Universal Service Areas Determination (No. 1) 2001

as amended

made under subsection 9G (1) of the

Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

This compilation was prepared on 16 July 2003
taking into account amendments up to Universal Service Areas Determination (No. 1) 2001 (Amendment No. 1 of 2001)

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

 1 Name of Determination [see Note 1]

 2 Commencement 

 3 Definitions 

 4 Universal service areas 

Schedule 1 Universal service areas 

Schedule 2 Map of Universal Service Areas in central-west Victoria and south-east South Australia             

Schedule 3 Map of Universal Service Areas in north-east New South Wales and inland south-east Queensland             

Notes  

 

 

 

 

1 Name of Determination [see Note 1]

  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)

 

 

  For the purpose of this Schedule each of the following groups of census collection districts identified by the CD codes specified below is a universal service area.

Note   A map indicating the location of these census collection districts is provided in Schedule 3.

 

Universal Service Area

No

CD Code

Ballina

 

1

1071508

2

1071509

3

1071510

4

1071512

5

1071515

 

 

 

Bellingen

6

1080701

7

1080702

8

1080703

9

1080706

10

1080707

11

1080708

12

1080805

13

1080810

 

 

 

Boonah

14

3151202

15

3151205

16

3151206

17

3151211

18

3151212

19

3151213

20

3151214

 

 

 

Byron

 

21

1070802

22

1070803

23

1070804

24

1071001

25

1071002

26

1071005

27

1071006

28

1071008

29

1071009

30

1071010

31

1071011

32

1071102

 

 

 

Coffs Harbour

33

1080201

34

1080202

35

1080203

36

1080204

37

1080211

38

1081602

39

1081609

 

 

 

Esk

40

3130101

41

3130102

42

3130105

43

3130106

44

3130109

45

3130110

46

3130111

47

3130205

 

 

 

Gatton

48

3140202

49

3140203

50

3140205

51

3140206

52

3140207

53

3140301

54

3140302

55

3140308

56

3140309

 

 

 

Ipswich

57

3130401

58

3130402

59

3130403

60

3130408

61

3130410

 

 

 

Laidley

62

3140101

63

3140109

64

3142305

65

3142306

66

3142311

 

 

 

Lismore

67

1061601

68

1061605

69

1061606

70

1061611

71

1061612

72

1061701

73

1061703

74

1061704

75

1061705

76

1061706

77

1061707

78

1061708

79

1061709

80

1061710

81

1061801

82

1061802

 

 

 

Nambucca

83

1080901

84

1080902

85

1080904

86

1080907

87

1080908

88

1080909

89

1080912

90

1081002

91

1081003

92

1081004

 

 

 

Richmond Valley

93

1061203

94

1061205

95

1061210

96

1061211

97

1061301

98

1061302

99

1061303

100

1061304

101

1061306

102

1061307

103

1061308

104

1061309

 

 

 

Toowoomba

105

3140701

106

3141501

 

 

 

Tweed

107

1070502

108

1070702

109

1070703

110

1070704

111

1070706

112

1070707

113

1070711

114

1070712

115

1071702

116

1071703

117

1071706

 

 

 

Warwick

118

3150401

119

3150402

120

3150403

121

3150404

122

3150405

123

3150801

124

3150803

125

3151101

126

3151102

127

3151104

128

3151105

 

129

3151106

(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)

2

Ballarat (C)

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.

 

No

CD Code

S/T Code

1

4051002

4

2

4051003

4

3

2091109

2

4

2091201

2

5

2091110

2

6

2091101

2

7

2091102

2

8

2091103

2

9

2091107

2

10

2091202

2

11

2091204

2

12

2091205

2

13

2091303

2

14

2091304

2

15

2091305

2

16

2091306

2

17

2091307

2

18

2091308

2

19

2091309

2

20

2091310

2

21

2091311

2

22

2091312

2

23

2011701

2

24

2011710

2

25

2011903

2

26

2011712

2

27

2011904

2

28

2011905

2

29

2011901

2

30

2011705

2

31

2011704

2

32

2011702

2

33

2011703

2

34

2011902

2

35

2011907

2

36

2011909

2

37

2011910

2

38

2090302

2

39

2090306

2

40

2090303

2

41

2090301

2

42

2090304

2

43

2090305

2

44

2090307

2

45

2090401

2

46

2090402

2

47

2090403

2

48

2090404

2

49

2090405

2

50

2090406

2

51

2090407

2

52

2090408

2

53

4050401

4

54

4050402

4

55

4050405

4

56

4050601

4

57

4050604

4

58

4050603

4

59

4051101

4

60

4051102

4

61

4051103

4

62

4051104

4

63

4051105

4

64

4051301

4

65

4051303

4

66

4051304

4

67

4051305

4

68

4051306

4

69

4051307

4

70

4051308

4

71

4051309

4

72

4051310

4

73

4050701

4

74

4050702

4

75

4050703

4

76

4050704

4

77

4050705

4

78

4050706

4

79

2070813

2

80

2071903

2

81

2070805

2

82

2070804

2

83

2070801

2

84

2070802

2

85

2070803

2

86

2070806

2

87

2070807

2

88

2070808

2

89

2070809

2

90

2070811

2

91

2070812

2

92

2071901

2

93

2071902

2

94

2071904

2

95

2071905

2

96

4050901

4

97

4050902

4

98

4050905

4

99

4050908

4

100

4051701

4

101

4051702

4

102

4051703

4

103

4051706

4

104

4050503

4

105

4050502

4

106

2090701

2

107

2090703

2

108

2091002

2

109

2090702

2

110

2090704

2

111

2090706

2

112

2090707

2

113

2090708

2

114

2090709

2

115

2090710

2

116

2091001

2

117

2091003

2

118

2091004

2

119

2091005

2

120

2091006

2

121

2091009

2

122

2092503

2

123

2092504

2

124

2092505

2

125

2092506

2

126

2092507

2

127

2092508

2

128

2092509

2

129

4050203

4

130

4050201

4

131

4050304

4

132

4050204

4

133

4050207

4

134

4050205

4

135

4050206

4

136

4050305

4

137

4050306

4

138

4050307

4

139

4050308

4

140

2090202

2

141

2090208

2

142

2090101

2

143

2090110

2

144

2090210

2

145

2090211

2

146

2090206

2

147

2090203

2

148

2090102

2

149

2090111

2

150

2090103

2

151

2090104

2

152

2090105

2

153

2090106

2

154

2090108

2

155

2090205

2

156

2090207

2

157

2011305

2

158

2011303

2

159

2011307

2

160

2011304

2

161

2012001

2

162

2012006

2

163

2012004

2

164

2012012

2

165

2011301

2

166

2011308

2

167

2011310

2

168

2012002

2

169

2012007

2

170

2012008

2

171

2012101

2

172

2012102

2

173

2012106

2

174

2012107

2

 

Schedule 2 Map of Universal Service Areas in central-west Victoria and south-east South Australia

Schedule 3 Map of Universal Service Areas in north-east New South Wales and inland south-east Queensland

Note   This map does not show those universal service areas described as local government areas under paragraph (a) of Schedule 1.

Notes to the Universal Service Areas Determination (No. 1) 2001

Note 1

The Universal Service Areas Determination (No. 1) 2001 (in force under subsection 9G (1) of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999) as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Under the implementation of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which came into force on 1 January 2005, it is a requirement for all legislative instruments to be registered to the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.  Any legislative instrument made on or after 1 January 2005 is not enforceable unless it is registered.

Table of Instruments

Title

Date of notification
in Gazette or FRLI registration

Date of
commencement

Application, saving or
transitional provisions

Universal Service Areas Determination (No. 1) 2001

26 Apr 2001
(see Gazette 2001, No. GN16)

1 July 2001

 

Universal Service Areas Determination (No. 1) 2001 (Amendment No. 1 of 2001)

27 June 2001
(see Gazette 2001, No. GN25)

1 July 2001

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

Schedule 1............

am. 2001 No. 1

Schedule 3............

ad. 2001 No. 1