ACCC/AER Regulatory Conference 2017
The 2017 ACCC & AER regulatory conference was held on Thursday 27th and the morning of Friday 28th July at the Hilton Hotel in Brisbane.
Industry
Consultation paper
On 16 January 2018, the ACCC issued a consultation paper on ARTC's proposal. Submissions were due by 13 February 2018.
Competition Law Implementation Program (CLIP)
The ACCC's Competition Law Implementation Program (CLIP) delivers targeted capacity building and technical assistance to Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states to help combat anti-competitive activities in individual markets and the ASEAN region.
Variation application
On 21 December 2017, ARTC applied to the ACCC to vary its 2011 Hunter Valley Access Undertaking. The variation seeks to change a number of provisions in the undertaking, including:
- incorporating path based pricing
- allocating incremental capital costs on the basis of contracted capacity
- applying a dual ceiling limit.
ARTC's application and its supporting materials are available below.
December 2017 variation of the 2011 Hunter Valley Access Undertaking
On 21 December 2017, ARTC applied to the ACCC to vary its 2011 Hunter Valley Access Undertaking. The variation seeks to change a number of provisions in the undertaking, including:
- incorporating path based pricing
- allocating incremental capital costs on the basis of contracted capacity
- applying a dual ceiling limit.
ARTC's application and its supporting materials are available below.
2017 Infrastructure RKR amendments
The ACCC has amended the Audit of Telecommunications Infrastructure Assets - Record Keeping Rules 2013 (Infrastructure RKR) following a public consultation process. The amendments updates the list of record keepers required to report under the Infrastructure RKR and clarifies the information required to be reported on mobile and fibre to the building infrastructure, and geographic boundaries for customer access networks.
BPMR RKR documents
In December 2017, the ACCC made the Broadband Performance Monitoring and Reporting Record Keeping and Reporting Rules (RKR).
ACCC broadband performance monitoring & reporting record keeping & reporting rules (BPMR RKR)
In December 2017, the ACCC made the Broadband performance monitoring and reporting record keeping and reporting rules (RKR).
Discussion paper and submissions
The ACCC released a discussion paper on 18 December 2017. Submissions will close on 16 February 2018.