8CMRe‑affirmation of universal service obligation

#### 8CM Re‑affirmation of universal service obligation (1) The Parliament re‑affirms its intention: (a) that all people in Australia, wherever they reside or carry on business, will continue to have reasonable access, on an equitable basis, to standard telephone services and payphones; and (b) that the universal service obligation described in section 9 of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 should be fulfilled as efficiently and economically as practicable. (2) An expression used in this section and in Part 2 of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 has the same meaning in this section as it has in that Part.