Commonwealth legislation

Telecommunications Universal Service Obligation (Declaration Deferral Period) Declaration 2017

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This instrument, made under the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999, declares that a 24‑month “declaration deferral period” begins the day after it is registered. It applies for the purposes of sections 8J and 8K of the Act and therefore determines the timetable that governs the obligations and parties covered by those sections, under the Minister’s statutory authority.

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Telecommunications Universal Service Obligation (Declaration Deferral Period) Declaration 2017

Commonwealth of Australia

Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

Telecommunications Universal Service Obligation

(Declaration Deferral Period)

Declaration 2017

I, MITCH FIFIELD, Minister for Communications, make the following Declaration.

Dated 16 June 2017

MITCH FIFIELD

Minister for Communications

Name of Declaration

This Declaration is the Telecommunications Universal Service Obligation (Declaration Deferral Period) Declaration 2017.

Commencement

This Declaration commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Authority

This Declaration is made under paragraphs 8J(1)(b) and 8K(1)(b) of the Act.

Definitions

In this Declaration:

Act means the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

Note: The term declaration deferral period is defined in sections 8J and 8K of the Act.

Declaration

The 24-month period starting immediately after this Declaration is made is the declaration deferral period for the purposes of sections 8J and 8K of the Act.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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