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Telecommunications Act 2001

Fibre fixed line access services - Price-quality regulation

202: Exceptions from section 201 for trials

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"Rules don't apply to new fibre services that are only being tried out for a short time."

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If you are trying a new fibre fixed line access service, the rules in section 201 do not apply. You are trying a new service if it is offered for no more than one year. The agreement you have with the provider must clearly state when the service will end.

The service is also a trial if it is provided to no more than 1,000 end-users over the whole period it is offered. You will know if you are part of a trial because the provider will tell you when the service will end. The provider must follow these rules for the service to be considered a trial.

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Part 6Fibre fixed line access services
Price-quality regulation

202Exceptions from section 201 for trials

  1. Nothing in section 201 applies in relation to a trial of a fibre fixed line access service.

  2. The provision of a service is a trial if the service—

  3. is offered by the provider for no more than 1 year; and
    1. is provided under an agreement with end-users that clearly states the end date for the service; and
      1. is provided to no more than 1,000 end-users over the whole period in which it is offered.

        Notes
        • Section 202: inserted, on , by section 24 of the Telecommunications (New Regulatory Framework) Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 48).