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Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
22ECopies of relevant contracts—requirement imposed by rules
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#### 22E Copies of relevant contracts—requirement imposed by rules
(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make rules that impose the following requirements to be complied with by a designated Telstra successor company that has entered into a relevant contract in a specified class of relevant contracts:
(a) the requirement that, within 7 days after such a contract is entered into, the company must give:
(i) an authorised officer; or
(ii) if there is no authorised officer—the Minister;
a copy of the contract;
(b) the requirement that, within 7 days after the company enters into a variation of such a contract, the company must give:
(i) an authorised officer; or
(ii) if there is no authorised officer—the Minister;
a copy of the variation.
Compliance with requirement
(2) A designated Telstra successor company must comply with a requirement imposed by rules made under subsection (1).
Civil penalty
(3) Subsection (2) is a civil penalty provision.
> Note: Part 31 provides for pecuniary penalties for breaches of civil penalty provisions.