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Telecommunications Act 2001

Designated services and specified services - Matters relating to regulation-making powers for designated services and specified services

69: Regulations

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"Rules made by the Governor-General to help the law work properly"

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The Governor-General can make rules for things like how some principles apply, as stated in section 29(a) and section 29(c). You need to know that these rules can also be about how to calculate prices, as mentioned in section 45(2), section 49(a), and section 52(a). The Minister must get a recommendation from the Commission before making these rules.

The Minister cannot recommend making these rules unless the Commission agrees. The rules made under this section are called secondary legislation, which you can learn more about in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

The Governor-General can also make rules about what information must be given to the Commission, and about other matters that are necessary for this part of the law to work properly.

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Part 2Designated services and specified services
Matters relating to regulation-making powers for designated services and specified services

69Regulations

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:

  2. providing for the application of applicable access principles under section 29(a):
    1. providing for the application of the applicable initial pricing principle under section 29(c):
      1. prescribing a method or methods for the calculation of the price payable under section 45(2), which must be consistent with the applicable final pricing principle:
        1. providing for the determination of the price payable under section 49(a), which must be consistent with the applicable final pricing principle:
          1. providing for the determination of the price payable under section 52(a), which must be consistent with the applicable final pricing principle:
            1. providing requirements relating to the information that must be provided to the Commission in relation to all or any of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e):
              1. providing for any other matters contemplated by this Part, necessary for its administration, or necessary for giving it full effect.

                1. The Minister must not make a recommendation under subsection (1) unless the Commission has recommended the making of the regulations.

                2. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

                Notes
                • Section 69(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).