Bill
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Access Regime and NBN Companies) Bill 2016
lapsed, as at 2016-04-17. Communications portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Communications
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-12-02
- second reading — 2015-12-02
- second reading — 2016-02-29
- second reading — 2016-03-02
- second reading — 2016-03-03
- second reading — 2016-03-03
- committee — 2016-03-03
- third reading — 2016-03-03
- introduced — 2016-03-16
- second reading — 2016-03-16
- other — 2016-04-17
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2015-12-02.
The bill would partly put into action the government's response to a review of regulations for the National Broadband Network.
It would clarify how the facilities access regime and the general access regime work together, and add a new requirement for access providers to share in-building cabling they use for active declared services.
The bill also amends the National Broadband Network Companies Act to let NBN companies sell surplus goods to anyone, and changes how the competition regulator handles fixed principles in access undertakings.
- Clarify the interaction between the facilities access regime and the general access regime.
- Introduce a new obligation for access providers to give access to in-building cabling they own or control when used for an active declared service.
- Amend the Competition and Consumer Act to increase the chance the regulator can accept fixed principles provisions.
- Require the regulator to consider previous fixed principles terms when making new access decisions.
- Amend section 19 of the National Broadband Network Companies Act to allow NBN companies to dispose of surplus goods to any person.
The telecommunications industry, access providers, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and NBN companies.
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