69XAInterpretation

1. In this subpart, unless the context otherwise requires,—

   equivalence, in relation to the supply of a relevant regulated service, means equivalence of supply of the service and access to Chorus’s network so that third-party access seekers are treated in the same way to Chorus’s own business operations, including in relation to pricing, procedures, operational support, and supply of information and other relevant matters

   legacy access network means the network comprising—

   1. Chorus's local loop network, as defined in clause 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 (including any relevant line in Chorus's local telephone exchange or distribution cabinet); and
   2. Chorus's local telephone exchange, as defined in clause 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1, and Chorus's distribution cabinet (or equivalent facility); and
   3. Chorus's backhaul network (whether copper, fibre, or anything else) between the local loop network handover point in Chorus's distribution cabinet (or equivalent facility) or Chorus's local telephone exchange and the first data switch (including the first data switch); and
   4. Chorus's digital subscriber line access multiplexer (or equivalent facility)

   non-discrimination, in relation to the supply of a relevant service, means that Chorus must not treat access seekers differently or, where Chorus supplies itself with a relevant service, must not treat itself differently from other access seekers, except to the extent that a particular difference in treatment is objectively justifiable and does not harm, and is unlikely to harm, competition in any telecommunications market

   relevant regulated services means the following designated access services except if those services are services in relation to which the end-user’s building (or, where relevant, the building’s distribution frame) is located in a specified fibre area:

   1. Chorus's unbundled copper local loop network service:
   2. Chorus's unbundled copper local loop network co-location service:
   3. Chorus's unbundled copper local loop network backhaul (distribution cabinet to telephone exchange):
   4. Chorus's unbundled copper local loop network backhaul (telephone exchange to interconnect point)

   relevant services—

   1. means—
      1. wholesale telecommunications services that are provided using, or that provide access to the unbundled elements of, the legacy access network; and
      2. the designated access service described in subpart 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 as Chorus's unbundled bitstream access backhaul; but
   2. does not include—
      1. any services that are agreed by the Commission in writing to be legacy input services, being inputs to services that are no longer offered to end-users other than customers who were end-users before separation day; or
      2. any services in relation to which the end-user’s building (or, where relevant, the building’s distribution frame) is located in a specified fibre area

   UBA service means the designated access service described in subpart 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 as unbundled bitstream access service.