Second Reading Speeches

Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2019

Type
Government
Portfolio
Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Introduced with the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2019, the bill amends the:

Competition and Consumer Act 2010
and
Telecommunications Act 1997
in relation to: Layer 2 bitstream services; and statutory infrastructure providers;
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
and
Telecommunications Act 1997
and two legislative instruments in relation to local access lines;
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
,
Telecommunications Act 1997
and
Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
in relation to funding of fixed wireless broadband and satellite broadband; and
National Broadband Network Companies Act 2011
to require NBN Co to provide certain data about premises connected, or due to be connected, to the NBN. Also repeals four declarations.

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