sec.163Access provider to keep separate accounting records

### sec.163 Access provider to keep separate accounting records The access provider of a declared service must keep, in a form approved by the authority, accounting records for the service separately from accounting records relating to other operations of the access provider. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. Subsection (1) does not apply to the access provider of a declared service until the end of— if paragraph (b) does not apply—the period of 6 months starting on the day the service became a declared service; or if the authority, by written notice given to the access provider in the period mentioned in paragraph (a) , fixes a longer period—the period fixed by the authority. A period fixed by the authority for subsection (2) (b) in relation to a declared service must end not later than 1 year after the day the service became a declared service. Despite section 239 , the authority may direct that the accounting records for the declared service be published by the access provider if the authority considers publication— is in the public interest; and would not be likely to damage the access provider’s commercial activities. s 163 amd 2000 No. 15 s 37 ; 2005 No. 37 s 27 (sec.163-ssec.1) The access provider of a declared service must keep, in a form approved by the authority, accounting records for the service separately from accounting records relating to other operations of the access provider. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment. (sec.163-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the access provider of a declared service until the end of— if paragraph (b) does not apply—the period of 6 months starting on the day the service became a declared service; or if the authority, by written notice given to the access provider in the period mentioned in paragraph (a) , fixes a longer period—the period fixed by the authority. (sec.163-ssec.3) A period fixed by the authority for subsection (2) (b) in relation to a declared service must end not later than 1 year after the day the service became a declared service. (sec.163-ssec.4) Despite section 239 , the authority may direct that the accounting records for the declared service be published by the access provider if the authority considers publication— is in the public interest; and would not be likely to damage the access provider’s commercial activities. - (a) if paragraph (b) does not apply—the period of 6 months starting on the day the service became a declared service; or - (b) if the authority, by written notice given to the access provider in the period mentioned in paragraph (a) , fixes a longer period—the period fixed by the authority. - (a) is in the public interest; and - (b) would not be likely to damage the access provider’s commercial activities.