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Telecommunications Act 2001

Fibre fixed line access services - Information disclosure regulation

190: Charge for providing copies to public

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"Paying for copies of information"

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You can be charged for getting copies of statements and information. The charge is to cover the cost of providing the copies. You will not be charged more than is needed to cover this cost, as decided by a section 170 determination.

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Part 6Fibre fixed line access services
Information disclosure regulation

190Charge for providing copies to public

  1. A person who is required, by a section 170 determination, to provide copies of statements and information to the public on request may charge for providing those copies.

  2. The charge must be no more than is reasonably required to recover the costs of providing those copies.

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  • Section 190: inserted, on , by section 24 of the Telecommunications (New Regulatory Framework) Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 48).