the ACCC under:
(a) section 335, 351, 372M, 462, 581Z or 581ZE of the Telecommunications Act; or
(b) clause 18, 27, 29, 36 or 46 of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act; or
(c) clause 5 or 8 of Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act; or
(d) section 149 or 151 of the Consumer Protection Act.
Consumer Protection Act means the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.
determination means a determination of a dispute.
dispute means a dispute notified under subsection 6(1).
member, in relation to the ACCC, includes an associate member of the ACCC.
party means a person who, under section 8, is a party to an arbitration.
service means:
(a) access to a service that is required to be provided under:
(i) clause 4 or 7 of Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act; or
(ii) section 149 of the Consumer Protection Act; or
(b) access to a carriage service, facility or network that is required to be provided under:
(i) section 372L, 581Y or 581ZD of the Telecommunications Act; or
(ii) clause 17, 33, 34, 35 or 46 of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act; or
(iii) section 151 of the Consumer Protection Act; or
(c) a service that is required to be provided under section 335 or 351 of the Telecommunications Act; or
(d) compliance with the numbering plan that is required under section 462 of the Telecommunications Act; or
(e) access to information that is required to be provided under clause 21, 22, 23, 24 or 25 of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act; or
(f) consultation that is required under clause 29 of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act.
service provider means a person who is required, under the Telecommunications Act or the Consumer Protection Act, to provide a service.
service seeker means a person:
(a) seeking to make or vary an agreement about provision of a service to the person; or
(b) whose service provider has changed, or proposes to change, the terms and conditions on which a service is provided by the service provider to the person.
Telecommunications Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.