Regulated Industries

Input methodologies involve setting upfront regulatory rules, processes, requirements and evaluation criteria for services that are regulated under Part 4 of the Commerce Act.

• Cost of Capital
• For Airports
• For Electricity Distribution Businesses
• For Transpower
• For Gas Pipelines

Suppliers of electricity lines services are subject to regulatory provisions under the Commerce Act 1986.

• Default Price Quality Path
• Information Disclosure
• Electricity Industry Reform Act

The Commission's role in the gas sector includes a default/ customised price-quality path regime to be applied in conjunction with an information disclosure regime to gas pipelines services.

• Default Price Quality Path
• Information Disclosure

The companies operating Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington International Airports are subject to information disclosure regulation, following regulatory provisions of Part 4 of the Commerce Act 1986 (the Act) from 14 October 2008.

• Information Disclosure

The Telecommun-ications Act 2001 regulates the supply of certain telecommun-ications services in New Zealand.

• Market Monitoring
• 2010 Market Monitoring Report (PDF)
• Telecom Separation and Information Disclosure
• Mobile Termination Standard Terms Determination

The Commerce Commission has both an enforcement and adjudication role under Subpart 5 of Part 2 of the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001.

Pan Industry Projects are concerned with generic issues that are central to the way the Commerce Commission regulates industries since the introduction of the Commerce Amendment Act 2008.

A fact sheet which explains how and why the Commerce Commission might regulate certain goods and services.