{"id":"F2008L02178","name":"Trade Practices Act 1974 - Determination under section 152AQA - Pricing Principles for Digital Data Access Service","slug":"trade-practices-act-1974-determination-under-section-152aqa-pricing-principles-for-digital-data-acce","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":74435,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L02178-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Trade Practices Act 1974 - Determination under section 152AQA - Pricing Principles for Digital Data Access Service","content":"TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974\n\nDetermination under section 152AQA\n\nPricing principles for Digital Data Access Service\n\nThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) determines, pursuant to section 152AQA of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (the Act), that the principles specified in Schedule 1 are to apply to the Digital Data Access Service (DDAS) declared by the ACCC under section 152AL of the Act.\n\nNote: For the effect of this determination, see subsection 152AQA(6) of the Act.\n\nMade by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on\n\n4 June 2008\n\n…………………………………\n\nGraeme Julian Samuel\n\nChairman\n\n  \nSCHEDULE 1\n\nPrinciples relating to the price of access to the DDAS\n\n1. Wherever it is reasonably practicable to do so, the price of the DDAS should be set equal to the total service long run incremental cost (i.e. TSLRIC) of the service.\n\n2. Where it is not reasonably practicable to set prices on the basis of TSLRIC, the price of the DDAS should be set having regard to the price of an appropriate benchmark.\n\n3. A service will be an appropriate benchmark where:\n\n(a) it is supplied in a competitive market or it is subject to cost based regulation; and\n\n(b) its physical attributes are comparable to the DDAS in question.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2231},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination remains tightly focused on its original purpose of establishing pricing methodologies for the Digital Data Access Service declaration. It does not expand beyond setting cost-based and benchmark pricing principles for this specific telecommunications access service."},"complexity_factors":["Dense regulatory economics terminology (TSLRIC) undefined within the instrument","Conditional logic requiring assessment of 'reasonable practicability'","Cross-references to statutory sections (152AQA, 152AL) without explanatory context","Nested logical conditions in benchmark criteria requiring both market-type and physical comparability"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination sets how telcos must price access to their Digital Data Access Service (DDAS), using a two-step approach: charge on a cost basis where practical (TSLRIC), with a benchmark to comparable regulated or market-priced services as a fallback. It binds providers selling high‑speed network capacity to competitors and ISPs to prevent inflated access fees, protecting rivals and promoting fair competition in broadband and data services."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-determination-under-section-152aqa-pricing-principles-for-digital-data-acce","history":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-determination-under-section-152aqa-pricing-principles-for-digital-data-acce/history","analysis":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-determination-under-section-152aqa-pricing-principles-for-digital-data-acce/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-determination-under-section-152aqa-pricing-principles-for-digital-data-acce/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-determination-under-section-152aqa-pricing-principles-for-digital-data-acce/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/trade-practices-act-1974-determination-under-section-152aqa-pricing-principles-for-digital-data-acce/documents"}}