Under s. 151BU of the Trade Practices Act, the ACCC has the power to make a record keeping rule (RKR) by written instrument and require that carriers and carriage service providers comply with it. The rules may specify what records are kept, how reports are prepared and when these reports are provided to the ACCC. The ACCC cannot require the keeping of records unless they contain information relevant to its responsibilities. These responsibilities include the operation of Parts XIB and XIC.
Mobile domestic inter-carrier roaming service In December 2004 the ACCC issued draft RKRs for the mobile domestic inter-carrier roaming service for public comment as part of the ongoing mobile services review.
Accounting separation The accounting separation RKRs were most recently revised in September 2004. Previous versions were issued in 2003.
The Regulatory Accounting Framework (RAF) is a vertical and horizontal accounting separation model that requires revenue, cost and service usage information for wholesale and retail telecommunications services to be reported to the ACCC.
The Bundling RKR requires Telstra to provide detailed information about the Rewards and HomeLine residential packages to the ACCC, to assist the ACCC in assessing the effects of bundling on competition in telecommunications markets.
The internet interconnection RKR (now revoked) aimed to identify how interconnection of internet networks works in practice and what effects that has on the markets that rely on interconnection.
In 2000, the ACCC issued two RKRs requiring Telstra to provide weekly reporting of elements of its dealings with access seekers in relation to the ULL. These RKRs were revoked when the Telstra CAN RKR was introduced.
In September 2007 the ACCC issued an RKR to Telstra that primarily requires the quarterly reporting of ULL and LSS take-up. The RKR implements the first phase of the ACCC's Infrastructure Audit.
On 19 December 2007, the ACCC made the Infrastructure Record-Keeping Rule (RKR) requiring 22 specified carriers to report on the locations of their core network and Customer Access Network infrastructure.
