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Commerce Act 1986

Regulated goods or services - Electricity lines services - Transitional arrangements

54L: Administrative settlements made before 1 April 2009 (other than with Transpower)

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"Settling disputes with the Commission before 1 April 2009, excluding Transpower deals"

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If you accepted an administrative settlement with the Commission before 1 April 2009, this section is about you. You did not make this settlement with Transpower. The Commerce Amendment Act 2008 does not change your settlement, except in the ways described here.

You must follow the terms of your settlement if you break it. When your settlement ends, it is like the end of a special price plan. The rules in section 53X apply to you, unless you would not normally follow these rules after your settlement ends.

The Commission made these rules for settlements that started before 1 April 2009.

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54LAdministrative settlements made before 1 April 2009 (other than with Transpower)

  1. This section applies to every administrative settlement accepted by the Commission before 1 April 2009 in respect of a breach of a threshold other than an administrative settlement with Transpower.

  2. The enactment of the Commerce Amendment Act 2008 does not limit or affect an administrative settlement to which this section applies, except as provided in this section.

  3. Any breach of the administrative settlement must be dealt with in accordance with the terms of the settlement.

  4. The expiry of the administrative settlement must be treated as if it were the end of a customised price-quality path, and section 53X applies accordingly (unless the supplier concerned would not otherwise be subject to default/customised price-quality regulation after the expiry of the settlement).

Notes
  • Section 54L: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Commerce Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 70).