In November 2018 the Telecommunications Act was amended, requiring the Commerce Commission to prepare a Copper withdrawal Code by 1 January 2022.

The Copper Withdrawal Code came into effect on 1 March 2021 setting out minimum requirements that Chorus must meet before it stops supplying copper services. For more information on the Code, see Copper Withdrawal Code.

The Commission consulted with interested persons and stakeholders for the Code development and implementation and the documents published as part of the process are listed below.

For enquiries, please contact market.regulation@comcom.govt.nz.

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Note: these dates are indicative only and are subject to change.

  • 10 Dec 2020

    Completed

    Letter exchange between Chorus and the Commission

    See documents

  • 10 Dec 2020
  • 07 Aug 2020
  • 17 Jul 2020
  • 20 May 2020
  • 02 Apr 2020
  • 13 Mar 2020
  • 01 Aug 2019

    Completed

    Framework provided to the NZ Telecommunications Forum (TCF)

    See documents

  • 01 Aug 2019
  • 03 Apr 2019

    Completed

    Update on timeline for development of telecommunications codes

    See documents

  • 27 Mar 2019

    Completed

    Cross-submissions on the 'minimum requirements' of the code due

    See documents

  • 14 Feb 2019

    Completed

    Submissions on the 'minimum requirements' of the code due

    See documents

  • 26 Nov 2018
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