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 - Variation and termination of undertakings

156AO: Termination of undertaking

You could also call this:

"When a promise to do something about telecommunications can be stopped"

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An undertaking can end if the Local Fibre Company and the Minister agree. You can think of an undertaking like a promise to do something, and the Local Fibre Company is the group that makes this promise. The Minister is a person who helps make big decisions for the country.

The Minister can ask the Commission for advice on whether an undertaking should end. The Commission is a group that helps make decisions about telecommunications, which is like a big word for how people communicate with each other using phones and computers. The Commission can tell the Minister that an undertaking should end if they think it's the best thing to do.

The Commission can also decide on its own to tell the Minister that an undertaking should end, but only if they think it will help achieve the goals of the telecommunications rules. This means the Commission has to consider what's best for everyone when it comes to telecommunications. The Minister and the Commission work together to make sure telecommunications work well in New Zealand.

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156ANA: Amendment or consolidation of undertaking, or

"The Minister can change or combine promises to follow the Telecommunications Act rules."

156AP: Commission may not recommend or investigate unbundling of point-to-multipoint layer 1 services, or

"The Commission can't suggest or investigate splitting certain internet services until a certain date if a company has made a promise to the government."

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: Variation and termination of undertakings

156AOTermination of undertaking

An undertaking may be terminated by mutual agreement between the LFC and the Minister.
The Minister may request the Commission to recommend whether an undertaking should be terminated under this section.
The Commission may, in response to a request under subsection (2) or on its own initiative, recommend to the Minister that an undertaking be terminated under this section, if the Commission considers that the termination would best promote the purposes of this subpart.

Notes

Section 156AO: inserted, on 1 July 2011, by section 81 of the Telecommunications (TSO, Broadband, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 27).