The main purpose of this Act is to regulate the supply of telecommunications services. This means the Act is in charge of making rules for companies that provide phone and internet services. You can think of telecommunications services as things like your phone and internet at home.
The Act does not limit the Resource Management Act 1991. This means that the rules in the Resource Management Act 1991 still apply, even if they are not mentioned in this Act.
This Act is separate from the Resource Management Act 1991, and it does not change the rules in that Act.
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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.
