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Telecommunications Act 2001

Services provided using networks developed with Crown funding: Undertakings regime and Commerce Act 1986 authorisations - Undertakings relating to networks developed with Crown funding as part of UFB initiative - Implementation of undertakings

156AJ: Implementation of undertaking

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"What happens when the government agrees to a special promise with a telecommunications company"

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When the Minister approves an undertaking, it is notified in accordance with section 156AI(5). You can think of this undertaking as a special kind of agreement that is like a deed. This deed is properly executed by, and binding on, the LFC, which means the LFC has to follow the rules in the deed. The undertaking is given in favour of the Crown, which means it is done for the benefit of the government. This all happens from the date the Minister's approval is notified.

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Part 4AAServices provided using networks developed with Crown funding: Undertakings regime and Commerce Act 1986 authorisations
Undertakings relating to networks developed with Crown funding as part of UFB initiative: Implementation of undertakings

156AJImplementation of undertaking

  1. On and from the date that the Minister's approval of an undertaking is notified in accordance with section 156AI(5), the undertaking takes effect as if it were a deed that is—

  2. properly executed by, and binding on, the LFC; and
    1. given in favour of the Crown.

      Notes
      • Section 156AJ: inserted, on , by section 81 of the Telecommunications (TSO, Broadband, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 27).