•   This Part sets up a special regime for regulating anti - competitive conduct in the telecommunications industry. The regime applies in addition to Part   IV.

•   The Part sets out the circumstances in which carriers and carriage service providers are said to engage in anti - competitive conduct .

•   A carrier or carriage service provider must not engage in anti - competitive conduct. This rule is called the competition rule .

•   The Commission may issue a notice stating that a specified carrier or carriage service provider has engaged, or is engaging, in anti - competitive conduct. The notice is called a Part A competition notice .

•   Proceedings for the enforcement of the competition rule (other than proceedings for injunctive relief) must not be instituted unless the alleged conduct is of a kind dealt with in a Part A competition notice that was in force at the time when the alleged conduct occurred.

•   The Commission may issue a notice stating that a specified carrier or carriage service provider has contravened, or is contravening, the competition rule. The notice is called a Part B competition notice .

•   A Part B competition notice is prima facie evidence of the matters in the notice.

•   The Commission may make an order exempting specified conduct from the scope of the definition of anti - competitive conduct . The order is called an exemption order .

•   The Commission may make record - keeping rules that apply to carriers and carriage service providers.

•   Carriers and carriage service providers may be directed by the Commission to make certain reports available. The direction is called a disclosure direction .