7020

 

2010

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

THE SENATE

 

 

 

 

 

Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010

 

 

(Amendment to be moved by Senator Ludlam on behalf of the Australian Greens in committee of whole)

This amendment will be moved in place of amendment no. 19on sheet no. 7006

(R19)            Schedule 1, item 160, page 144 (after line 12), at the end of Division 4B, add:

152BEE  Primacy of access agreements

             (1)  This section applies if an access agreement is inconsistent with any:

                     (a)  access determination; or

                     (b)  binding rule of conduct; or

                     (c)  special access undertaking;

which comes into force on a date after the access agreement was made.

             (2)  Either party to the access agreement may notify the other party that it wishes to cancel the access agreement.

             (3)  The access agreement ceases to apply at the time a notification under subsection (2) is given.

[inconsistency with access agreements]