Draft guidelines for Part XIC declaration provisions for telecommunications services

Overview

On 1 June 2016, the ACCC released draft guidelines for Part XIC declaration provisions for telecommunications services. It invites public comment on these draft guidelines.

The draft guidelines provide information about the processes for declaring a service, including an explanation of the differences between how a National Broadband Network (NBN) and non-NBN service can be declared. The key concepts to be applied by the ACCC in considering whether to declare a service are also outlined in the draft guidelines, including the long-term interests of end-users test.

The draft guidelines are an update to those originally released in July 1999. They reflect the changes to Part XIC which have impacted on the way in which services can be declared and provide discussion and more recent examples to illustrate how the ACCC will generally consider issues in deciding whether to declare a service.

Submissions for this consultation closed on Wednesday 13 July 2016.

Note: The ACCC published the final Guideline for Part XIC declaration provisions for telecommunication services on 11 August. The guideline is available at: Guideline for Part XIC declaration provisions for telecommunication services