This section contains all current and closed Commission regulatory projects. This includes determinations, reports, inquiries, studies and disclosures relating to telecommunications, electricity lines, gas pipelines, airports and dairy.
The Commission has published guidance on our interpretation of the equivalence and non-discrimination obligations on telecommunications network operators. We have also provided information sheets on these obligations and fibre services regulation.
Here you will find the amendments made to information disclosure requirements since 2013, including determinations, reasons papers, and consultation documents.
With New Zealand transitioning away from copper-based services, including those delivered by Spark’s public switched telephone network (PSTN), consumers will be required to switch to alternative access technologies such as fibre, hybrid fibre-coaxial cable, wireless broadband and mobile, in order to retain a telecommunications service.
Under the airports information disclosure determination, suppliers of specified airport services can apply for exemptions from information disclosure requirements. We provide some guidance about applying for an exemption.
We reviewed the future of our Measuring Broadband New Zealand (MBNZ) programme to assess its performance and ability to continue to provide consumers and the industry with information about broadband performance.
The Commerce Act 1986 (Act) currently exempts certain conduct in relation to intellectual property from being assessed as anti-competitive and in breach of the Act.
Under the gas distribution and gas transmission information disclosure determinations, gas pipeline businesses can apply for exemptions from information disclosure requirements. We provide some guidance about applying for an exemption.