Telecommunications Act 2001

Fibre fixed line access services - General

164: Interpretation

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When you read this part of the law, you need to know what some words mean. An anchor service is a special kind of fibre fixed line access service that is declared in regulations made under section 227. You can find out more about what this means by looking at those regulations.

You also need to know what claw-back means, which is explained in section 165. The contract price is the maximum price that can be charged for a service, according to the contracts between Crown Infrastructure Partners Limited and UFB partners.

Crown financing is when the government gives money to a fibre service provider to help them build their network. A direct fibre access service is another kind of fibre fixed line access service that is declared in regulations made under section 228.

The first regulatory period has a special meaning, which you can find in section 207. An information disclosure requirement is a rule that says a fibre service provider must share certain information with the public.

This information must be shared in a way that is specified in a section 170 determination. An input methodology is a description of how something is done, and it must include certain things that are listed in section 176.

A point-to-multipoint layer 1 service is a kind of service that is explained in section 156AB. The price of a service can include individual prices, aggregate prices, or revenues, and it also includes any related terms of payment.

When information is publicly disclosed, it means that it is shared with the public in a way that is required by a section 170 determination. Quality dimensions are measures of how good a fibre fixed line access service is, and they can include things like how quickly the service provider responds to customers.

A section 170 determination is a decision made by the Commission that says how information disclosure regulation or price-quality regulation applies to a fibre service provider. A UFB partner is a company that works with the government to build fibre networks, and this is explained in section 156AB.

An unbundled fibre service is a kind of service that is declared in regulations made under section 229. When you are reading this part of the law, you also need to know what related parties means, which is the same as the test in section 69U.

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Part 6Fibre fixed line access services
General

164Interpretation

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

    anchor service means a fibre fixed line access service declared in regulations made under section 227 to be an anchor service

      claw-back has the meaning set out in section 165

        contract price, in relation to a service, means the maximum price that may be charged for providing the service in accordance with the contracts between Crown Infrastructure Partners Limited and UFB partners that were entered into as part of the UFB initiative

          Crown financing means debt or equity financing provided by, or on behalf of, the Crown to a regulated fibre service provider (or a related party) in connection with the deployment of assets under the UFB initiative

            direct fibre access service means a fibre fixed line access service declared in regulations made under section 228 to be a direct fibre access service

              first regulatory period has the meaning set out in section 207

                information disclosure requirement means a requirement that—

                1. applies to a regulated fibre service provider who is prescribed in regulations made under section 226 as being subject to information disclosure regulation; and
                  1. is specified in a section 170 determination

                    input methodology means a description of any methodology, process, rule, or matter that includes any of the matters listed in section 176 and that is published as referred to in section 180

                      point-to-multipoint layer 1 service has the meaning given in section 156AB

                        price

                        1. means 1 or more of individual prices, aggregate prices, or revenues (whether in the form of specific numbers, or in the form of formulas by which specific numbers are derived); and
                          1. includes any related terms of payment

                            publicly disclose, in relation to information required to be disclosed under information disclosure regulation, means to disclose information to the public in the manner required by a section 170 determination

                              quality dimensions means measures of the quality of fibre fixed line access services, and may include (without limitation) responsiveness to access seekers and end-users

                                section 170 determination means a determination made by the Commission under section 170 that sets out how information disclosure regulation or price-quality regulation applies to a regulated fibre service provider

                                  UFB partner has the meaning set out in section 156AB

                                    unbundled fibre service means a point-to-multipoint layer 1 service declared in regulations made under section 229 to be an unbundled fibre service.

                                    1. In this Part, the test for related parties is the same as the test in section 69U, applied with any necessary modifications.

                                    Notes
                                    • Section 164: inserted, on , by section 24 of the Telecommunications (New Regulatory Framework) Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 48).
                                    • Section 164(1) input methodology: amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).