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NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK COMPANIES ACT 2011 - SECT 4

Simplified outline

    The following is a simplified outline of this Act:

  An NBN corporation must not supply an eligible service to another person unless the other person is:

  (a)   a carrier; or

  (b)   a service provider.

  An NBN corporation must not supply:

  (a)   a content service; or

  (b)   a non - communications service; or

  (c)   goods that are not for use in connection with the supply by an NBN corporation of an eligible service.

  An NBN corporation may be required to prepare, and comply with, a functional separation undertaking.

  The Communications Minister may give directions about the divestiture of assets of an NBN corporation.

  A condition of a carrier licence held by an NBN corporation may require the NBN corporation to supply a specified carriage service.

  A condition of a carrier licence held by an NBN corporation may prohibit the NBN corporation from supplying a specified carriage service.

  Under provisions called the Commonwealth ownership provisions, the Commonwealth must retain ownership of NBN Co.

Note:   Clause   1 of Schedule   1 provides that each of the following is an NBN corporation :

(a)   NBN Co;

(b)   NBN Tasmania;

(c)   a company over which NBN Co is in a position to exercise control.



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