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Telecommunications Act 2001

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69W: Purposes of subpart

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"This law helps make telecom services fair and good for everyone in New Zealand."

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The purposes of this part of the law are to promote competition in telecommunications markets, which helps you and other end-users of telecommunications services in New Zealand in the long term. This part of the law also requires companies to be transparent, not discriminate, and supply services equally. It aims to help companies invest efficiently in telecommunications infrastructure and services, which can benefit you and others who use these services.

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69WPurposes of subpart

  1. The purposes of this subpart are to—

  2. promote competition in telecommunications markets for the long-term benefit of end-users of telecommunications services in New Zealand; and
    1. require transparency, non-discrimination, and equivalence of supply in relation to certain telecommunications services; and
      1. facilitate efficient investment in telecommunications infrastructure and services.

        Notes
        • Section 69W: substituted, on (being the date of separation day, and an Order in Council (SR 2011/302) having been made under section 36), by section 51 of the Telecommunications (TSO, Broadband, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 27).