12 TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 2009 PART 1- PRELIMINARY Short title and commencement Interpretation This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications Act 2009, 1. and commences on a date appointed by the Minister, by notice in the Gazette. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — “access” means the making available of facilities by one service provider to another for the purpose of providing telecommunications services; “affiliate” means, in relation to any one person, any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified person; “annual licence fee” means the fee payable under section 20; “class licence” means a licence published pursuant to section 40; “commencement date” means the date on which this Act commences pursuant to section 1; “commissioner” means the individual appointed as such to the Telecommunications Commission under section 7; “consumer” means any individual, small business, organisation or other user who contracts or may wish to contract for a telecommunications service that is offered on standard conditions that are generally applied and not negotiated individually with that user; “control” means the power to determine, directly or indirectly, the actions of another person in any manner, whether through the ownership of shares or other securities (held directly or through intermediary entities) or an agreement or arrangement of any type; “Dispute and Appeal Panel” means a Panel established under section 103, and “Panel” has a corresponding meaning;