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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 62

Specifications and CCITT recommendations relating to traffic measurement, forecasting and to grades of service to be applied to traffic routes concerned.

16.9 The Service Operator shall serve the following notices on the Principal ROC setting out details of changes described in Clause 16.8 which it expects it will require:

16.9.1 notice setting out the expected required changes (if any) for the next year. The first such notice shall be served on the Principal ROC no later than 6 months after the commencement date of this Agreement set out in Clause 18.1 and the subsequent notices shall be served on the Principal ROC on the anniversary of the date that the first notice was served. For avoidance of doubt, any notice given under this Clause 16.9.1 shall be indicative only and shall not be binding on the Service Operator;

16.9.2 notice setting out the expected required changes and the required dates for their implementation. Each such notice under this Clause 16.9.2 shall be served on the Principal ROC no later than 6 months prior to the earliest required date for the implementation of any change referred to in the notice.

Any notice served on the Principal ROC under Clause 16.9.1 or Clause 16.9.2 shall include the following information:

16.9.3 details of route and circuit allocations;

16.9.4 translator and routing information relating to the expected change, including numbering changes;

16.9.5 details of any amendments which the Service Operator wishes to be made to Schedule I as a result of the expected change.

16.10 No later than 1 month after the date of the Service Operator's notice under Clause 16.9.2, the Principal ROC shall serve notice on the Service Operator setting out details of:

16.10.1 the Interconnect Links (and their associated Service Delivery Points) referred to in the Service Operator's notice which the respective Telecom ROCs agree to provide, subject to agreement on Installation Dates and End Dates;

16.10.2 the Interconnect Links (and Service Delivery Points) referred to in the Service Operator's notice which the respective Telecom ROCs agree to decommission, subject to agreement on dates for such decommissioning.

16.11 On receipt of the Principal ROC's notice, the Service Operator shall liaise with the Principal ROC with a view to agreeing the Installation Dates and End Dates for the new Interconnect Links, the End Dates for the new Service Delivery Points and the dates for decommissioning (if any) of existing Interconnect Links and Service Delivery Points. Unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Principal ROC and the Service Operator, in no circumstances shall the date of decommissioning for an Interconnect Link or Service Delivery Point occur on or before the End Date for that Interconnect Link or Service Delivery Point. Where such Installation Dates, End Dates and dates for decommissioning (if any) are agreed:

16.11.1 the parties shall amend Items 2 and 3 of Schedule C, and Schedule G, in accordance with the provisions of Clause 20.1, to reflect the agreement reached between them under Clause 16.10 and this Clause 16.11; and then

16.11.2 the relevant Telecom ROCs and the Service Operator shall carry out their respective obligations as set out in Clauses 2.4, to 2.8 (inclusive) and Clauses 16.12 and 16.13.

16.12 Where it has been agreed pursuant to Clause 16.11 that an Interconnect Link or a Service Delivery Point which forms part of a Telecom ROC's Network shall be decommissioned by a date agreed pursuant to Clause 16.11, that Telecom ROC shall use its reasonable endeavours to decommission that Interconnect Link or Service Delivery Point by such agreed date for decommissioning.