Recommendation 1

1.1        The committee recommends that the proposed disallowance procedure in clause 19 of the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2017 and proposed section 102ZFB of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 be amended to provide that a determination is deemed to have been disallowed if:

• notice of a motion to disallow the determination is given in a House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the copy of the determination was tabled in the House under section 38 of the Legislation Act 2003; and
• at the end of 15 sitting days of that House after the giving of that notice of motion:
• the notice has not been withdrawn and the motion has not been called on, or
• the motion has been called on, moved and (where relevant) seconded and has not been withdrawn or otherwise disposed of.

Recommendation 2

1.2        After due consideration of recommendation 1, the committee recommends that the bills be passed.

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