sec.168APricing principles

### sec.168A Pricing principles The pricing principles in relation to the price of access to a service are that the price should— generate expected revenue for the service that is at least enough to meet the efficient costs of providing access to the service and include a return on investment commensurate with the regulatory and commercial risks involved; and allow for multi-part pricing and price discrimination when it aids efficiency; and not allow a related access provider to set terms and conditions that discriminate in favour of the downstream operations of the access provider or a related body corporate of the access provider, except to the extent the cost of providing access to other operators is higher; and provide incentives to reduce costs or otherwise improve productivity. The authority must have regard to the pricing principles when it makes an access determination or decides whether to approve a draft access undertaking. See sections 120 and 138 . s 168A ins 2008 No. 35 s 52 amd 2010 No. 32 s 57 - (a) generate expected revenue for the service that is at least enough to meet the efficient costs of providing access to the service and include a return on investment commensurate with the regulatory and commercial risks involved; and - (b) allow for multi-part pricing and price discrimination when it aids efficiency; and - (c) not allow a related access provider to set terms and conditions that discriminate in favour of the downstream operations of the access provider or a related body corporate of the access provider, except to the extent the cost of providing access to other operators is higher; and - (d) provide incentives to reduce costs or otherwise improve productivity.