Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (ARBITRATION) REGULATIONS 1997 No. 350 - REG 2

2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

"Act" means the Telecommunications Act 1997;

"arbitration" means arbitration of a dispute by the ACCC under:

   (a)  section 267, 269, 335, 351 or 462 of the Act; or

   (b)  clause 18, 27, 29 or 36 of Schedule 1 to the Act; or

   (c)  clause 5 or 8 of Schedule 2 to the Act;

"determination" means a determination of a dispute;

"dispute" means a dispute notified under regulation 3;

"member", in relation to the ACCC, includes an associate member;

"party" means a person or body who, under regulation 5, is a party to an
arbitration;

"service" means:

   (a)  access to a service that is required to be provided under:

        (i)    section 267 of the Act; or

        (ii)   clause 4 or 7 of Schedule 2 to the Act; or

   (b)  access to a carriage service, facility or network that is required to
        be provided under:

        (i)    section 269 of the Act; or

        (ii)   clause 17, 33, 34 or 35 of Schedule 1 to the Act; or

   (c)  a service that is required to be provided under section 335 or 351 of
        the Act; or

   (d)  compliance with a requirement of a numbering plan mentioned in section
        462 of the Act; or

   (e)  access to information that is required to be provided under clause 21,
        22, 23, 24 or 25 of Schedule 1 to the Act; or

   (f)  consultation that is required under clause 29 of Schedule 1 to the
        Act;

"service provider" means a person who is required under the Act to provide a
service;

"service seeker" means a person or body:

   (a)  seeking to make or vary an agreement about provision of a service to
        the person or body; or

   (b)  whose service provider has changed, or proposes to change, the terms
        and conditions on which a service is provided by the provider to the
        person or body.