New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
In this Act,—
(a) provisions concerning the functions of the Commission under this Act and the performance of those functions by members of the Commission (in particular, the Telecommunications Commissioner) are set out in subpart 2; and
(b) telecommunications services that are regulated are contained in Schedule 1 and are classified as designated services (Part 2 of Schedule 1) or specified services (Part 3 of Schedule 1); and
(c) supplementary provisions concerning the detail of those regulated telecommunications services may be—
(i) prescribed by regulations (section 69):
(ii) provided in telecommunications access codes (Schedule 2) prepared by the Commission on its own initiative or formulated by the Telecommunications Industry Forum and approved by the Commission; and
(d) provisions concerning determinations by the Commission in respect of those regulated telecommunications services are set out in subparts 2 to 5 of Part 2; and
(e) provisions about altering regulated telecommunications services are set out in subpart 6 of Part 2 and Schedules 3 and 3A; and
(ea) provisions requiring the operational separation of Telecom are set out in Part 2A; and
(eb) provisions about the preparation and disclosure of information are set out in Part 2B; and
(f) provisions about the supply of certain telecommunications services under TSO instruments, the enforcement of those instruments, and contributions payable by certain telecommunications service providers to the suppliers of those telecommunications services are set out in Part 3; and
(g) provisions from Parts 1 and 1A of the 1987 Act about the following matters are set out in Part 4:
(i) network operators and connection to, and misuse of, a network (subpart 1):
(ii) maintenance of networks (subpart 2); and
(ga) enforcement provisions are set out in Part 4A; and
(gb) provisions facilitating the establishment of 1 or more complaints systems for the purpose of addressing complaints by consumers against service providers are set out in Part 4B; and
Paragraph (c)(ii) was amended, as from 22 December 2006, by section 4(1) Telecommunications Amendment Act (No 2) 2006 (2006 No 83) by inserting the words “prepared by the Commission on its own initiative or”
after the expression “(Schedule 2)”
. See sections 62 to 66 of that Act for the transitional provisions.
Paragraph (e) was amended, as from 22 December 2006, by section 4(2) Telecommunications Amendment Act (No 2) 2006 (2006 No 83) by substituting the words “Schedules 3 and 3A”
for the expression “Schedule 3”
. See sections 62 to 66 of that Act for the transitional provisions.
Paragraphs (ea) and (eb) were inserted, as from 22 December 2006, by section 4(3) Telecommunications Amendment Act (No 2) 2006 (2006 No 83). See sections 62 to 66 of that Act for the transitional provisions.
Paragraphs (ga) and (gb) were inserted, as from 22 December 2006, by section 4(4) Telecommunications Amendment Act (No 2) 2006 (2006 No 83). See sections 62 to 66 of that Act for the transitional provisions.