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Telecommunications Act 2001

Fibre fixed line access services - Enforcement and miscellaneous provisions

217: Offence relating to price-quality regulation

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"Breaking Price-Quality Rules for Internet Services is an Offence"

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You can commit an offence if you know that certain fibre fixed line access services have price-quality rules and you break those rules on purpose. You can also commit an offence if you have to follow an order under section 218(1)(b) but you do not follow it. If you commit this offence, you can get a fine of up to $200,000 if you are an individual, or up to $1,000,000 if you are a company.

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Part 6Fibre fixed line access services
Enforcement and miscellaneous provisions

217Offence relating to price-quality regulation

  1. A person commits an offence if—

  2. the person, knowing that particular fibre fixed line access services are subject to price-quality regulation, intentionally contravenes a price-quality requirement in respect of the services; or
    1. the person is subject to an order under section 218(1)(b) and fails to comply with the order.

      1. A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $200,000 in the case of an individual, or $1,000,000 in the case of a body corporate.

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      • Section 217: inserted, on , by section 24 of the Telecommunications (New Regulatory Framework) Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 48).