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TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (COMPETITION AND CONSUMER) BILL 2019

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                                             2019-2020

           THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

                                        THE SENATE

TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (COMPETITION AND
                   CONSUMER) BILL 2019

                 SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

                   Amendments to be moved on behalf of the Government

The purpose of these amendments is to modify the reporting month and lodgement timeframe
for the one-off report which carriers would be required to provide to the Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The report sets out a range of matters
including the number of premises supplied with designated broadband services using their
local access lines in accordance with proposed section 102ZF (at item 13 of Schedule 4 to the
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2019).

The report is intended to give a snapshot of the high-speed, fixed-line broadband market as it
stands soon after commencement of the Bill and will be an important data source for the
ACCC as part of preparing advice to the Minister about the base component of the charge.
The amendments will ensure carriers provide up to date information to the ACCC in a timely
manner.

Amendment (1) would shorten the period for provision of the one-off report by carriers by
amending proposed paragraph 102ZF(2)(d) to provide that the period is within 60 days after
commencement of the section (i.e. 60 days starting the day after the Bill receives the Royal
Assent).

Amendment (2) would update the applicable reporting period for the one-off report by
amending subsection 102ZF(7) to provide that the period is the month immediately preceding
the month in which section 102ZF commences. For example, if the Bill received the Royal
Assent in April 2020, the applicable reporting period for the one-off report would be March
2020).




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