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2004/239

Silvia Cartwright, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 9th day of August 2004

Present:

Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council Pursuant to section 70(2) of the Telecommunications Act 2001, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Minister of Communications made in accordance with section 70(2) and (3) of that Act, makes the following order.

Also available as: Telecommunications (Declaration of TSO Instrument) Order 2004 [74KB PDF](instructions for obtaining the Adobe Acrobat viewer)

Contents

• Order
  • 1 Title
  • 2 Commencement
  • 3 Declaration of TSO Instrument
• Explanatory Note

Order

1 Title

This order is the Telecommunications (Declaration of TSO Instrument) Order 2004.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on the 28th day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.

3 Declaration of TSO Instrument

The Telecommunications Service Obligations (TSO) Deed for Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) between Her Majesty the Queen and Sprint International New Zealand dated 9 July 2004 is declared to be a TSO instrument under the Telecommunications Act 2001.

Diane Morcom,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on the 28th day after the date of its notification in the Gazette, declares a deed entered into by the Crown and Sprint International New Zealand on 9 July 2004 (entitled the Telecommunications Service Obligations (TSO) Deed for Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS)) to be a TSO instrument under section 70 of the Telecommunications Act 2001.

Under the TSO instrument, telecommunications relay services are to be made available so that people who are Deaf, hearing impaired, or speech impaired can communicate with other telephone users. Telecommunications service providers must comply with the terms of the TSO instrument.

In accordance with the Telecommunications Act 2001, the declaration of the TSO instrument is made on the recommendation of the Minister of Communications after certain specified conditions have been met.

The new TSO instrument can be viewed on the Commerce Commission [external link] website and on the Ministry of Economic Development website.