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Telecommunications Act 2001

Preliminary - General

6: Public notice

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"Telling the public: how the Commission shares important information with you"

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When the Commission has to give public notice of something under this Act, they must do two things. They must put a notice in the Gazette. They must also make sure you can see the full details on the Commission's Internet site at any reasonable time. If the Commission is putting a notice in the Gazette, it must include the full details or a summary and a link to where you can see the full details on the Internet. The date that matters is when the notice is published in the Gazette, this is the date that is used if the Act talks about when public notice is given. The Commission does not have to include some information in a public notice if they think it would unfairly affect someone's business.

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Part 1Preliminary
General

6Public notice

  1. If, under this Act, the Commission is required to give public notice of a matter, the Commission must—

  2. notify the matter in the Gazette; and
    1. at all reasonable times, ensure that the full text of the matter is available on the Commission’s Internet site.

      1. A notification of a matter for the purpose of subsection (1)(a) must include—

      2. the text of the matter; or
        1. a summary of the text and a description of where the full text may be viewed on the Internet (for example, an Internet link).

          1. If a provision of this Act refers to the date on which public notice of a matter is given, the relevant date is the date of its notification in the Gazette.

          2. Despite subsections (1) and (2), nothing in this Act requires the Commission to include in a public notice any information that would, in the opinion of the Commission, be likely to unreasonably prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied, or who is the subject of, the information.

          Notes
          • Section 6: replaced, on , by section 5 of the Telecommunications (New Regulatory Framework) Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 48).
          • Section 6(1)(b): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).