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Telecommunications Act 2001

Enforcement - Enforcement of statutory and regulatory provisions - Civil infringement notice

156K: Commission may publish information about issue of civil infringement notice

You could also call this:

"The Commission can share details about who broke the rules and got a fine under the Telecommunications Act."

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The Commission can publish information about a civil infringement notice it has issued. You might see a notice that says someone has been given a civil infringement notice under the Telecommunications Act 2001. The notice can include the person's name, what they did wrong, and how much they have to pay.

The Commission can also include other information it is required to. The Commission cannot publish this information until a certain time has passed, or if someone has objected to the notice and the Commission has not made a decision yet.

You can find more information about objecting to a notice in section 156E, and about appealing a decision in section 156I. The Commission also cannot publish the information if it withdraws the notice, as explained in section 156F, or if someone appeals and the District Court cancels the penalty.

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Part 4AEnforcement
Enforcement of statutory and regulatory provisions: Civil infringement notice

156KCommission may publish information about issue of civil infringement notice

  1. The Commission may, in any manner that it thinks fit, publish a notice that contains information or statements to the following effect:

  2. a statement that a person has been served with a civil infringement notice under this Act:
    1. the name of the person concerned:
      1. the nature of the breach in respect of which the civil infringement notice was issued:
        1. the amount of the pecuniary penalty prescribed to be paid for the breach:
          1. any other prescribed information.

            1. The Commission must not exercise its powers under subsection (1)—

            2. before the close of the prescribed time for making an objection under section 156E in respect of the relevant civil infringement notice; or
              1. if an objection is made under section 156E before the close of that prescribed time and the Commission refuses the objection, before the close of the period for bringing an appeal under section 156I in respect of the relevant civil infringement notice; or
                1. if the Commission withdraws the relevant civil infringement notice under section 156F; or
                  1. if an appeal under section 156I is brought in respect of the relevant civil infringement notice during that appeal period and the District Court allows the appeal by cancelling the pecuniary penalty specified in that notice.

                    Notes
                    • Section 156K: inserted, on , by section 54 of the Telecommunications Amendment Act (No 2) 2006 (2006 No 83).