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Telecommunications Act 2001

Designated services and specified services - Standard terms determinations for designated access services and specified services - Standard terms determination

30R: Review of standard terms determination

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"The Commission can check and change the rules for phone and internet services at any time."

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The Commission can review the standard terms determination at any time. They can change or replace it if they think it is necessary after the review. You can find out more about what the Commission can do in a review by looking at the rules they have to follow.

The Commission gets to decide how and when to do the review. They have to talk to all the parties involved, give public notice that they are starting the review, and tell people when they can make submissions. After the review, the Commission has to tell the public what they decided.

If the Commission makes changes or replaces the standard terms determination, it is considered secondary legislation, which has its own publication requirements, as outlined in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 2Designated services and specified services
Standard terms determinations for designated access services and specified services: Standard terms determination

30RReview of standard terms determination

  1. The Commission may, on its own initiative, commence a review, at any time, of all or any of the terms specified in a standard terms determination.

  2. The Commission may replace a standard terms determination or vary, add, or delete any of its terms, if it considers it necessary to do so after conducting a review.

  3. In exercising the power conferred by subsection (2), the Commission may specify how and when a replacement standard terms determination, or a variation, addition, or deletion of terms specified in the determination, takes effect in relation to—

  4. the initial standard terms determination.

      1. The Commission may conduct a review in the manner, and within the time, that it thinks fit.

      2. The Commission must—

      3. consult all parties to the determination on the review; and
        1. give public notice of the commencement of the review; and
          1. include in the public notice under paragraph (b) the closing date for submissions; and
            1. give public notice of the result of the review.

              1. Any replacement standard terms determination, or a variation, addition, or deletion of terms under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

              Notes
              • Section 30R: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Telecommunications Amendment Act (No 2) 2006 (2006 No 83).
              • Section 30R(3)(b): repealed, on , by section 38 of the Telecommunications (New Regulatory Framework) Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 48).
              • Section 30R(6): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).