Commerce Act 1986

Regulated goods or services - Default/customised price-quality regulation - Customised price-quality paths

53X: What happens when customised price-quality path ends

You could also call this:

"What happens when your special price rules end: you follow the standard rules"

When a customised price-quality path for a supplier of goods or services ends, you are subject to the default price-quality path that applies to other suppliers of those goods or services. The prices at the start of the default path are the same as the prices at the end of the customised path, unless the Commission tells you otherwise at least 4 months before the customised path ends. You will then follow the default price-quality path.

You will keep following the default price-quality path until it is no longer applicable to other suppliers, or until you get a new customised price-quality path. If you want another customised price-quality path, you can apply for one according to the rules set out in section 53Q.

You can apply for another customised path even if you are already following one or have followed one in the past.

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53W: Term of customised price-quality paths, or

"How long a customised price-quality plan lasts, usually 5 years, but can be 3-5 years"

53Y: Commission's costs relating to assessing, setting, and reconsidering customised price-quality path, or

"Paying for the Commission to check your custom price plan"

Part 4Regulated goods or services
Default/customised price-quality regulation: Customised price-quality paths

53XWhat happens when customised price-quality path ends

When the customised price-quality path of a supplier of goods or services ends, the supplier is subject to the default price-quality path that is generally applicable to other suppliers of those goods or services.
The starting prices that apply at the beginning of the default price-quality path are those that applied at the end of the customised price-quality path unless, at least 4 months before the end of the customised price-quality path, the Commission advises the supplier that different starting prices must apply.
The supplier remains subject to the default price-quality path until—
the end of the period for which it applies to other suppliers; or
a new customised price-quality path begins to apply to the supplier.

To avoid doubt, a supplier who is or was subject to a customised price-quality path may apply in accordance with section 53Q for another customised price-quality path.

Notes

Section 53X: inserted, on 14 October 2008, by section 4 of the Commerce Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 70).