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Regulatory Issues and Submissions

(Links to Strategy 2: Advocacy and Public Policy)

Project Sponsor: David Farrar

Staff Support: Jordan Carter

Project Status: Active Smiley Smiley

Project Description:

This project is where reporting is done on submissions on issues that are brought forward by Parliamentary select committees, by independent Regulators (mainly the Commerce Commission), and occasionally other parts of government.

The budget provision is to allow for consultant expertise to be used by staff in developing submissions. Staff judgement, in consultation with the Public Policy Committee, is used in deciding where and when to apply resources, consistent with the strategy set out by the Executive Committee and/or Council.

Project Budget:

$40,000 in 2008/09.

Overall Progress Summary:

The main activity in October was to generate a response to the Commission's very good final paper on accounting separation issues. They adopted many of the suggestions that we presented in earlier submissions and the resulting paper is of very high quality. Defending these gains through the submissions process is very important in delivering proper levels of transparency for the industry.

Activities Planned for November 2008:

  • Sign off and lodge submission in response to Commission's paper on Accounting separation.

Project History:

October 2008

  • Prepare submission in response to Commission paper on information disclosure requirements from Telecom (due in November).

September 2008

  • No particular activity. (NGN under "Telecommunications Reform" item.)
  • Monitoring outcomes of submissions on Accounting Separation.

August 2008

  • No particular activity, background reading for NGN submission.
  • Monitoring outcomes of submissions on Accounting Separation.

July 2008

  • Preparation and lodgement of submissions to the Commerce Commission on the framework for Accounting Separation of Telecom.
  • Submission prepared and lodged in response to the MED's consultation on ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement).

June 2008

  • Submission preparead and lodged on the draft criteria and proposed process for the Broadband Investment Fund.

May 2008

  • Submission prepared and lodged on the draft of Digital Strategy 2.0.

April 2008

  • Submission lodged on the TCF report into TSO Local Service.
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