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Telecommunications Act 2001

Designated services and specified services - Preliminary

19A: Commission to have regard to economic policies of Government

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"The Commission must consider the Government's economic plans when making decisions."

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When the Commission makes decisions about certain services, it must think about the Government's economic policies. The Minister tells the Commission about these policies in writing. You can find out about these policies because the Minister publishes them in the Gazette and gives a copy to the House of Representatives.

The Commission gets information about the Government's economic policies from the Minister. The Minister sends this information to the Commission and makes it public. This information helps the Commission make good decisions.

The Government's economic policies are not instructions that the Commission must follow, according to the Crown Entities Act 2004, which you can find on the legislation.govt.nz website, specifically in Part 3 of the Crown Entities Act 2004.

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Part 2Designated services and specified services
Preliminary

19ACommission to have regard to economic policies of Government

  1. In the exercise of its powers under Part 6 and Schedule 3, the Commission must have regard to any economic policies of the Government that are transmitted, in writing, to the Commission by the Minister.

  2. The Minister must, as soon as practicable after transmitting a statement of economic policy of the Government to the Commission under subsection (1),—

  3. arrange for a copy of that statement to be published in the Gazette; and
    1. present a copy of that statement to the House of Representatives.

      1. To avoid doubt, a statement of economic policy of the Government transmitted to the Commission under this section is not a direction for the purposes of Part 3 of the Crown Entities Act 2004.

      Notes
      • Section 19A: inserted, on , by section 9 of the Telecommunications Amendment Act (No 2) 2006 (2006 No 83).
      • Section 19A(1): amended, on , by section 21 of the Telecommunications (New Regulatory Framework) Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 48).