Telecommunications Act 2001

Fibre fixed line access services - Enforcement and miscellaneous provisions

213: Order requiring information disclosure requirement to be complied with

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"High Court can order providers to share required information by a certain date"

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You can ask the High Court to make a regulated fibre service provider give information they are required to disclose. The High Court can order the provider to comply with the information disclosure requirement. The order must say when the provider must comply. You need to know the High Court's order will specify a date or period for compliance. The Commission can apply to the High Court for this order. This is part of the Telecommunications Act 2001, which you can find more information about on the New Zealand legislation website. The High Court's order is an important part of making sure providers follow the rules. The rules are in place to help with fibre fixed line access services. You can learn more about the Telecommunications Act 2001 and how it applies to you.

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212: Pecuniary penalty for contravening information disclosure requirement, or

"Paying a fine for not sharing information correctly"

214: Offences relating to information disclosure regulation, or

"Breaking rules about sharing information can be a crime"

Part 6Fibre fixed line access services
Enforcement and miscellaneous provisions

213Order requiring information disclosure requirement to be complied with

The High Court may, on application by the Commission, order a regulated fibre service provider to comply with an information disclosure requirement that applies to the provider.
An order under this section must specify the date by which, or period within which, the provider must comply with the requirement.

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1986 No 5 s 86A

Notes

Section 213: inserted, on 13 November 2018, by section 24 of the Telecommunications (New Regulatory Framework) Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 48).