Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK COMPANIES ACT 2011

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Objects  
   4.      Simplified outline  
   5.      Definitions  
   6.      Crown to be bound  
   7.      Extension to external Territories  

   PART 2--OPERATIONS--OF NBN CORPORATIONS

           Division 1--Simplified outline

   8.      Simplified outline  

           Division 2--Rules about operations of NBN corporations

              Subdivision A--Supply of eligible services to be on wholesale basis

   9.      Supply of eligible services to be on wholesale basis  
   10.     Exemption--transport authorities  
   11.     Exemption--electricity supply bodies  
   12.     Exemption--gas supply bodies  
   13.     Exemption--water supply bodies  
   14.     Exemption--sewerage services bodies  
   15.     Exemption--storm water drainage services bodies  
   16.     Exemption--State or Territory road authorities  

              Subdivision B--Supply of other good and services

   17.     Content services not to be supplied  
   18.     Non - communications services not to be supplied  
   19.     Non - communications goods not to be supplied  

              Subdivision BA--Access to a telecommunications transmission tower owned or operated by an NBN corporation etc.

   19A.    Access to a telecommunications transmission tower  
   19B.    Access to the site of a telecommunications transmission tower  
   19C.    Reasonableness--Ministerial determinations  
   19D.    Publication of access terms and conditions--towers  
   19E.    Publication of access terms and conditions--sites  
   19F.    Terms and conditions of access to be on a non - discriminatory basis  
   19G.    Equipment  
   19H.    Eligible person  
   19J.    Site  
   19K.    Goods  

              Subdivision C--Investment activities

   20.     Restriction of investment activities  

              Subdivision D--Transitional

   21.     Transitional--pre - commencement contractual obligations  
   22.     Transitional--pre - acquisition contractual obligations  

           Division 3--Functional separation of NBN corporations

   23.     Contents of draft or final functional separation undertaking  
   24.     Functional separation principles  
   25.     Functional separation requirements determination  
   26.     Draft functional separation undertaking to be given to the Communications Minister and the Finance Minister  
   27.     Approval of draft functional separation undertaking by the Communications Minister and the Finance Minister  
   28.     Time limit for making an approval decision  
   29.     Effect of approval  
   30.     Variation of final functional separation undertaking  
   31.     Publication of final functional separation undertaking  
   32.     Compliance with final functional separation undertaking  

           Division 4--Divestiture of assets by NBN corporations

   33.     Directions about disposal of assets  
   34.     Directions about transfer of assets to another NBN corporation  
   35.     Advice from ACCC about disposal or transfer directions  
   36.     Exemption from stamp duty--transfer in compliance with transfer direction  

           Division 5--Carrier licence conditions etc.

   37.     Carrier licence condition  
   38.     Service provider rule  
   39.      Power to declare carrier licence conditions not limited  
   40.     Power to determine service provider rules not limited  

           Division 6--Special carrier licence conditions

   41.     Conditions about supply of carriage services by NBN corporations  
   42.     Consultation with ACCC  

   PART 3--OWNERSHIP--AND CONTROL OF NBN CO

           Division 1--Simplified outline

   43.     Simplified outline of this Part  

           Division 2--Commonwealth ownership and control of NBN Co

              Subdivision AA--Infrastructure of national significance

   43A.    Parliament's intention in relation to operation of the national broadband network and ownership of NBN Co  

              Subdivision A--Commonwealth ownership provisions

   44.     Commonwealth ownership provisions  
   45.     Commonwealth to retain ownership of NBN Co  
   46.     Compliance by NBN Co  

           Division 4--General provisions

   76.     Extra - territorial application  

   PART 5--ANTI---AVOIDANCE

   86.     Anti - avoidance  

   PART 6--INJUNCTIONS

   87.     Simplified outline  
   88.     Injunctions  
   89.     Interim injunctions  
   90.     Discharge etc. of injunctions  
   91.     Certain limits on granting injunctions not to apply  
   92.     Other powers of the Federal Court unaffected  

   PART 7--MISCELLANEOUS

   93.     Severability  
   94.     Promotion of the long - term interests of end - users of carriage services and of services supplied by means of carriage services  
   95.     NBN Co is not a public authority  
   96.     Public Works Committee Act  
   97.     Winding - up of NBN corporation not prevented by this Act  
   98.     Rights of NBN corporation's shareholders, debenture holders and creditors to be subject to this Act  
   98A.    Exemption from stamp duty--matters related to the creation, development or operation of the national broadband network  
   98B.    Mapping data  
   99.     Delegation  
   100.    Compensation for acquisition of property  
   101.    Regulations  
           SCHEDULE 1 NBN corporations