House of Representatives

Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2019

Extract of Explanatory Memorandum

(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, the Honourable Paul Fletcher MP)

ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations are used in this explanatory memorandum:

ACCC Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
ACMA Australian Communications and Media Authority
Bill Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2019
Charge Bill Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2019
CCA Competition and Consumer Act 2010
CLCs Declaration Carrier Licence Conditions (Networks supplying Superfast Carriage Services to Residential Customers) Declaration 2014
CSP/CSPs carriage service provider/carriage service providers
Department Department of Communications and the Arts
Legislation Act Legislation Act 2003
Mbps megabits per second
Minister the Minister responsible for administering the Telecommunications Act 1997
NBN National Broadband Network
NBN Co NBN Co Limited
NBN Companies Act National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011
SIP Statutory infrastructure provider
TCPSS Act Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
Tel Act Telecommunications Act 1997
TIO Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman


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