1 Title

2 Commencement

3 Purpose

4 Overview

5 Interpretation

6 Public notice

7 Telecommunications access codes

8 Act binds the Crown

9 Appointment of Telecommunications Commissioner

9A Functions of Commission in relation to sector monitoring and information dissemination

10 Performance of Commission's functions

11 Levy

12 Levy for first financial year or part financial year

13 Minister must consult before making recommendation under section 11(3) or section 12(4)

14 Late payment of levy

15 Application of Commerce Act 1986 and Crown Entities Act 2004

16 Application of section 98A of Commerce Act 1986

17 Telecommunications Commissioner to consent to delegation of some functions and powers of Commission

18 Purpose

19 Commission and Minister must consider purpose set out in section 18 and additional matters

19A Commission to have regard to economic policies of Government

20 Application

21 When application must be treated as application for pricing review determination

22 When application may not be made

22A Effect of application on existing agreement for supply of designated access service or specified service

23 Requirements for application

24 Commission must notify parties

25 Commission must decide whether to investigate

26 Consultation or conferences

27 Preparation of determination

28 When determination must be prepared

29 Requirements for determination

30 Matters to be included in determination

30A Overview of subpart

30B Interpretation

30C When standard terms development process may be initiated

30D Commission must give public notice if Commission initiates standard terms development process

30E Commission must conduct scoping workshop

30F Call for standard terms proposal

30G Requirements for standard terms proposal

30H Failure to submit standard terms proposal

30I Receipt of standard terms proposal

30J Requirement for submissions

30K Draft standard terms determination

30L Consultation or conferences

30M Standard terms determination

30N Commission's discretion to determine how standard terms determination is to be prepared

30O Matters to be included in standard terms determination: general

30P Additional matters to be included in standard terms determination for designated access service

30Q Standard terms determination not to include expiry date

30R Review of standard terms determination

30S Application of standard terms determination

30T Effect of standard terms determination on determination made under section 27

30U Purpose of residual terms determination

30V Application for residual terms determination

30W When application may not be made

30X Requirements for application

30Y Commission must notify parties

30Z Commission must decide whether to investigate

30ZA Consultation or conferences

30ZB Preparation of residual terms determination

30ZC Requirements for residual terms determination

30ZD Matters to be included in residual terms determination

31AA Commission may initiate process for designated multinetwork service determination on own initiative

31 Application

32 When application may not be made

33 Requirements for application

34 Commission must notify parties

35 Commission must decide whether to investigate

36 Draft determination

37 Matters to be included in draft determination

38 Consultation, conferences, or public hearing

39 Determination

40 Matters to be included in determination

41 Determinations not invalid for certain failures

42 Application

43 Requirements for application

44 Commission's requirements on receiving application

45 Access provider to calculate price on request

46 Offences [Repealed]

47 Draft pricing review determination

48 Requirements for draft determination

49 Matters to be included in draft determination

50 Consultation or conferences

51 Pricing review determination

52 Matters to be included in determination

53 Procedure for determinations

54 Applicant may withdraw

55 Commission's costs

56 Parties' costs

57 Enforcing directions given under section 55 or section 56(2)

58 Clarification of determination

59 Reconsideration of determination

60 Appeals from certain determinations under Part 2

61 Enforcing determinations of Commission [Repealed]

62 Expiry of determinations

63 Application of Commerce Act 1986

64 Mandatory review of local loop unbundling and access to, and interconnection with, Telecom's fixed PDN [Repealed]

65 Expiry of designated services and specified services [Repealed]

66 Alterations to Part 2 or Part 3 of Schedule 1

67 Alterations to clauses 1 to 6 of Schedule 1

68 Minister's recommendation subject to procedure in Schedule 3

68A Application of Schedule 3A

69 Regulations

69A Purposes

69B Overview

69C Interpretation

69D Main requirements for separation plan

69E Meaning of equivalence

69F Minister must determine further requirements for separation plan

69G How Ministerial determination of further requirements may be made

69H Preparation of draft separation plan

69I Minister must invite public comments on draft separation plan

69J Amendment of separation plan after public comments

69K Minister may approve, or decline to approve, separation plan

69L Minister may amend separation plan to give better effect to this Part

69M Failure to submit separation plan

69N Implementation of separation plan

69O Telecom must publish separation plan

69P Employees

69Q Enforcement and remedies under Part 4A

69R Power of Court to grant relief in respect of separation undertakings

69S Interrelationship of remedies

69T Variation of separation plan

69U Variation by agreement

69V Variation by Minister

69W Variation by Telecom

69X Commission may request variation

69Y Purpose

69Z Parameters of Part

69ZA Interpretation

69ZB Accounting separation of Telecom

69ZC Information disclosure by all access providers

69ZD Miscellaneous provisions relating to Commission's information disclosure requirements

69ZE Publication of Commission's information disclosure requirements

69ZF Information to be supplied to Commission

69ZG Commission to publish summaries

69ZH Reasonable charge may be imposed for providing copies of statements

70 Declaration of TSO instruments

71 Deemed TSO instrument

71A TSO instrument or deemed TSO instrument may specify total amount payable by all liable persons

72 New KSO does not alter or revoke constitution of Telecom

73 When KSO part of original KSO ceases to have effect

74 Compliance with TSO instrument

75 Variation of TSO instrument or deemed TSO instrument

76 When instrument ceases to be TSO instrument or deemed TSO instrument

77 Notification of TSO instrument or deemed TSO instrument

78 Application of Commerce Act 1986

79 When 2 or more bodies corporate must be treated as 1 person

80 Assessment of compliance with TSO instrument

81 Liable persons and TSO provider must produce certain information to Commission

82 Offences [Repealed]

83 Calculations of net cost and auditor's report must be given to Commission

84 Considerations for determining net cost

85 Considerations for determining which revenue basis to use

86 Commission may determine priority between preparation of TSO cost allocation determination and TSO cost calculation determination

87 Commission to prepare draft TSO cost allocation determination

88 Matters to be included in draft TSO cost allocation determination

89 Conferences on draft TSO cost allocation determination

90 Commission to prepare final TSO cost allocation determination

91 Matters to be included in final TSO cost allocation determination

92 Commission to prepare draft TSO cost calculation determination

93 Requirements for draft TSO cost calculation determination

93A Matters to be included in draft TSO cost calculation determination

93B Conferences on draft TSO cost calculation determination

93C Commission to prepare final TSO cost calculation determination

93D Requirements for final TSO cost calculation determination

93E Matters to be included in final TSO cost calculation determination

93F Calculation of amount payable by liable person

94 Payment by liable persons to TSO provider

94A ISO provider must meet residual amount from calculation of TSO charge

95 Application of sections 96 to 98 to TSO instruments that are company constitutions

96 Power of Court to grant relief in respect of TSO instrument

97 Court must take public interest into account

98 Certain matters not to prevent making of order under section 96

99 Amounts identifying particular TSOs in invoices not permitted

100 Right of appeal to High Court

100A Procedure for determinations

100B Commission must include information about deemed TSO instrument in TSO cost calculation determinations

100C Duties of Commission in complying with section 100B

101 Regulations

102 Persons declared to be network operators

103 Ministerial requirements for declaration

104 When declaration must be revoked

105 Declaration made or revoked by notice in Gazette

106 Operator must agree to connection to network

107 When operator must not agree to connection to network

108 When operator must not refuse to agree to connection to network

109 Regulations

110 Actions for damages for contravention of section 106

111 Injunctions may be granted by High Court for contravention of section 106

111A Information about interconnection arrangements

112 Misuse of telephone device

113 Indecent telephone calls for pecuniary gain

114 Interception of telecommunications for authorised purposes [Repealed]

115 Offence to use or disclose certain information for unauthorised purposes [Repealed]

116 Computer records

117 Meaning of maintenance

118 Meaning of evidence of authority

119 Criteria for setting reasonable conditions

120 Application to District Court

121 Court order

122 Contents of court order

123 Service of order

124 Production of order

125 Rights of entry to land

126 Conditions of entry to land

127 Evidentiary presumption

128 Request for removal or trimming of trees

129 Application to District Court

130 Court order

131 Costs of removal or trimming of trees

132 Removal of trees, etc, in emergency

133 Production of authority

134 Costs of removal of trees, etc, in emergency

135 Construction or repair of lines on roads

136 Notice requirement

137 Network operator to be notified of conditions

138 Failure to notify conditions

139 Urgency

140 Offence to not comply with any of sections 135, 136, and 139

141 Appeals by network operators to District Court

142 Construction, etc, of telephone cabinets or other similar appliances

143 Network operator to be notified of conditions

144 Failure to notify conditions

145 Urgency

146 Offence not to comply with section 142 or section 145

147 Appeals by network operators to District Court

148 Alteration to line on road requested by owner

149 Lines must not interfere with public traffic

150 Lines over navigable waters

151 Network operator must avoid interference with traffic

152 Offence to contravene any of sections 149 to 151

153 Charging for access to road reserve

154 Compensation

155 Protection of existing works

156 Notices to be in writing

156A Application of section 156B

156B Enforcement actions that Commission may take

156C Matters that Commission must take into account in deciding what enforcement action to take

156D Civil infringement notice

156E Objection to civil infringement notice

156F Commission must consider objection

156G Effect of withdrawal of civil infringement notice

156H Consequence of not paying pecuniary penalty specified in civil infringement notice

156I Right to appeal

156J Decision on appeal

156K Commission may publish information about issue of civil infringement notice

156L Pecuniary penalty

156M Further penalty may be imposed for continuing breach

156N Interpretation

156O Complaints of breach of enforceable matter

156P Enforcement by High Court

156Q Remedies for breach of enforceable matter

156R Limit on amount of pecuniary penalty

156S Commencement of this Part [Not in force]

156T Process to apply before Part may be commenced [Not in force]

156U Purpose of this Part [Not in force]

156V Interpretation [Not in force]

156W Power to exempt service providers from application of consumer complaints system [Not in force]

156X Objectives of consumer complaints system [Not in force]

156Y Requirements for consumer complaints system [Not in force]

156Z Appointment of consumer complaints adjudicator [Not in force]

156ZA Qualification for appointment as consumer complaints adjudicator [Not in force]

156ZB Revocation of appointment [Not in force]

156ZC Functions and duties of consumer complaints adjudicator [Not in force]

156ZD Powers of consumer complaints adjudicator in relation to complaints [Not in force]

156ZE Consumer complaints adjudicator may seek agreed settlement or order compensation [Not in force]

156ZF Right of appeal [Not in force]

156ZG Purpose of subpart [Not in force]

156ZH Consumer complaints levy [Not in force]

156ZI Late payment of consumer complaints levy [Not in force]

156ZJ Consultation requirements for making Order in Council or regulation under this Part [Not in force]

157 Regulations

158 Enactments amended

159 Certain provisions in 1987 Act repealed

160 Transitional provision for declarations made under section 2A of 1987 Act

161 Transitional provision relating to repeal of section 5C of 1987 Act