Section 151DC review19 Feb 2013
As required under s151DC of the Act, the ACCC conducted a review of the policies and procedures relating to the identification of the listed POIs to the NBN. The review covered the policies and procedures the ACCC employed in identifying the POIs to the NBN, the extent to which facilities are interconnected, and ACCC requests to NBN Co to vary the List of POIs and NBN Co’s response to these requests.
ACCC consultation paper
The ACCC undertook a public consultation process about the application of the specific policies that were developed by the ACCC and NBN Co to identify the location of POIs. As the ACCC had not made any requests to vary the List, the consultation focused on the policies and procedures used to identify the locations of the Listed POIs and the extent to which services were interconnected at Listed POIs.
Submissions
Submissions to the consultation paper were due by 22 March 2013.
NBN points of interconnection review
The main findings of the review were:
- ACCC’s processes in identifying the POIs were appropriate
- given the early rollout stage of the NBN the extent of interconnection was limited, and
- at the time of the review only 32 of 121 Listed POIs were active and ready for access seeker interconnection.
In July 2013 the ACCC gave a copy of the review to the Minister. On 12 December 2013 the Minister tabled the review in Parliament.