Telecommunications (Property Access and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

About this bill

This bill is intended to reduce compliance costs for Telecommunications Development Levy payers by addressing identified issues with the liability allocation process; reduce the time taken to obtain the consent of all parties with an interest in the property a fibre connection needs to occupy; and extend the regulatory requirements relating to the Ultra-Fast Broadband programme to the extension of that programme.

Current status

Royal Assent given 18 April 2017.
Enacted as the Telecommunications (Property Access and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2017 (2017/16)

Member of Parliament responsible
Bill type

Government bill


All data
Bill type Government bill
Parliament 51
Ref 146-3
Introduced 29 June 2016
First reading 5 July 2016
Select Committee Commerce Committee
Public submissions due 10 November 2016
Select Committee report back 13 December 2016
Second reading 15 February 2017
Committee of the whole House 4 April 2017
Third reading 11 April 2017
Royal Assent 18 April 2017
Enacted as Telecommunications (Property Access and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2017 (2017/16)
Divided No

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