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Telecommunications Act 2001

Fibre fixed line access services - Price-quality regulation

206: Modification of undertakings under section 156AD

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"Changing promises about prices for some telecom services"

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If you are a regulated service provider, you do not have to make sure your prices are the same for a specific service. This service is called an unbundled layer 1 service, which is used as part of another service. You can find out what a layer 1 service is by looking at section 156AB.

When you supply this service, you do not have to achieve what is called price equivalence. Price equivalence means having the same prices, as explained in section 156AB. This rule applies even if you made a promise to do something else, as stated in section 156AD(2)(c).

A relevant service is one that has a maximum price set by the government, and this price is not based on costs, which can be found in a section 170 determination.

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Part 6Fibre fixed line access services
Price-quality regulation

206Modification of undertakings under section 156AD

  1. A regulated service provider is not required to achieve price equivalence in relation to the supply of an unbundled layer 1 service to the extent that the service is an input to a relevant service.

  2. This section applies—

  3. on and after the implementation date; and
    1. despite any undertaking entered into by a regulated fibre service provider in accordance with section 156AD(2)(c).

      1. In this section,—

        layer 1 service has the meaning set out in section 156AB

          price equivalence means equivalence (as defined in section 156AB) in relation to pricing

            relevant service means a service that is subject to a prescribed maximum price under this Part (whether in this Part, in regulations made under this Part, or in a section 170 determination) that is not a cost-based price.

            Notes
            • Section 206: inserted, on , by section 24 of the Telecommunications (New Regulatory Framework) Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 48).