The main purpose of this Act is to regulate the supply of telecommunications services. You can think of telecommunications services as things like phone and internet. This Act does not limit the Resource Management Act 1991. This Act is about regulating telecommunications services. It does not affect what the Resource Management Act 1991 says. You can find more information about the Resource Management Act 1991 at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM230264. Nothing in this Act limits the Resource Management Act 1991. This means that both Acts can work together. The Resource Management Act 1991 is available to read at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM230264.
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1: Title, or
"What the Telecommunications Act 2001 is about"
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.
