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Main amendments Part 1
or more proposed changes mentioned in subsection 314C(2);
and
(b) the carrier or provider becomes aware that the
implementation by the carrier or provider of any modification
to such a proposed change is likely to have a material adverse
effect on the capacity of the carrier or provider to comply
with its obligations under subsection 313(1A) or (2A);
then section 314A applies in relation to the modification as if the
modification were a change in its own right.
Division 4—Carriage service provider may suspend supply
of carriage service in an emergency
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Division 5—Directions by Attorney-General
315A Direction if use or supply of carriage services prejudicial to
security
(1) If:
(a) a person who is a carrier or carriage service provider
proposes to use, or uses, for the person’s own requirements
or benefit, or proposes to supply, or supplies, to another
person, one or more carriage services; and
(b) the Attorney-General, after consulting the Prime Minister and
the Minister administering this Act, considers that the
proposed use or supply would be, or the use or supply is, as
the case may be, prejudicial to security;
the Attorney-General may give the carrier or carriage service
provider a written direction not to use or supply, or to cease using
or supplying, the carriage service or the carriage services.
(2) A direction under subsection (1) must relate to a carriage service
generally and cannot be expressed to apply to the supply of a
carriage service to a particular person, particular persons or a
particular class of persons.
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Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017
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