On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:03, Mark Harris
Jeremy Lawson wrote:
From what I've picked up, Telstra rejecting The Code amounts to The Code being inconclusive and thus s92a is repealed...
It ain't repealed until the House repeals it.
Agreed, though if they were once again able to defer implementation, as they did from 28 February to 27 March, the could effectively extend that date, indefinitely. Kinda like copyright duration, limited, but effectively eternal.
Paraphrase of John Key "If the industry can't agree on a workable code of practice by the end of March, s92a will be reconsidered"
The term he used was "suspended" (which actually has no force in law) while the Government reworked the concept.
As above. I was concerned that TCL had signaled they would not adopt the Code, which is not binding even on TCF members, as opposed to withdrawing support from the Code within TCF, which as you note puts the kibosh on it. The article is pretty clear the latter applies.
~mark
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