Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
44Participating person
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44 Participating person
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a person is a participating person for an eligible revenue period if: (a) the person was a carrier at any time during the eligible revenue period; or (b) both: (i) the Minister makes a written determination that carriage service providers are participating persons for the eligible revenue period; and (ii) the person was a carriage service provider at any time during the eligible revenue period; or (c) at any time during the eligible revenue period, the person was in a class of persons specified in the regulations. (2) However, a person is not a participating person for an eligible revenue period if the person is of a kind, determined in writing by the Minister for the purposes of this subsection, to be exempt from this section. (3) A determination under subsection (1) or (2) is a legislative instrument.