Commonwealth of Australia
Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
Universal Service Areas
Determination (No. 1) 2001
I, RICHARD KENNETH ROBERT ALSTON, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, make the following Determination under subsection 9G(1) of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.
Dated 11 April 2001.
RICHARD ALSTON
Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
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1 Name of Determination
This Determination may be cited as the Universal Service Areas Determination (No. 1) 2001.
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on 1 July 2001.
3 Definitions
In this Determination:
Act means the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.
census collection district means an area defined as a census collection district by the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) (ABS Catalogue no. 1216.0) 1996 edition.
local government area means an area defined as a local government area by the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) (ABS Catalogue no. 1216.0) 2000 edition.
urban centre and locality means an area defined as an urban centre and locality by the Statistical Geography: Volume 3 - Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) Urban Centre/Localities (ABS Catalogue no. 2909.0) 1997 edition.
Note: The spatial representation of census collection districts, local government areas, and urban centres and localities can be obtained from a number of secondary providers of Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) spatial information. See the ABS for further information.
4 Universal service areas
For the purposes of section 9G of the Act, the service areas described in Schedule 1 are determined as universal service areas in respect of the obligation referred to in paragraph 9(1)(a) of the Act (dealing with the standard telephone service).
Schedule 1 – Universal service areas
Note: The following abbreviations are used in the Classification Structures in the ASGC and in this Schedule:
(A) NSW Local Government Area (excluding Cities)
(C) City
(DC) District Council
(RC) Rural City
(S) Shire.
(a) Universal service areas in the north-east New South Wales and inland south-east Queensland
For the purpose of this Schedule each of the following local government areas is a universal service area except for those parts of the local government areas that are urban centres and localities.
| 1 | Cambooya (S) | 7 | Kyogle (A) |
| 2 | Clifton (S) | 8 | Maclean (A) |
| 3 | Copmanhurst (A) | 9 | Pristine Waters (DC) |
| 4 | Crow’s Nest (S) | 10 | Severn (A) |
| 5 | Grafton (C) | 11 | Tenterfield (A) |
| 6 | Kempsey (A) | | |
(b) Universal service areas in central-west and south-west Victoria
For the purpose of this Schedule each of the following local government areas is a universal service area except for those parts of the local government areas that are urban centres and localities.
| 1 | Ararat (RC) | 8 | Hepburn (S) |
| | | 9 | Moorabool (S) |
| 3 | Central Goldfields (S) | 10 | Mount Alexander (S) |
| 4 | Colac-Otway (S) | 11 | Moyne (S) |
| 5 | Corangamite (S) | 12 | Pyrenees (S) |
| 6 | Golden Plains (S) | 13 | Surf Coast (S) |
| 7 | Greater Bendigo (C) | | |
(c) Universal service areas in central-west Victoria and south-east South Australia
For the purpose of this Schedule each of the census collection districts identified by the CD code specified below is a universal service area.
Note: A map indicating the location of these census collection districts is provided in Schedule 2.