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Telecommunications Act 2001

Networks - Right of access to use existing electricity works for telecommunications and deploying fibre optic cable - Third party use of existing works

155ZZ: Minister may intervene

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"The Minister can check and decide on new rules for using existing works."

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The Minister can ask the Commission to tell them about the information they got under section 155ZY regarding requests made by third parties to use existing works and requests that were refused. You need to know that the Minister is looking at this information to make a decision. The Minister will look at the Commission's report and then decide if they should recommend making new rules and what kind of rules they should be.

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Right of access to use existing electricity works for telecommunications and deploying fibre optic cable: Third party use of existing works

155ZZMinister may intervene

  1. The Minister may require the Commission to report to the Minister about the information received under section 155ZY concerning—

  2. the requests made to existing works owners by third parties; and
    1. the requests refused.

      1. The Minister may, after considering the Commission’s report, decide whether to recommend that regulation be imposed and, if so, the type or types of regulation.

      Notes
      • Section 155ZZ: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Telecommunications (Property Access and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 16).