Regulatory projects
This section contains all current and closed Commission regulatory projects. This includes determinations, reports, inquiries, studies and disclosures relating to telecommunications, grocery, fuel, water, the retail payment system, electricity lines, gas pipelines, airports and dairy.
Review of Fixed PSTN Interconnection
At least every five years, the Commission considers whether there are reasonable grounds for commencing an investigation into whether any services should be omitted from the list of designated or specified services in Schedule 1 of the Telecommunications Act 2001 (Act).
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Amendments to Airport Cost of Capital IMs – equity beta
We are considering potential amendments to aspects of the Airport Input Methodologies for cost of capital.
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Retail payment system
We are responsible for promoting competition and efficiency within the retail payment system.
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Monitoring
We have responsibilities for monitoring competition and efficiency in the retail payment system. Our focus is on improving transparency and understanding of the system, including to inform where to focus our efforts to deliver long-term benefits for consumers and merchants.
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Changes to information disclosure requirements for airports 2026
We are working on improvements to information disclosed by airports.
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Powerco’s 2023–2025 DPP
This project amends the 2020–2025 default price-quality path (DPP) determination for electricity distributors to contain price settings that provide for Powerco’s transition to the default price-quality path on 1 April 2023.
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Guidelines on the Application of Competition Law to Intellectual Property Rights
The Commerce Act 1986 (Act) currently exempts certain conduct in relation to intellectual property from being assessed as anti-competitive and in breach of the Act.
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Misuse of Market Power Guidelines
The Commerce Amendment Act 2022 made changes to section 36 of the Commerce Act 1986, which is the provision dealing with misuse of market power.
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2024 review of the Telecommunications Dispute Resolution Scheme
The Commission is required to review each industry dispute resolution scheme at least once every 3 years and provide any recommendations to the scheme provider on how to improve the scheme.
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