7 Exemption

In circumstances where a person:

(a) is not a member of an associated group and who supplies fixed-line carriage services to the higher of no more than:
(i) 2,000 residential customers; or
(ii) the number of residential customers (not exceeding 12,000) specified in regulations made for the purpose of subparagraph 143A(1)(d)(ii) of the Act, as in force from time to time; or
(b) is a member of an associated group, and the members of that associated group, in aggregate, supply fixed-line carriage services to the higher of no more than:
(i) 2,000 residential customers; or
(ii) the number of residential customers (not exceeding 12,000) specified in regulations made for the purpose of subparagraph 143A(1)(e)(ii) of the Act, as in force from time to time;

and that person:

(c) has, by written notice to the ACCC, elected to be bound by this Determination; and
(d) has not, by written notice to the ACCC, cancelled the election;

the person is exempt from sections 142C or 143 of the Act, subject to the conditions and limitations set out in section 8.