69ADWithdrawal of certain designated access services

1. This section applies if—

2. Chorus is required by a standard terms determination made under section 30M to supply a relevant service to an access seeker; and
3. Chorus started supplying the service at a time when the service was a designated access service; and
4. as a result of section 13 of the Telecommunications (New Regulatory Framework) Amendment Act 2018, the service ceases to be a designated access service on and after 1 January 2020.

5. Chorus may stop supplying the service only if—

6. a copper withdrawal code has been approved and Chorus complies with the requirements of the code in relation to stopping the supply of the service; or
7. the end-user chooses to have the service disconnected (other than a temporary disconnection).

8. To avoid doubt, Chorus is not required to—

9. supply a service that ceases to be a designated access service in relation to a new end-user; or
10. resupply a service that Chorus has stopped supplying in accordance with subsection (2).

11. In this section, relevant service means either of the following:

12. Chorus’s unbundled copper local loop network:
13. Chorus’s unbundled copper local loop network backhaul (distribution cabinet to telephone exchange).