Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 No. 47 of 1997 - SECT 152

(1) The Minister may, by written instrument, determine a selection system for
the purpose of selecting a carrier to be the national universal service
provider in relation to specified financial years.

(2) A system so determined must require the selected carrier to have elected
that:

   (a)  an amount specified in the election will be the carrier's net
        universal service cost for the financial year concerned; or

   (b)  a method of ascertaining an amount, being a method specified in the
        election, will apply for the purposes of determining the carrier's net
        universal service cost for the financial year concerned.

(3) A system so determined may require an applicant for selection to give the
Minister a copy of the document that the applicant would be required to give
to the Minister under section 157 in the event that the applicant is
successful. This subsection does not, by implication, limit subsection (1).

(4) If a system has been determined under this section, the Minister must not
exercise the powers conferred by subsection 150(1) in a way that is
inconsistent with the system.

(5) This Part does not prevent a method mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) from
being the same as a method that would have applied if the system concerned had
not been determined.

(6) A determination under subsection (1) is a disallowable instrument for the
purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation  Act 1901 .