Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I move government amendment (19) on sheet BR280:

Clause 48, page 39 (line 31), omit “30 June 2018”, substitute “31 December 2020”.

This amendment alters the date by which the NBN must be declared by the communications minister to be built and fully operational under subclause 48(1). Clause 48 of the National Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010 provides that the communications minister must declare that the NBN should be treated as built and fully operational during the period starting at the commencement of the section and ending at 30 June 2018. Amendment (19) changes this end date to 31 December 2020 to make the time frame consistent with the corporate plan of NBN Co. Ltd, dated 15 December 2010, which indicates that the rollout of the NBN will be complete by 31 December 2020.