Telecommunications Act 2001

Summary of changes

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28 May 2025

  • Updated references to section 66 to specifically reference section 66(1)(b) for accuracy
  • Made an editorial change under the Legislation Act 2019

Affected provisions

  1. 3: Procedure for altering regulated services
    Updated references to section 66 to specifically reference section 66(1)(b) for accuracy
  2. 62: Expiry of determinations
    Updated references to section 66 to specifically reference section 66(1)(b) for accuracy; Made an editorial change under the Legislation Act 2019

13 October 2025

  • Updated references to include the year and number of the Act for clarity and consistency
  • Repositioned or rephrased references for clarity without changing substantive legal meaning
  • Amended definitions to improve clarity or remove redundant phrases
  • Updated wording to improve sentence structure or remove unnecessary phrases

Affected provisions

  1. 2: Telecommunications access codes
    Repositioned or rephrased references for clarity without changing substantive legal meaning
  2. 10: Performance of Commission's functions
    Repositioned or rephrased references for clarity without changing substantive legal meaning
  3. 69XQ: Goods and Services Tax Act 1985
    Repositioned or rephrased references for clarity without changing substantive legal meaning
  4. 69B: Interpretation
    Amended definitions to improve clarity or remove redundant phrases
  5. 69XO: Depreciation
    Updated wording to improve sentence structure or remove unnecessary phrases
  6. 83: Liable persons must produce information for purposes of liability allocation determination
    Repositioned or rephrased references for clarity without changing substantive legal meaning
  7. 94EB: Considerations for determining net revenue
    Repositioned or rephrased references for clarity without changing substantive legal meaning
  8. 107: When operator must not agree to connection to network
    Amended definitions to improve clarity or remove redundant phrases
  9. 108: When operator must not refuse to agree to connection to network
    Amended definitions to improve clarity or remove redundant phrases
  10. 156AZD: Business acquisition authorisations in respect of participation in Ultra-fast Broadband Initiative
    Repositioned or rephrased references for clarity without changing substantive legal meaning
  11. 162: Purpose
    Updated references to include the year and number of the Act for clarity and consistency
  12. 163: Overview
    Updated references to include the year and number of the Act for clarity and consistency
  13. 176: Matters covered by input methodologies
    Updated references to include the year and number of the Act for clarity and consistency
  14. 181: Changes to input methodologies
    Updated references to include the year and number of the Act for clarity and consistency
  15. 182: Review and date of publication of input methodologies
    Updated references to include the year and number of the Act for clarity and consistency
  16. 186: Purpose of information disclosure regulation
    Updated references to include the year and number of the Act for clarity and consistency
  17. 192: Purpose of price-quality regulation
    Updated references to include the year and number of the Act for clarity and consistency
  18. 194: Section 170 determination to set out price-quality path requirements
    Updated references to include the year and number of the Act for clarity and consistency
  19. 203: Making new section 170 determination
    Updated references to include the year and number of the Act for clarity and consistency