NAD Membership
This page summarises the participation requirements of the NAD and outlines what is required to become a NAD Party. It is intended to be used as a guide only. Please refer to clause 3 of the Deed for the full participation requirements of the NAD.
 
Eligibility Requirements
You are eligible to join the NAD if you:
 
·         Provide, or intend to provide Public Switched Telecommunications Services in New Zealand.
 
The definition of Public Switched Telecommunications Services for further information.
 
Note:          If the Applicant is intending to offer Public Switched Telecommunications Services in New Zealand, but is not currently doing so, the Applicant is still eligible to join the NAD providing it begins to offer Public Switched Telecommunications Services in New Zealand within 12 months of being allocated numbers. In the instance that the Applicant does not offer these services within the 12 month timeframe, the Applicant’s membership to the NAD will cease.
 
·         Are a Resident of New Zealand.
 
To qualify, an Applicant must be a New Zealand resident (incorporated in New Zealand), or if incorporated outside New Zealand, the Applicant must have a place of business in New Zealand (see the definition for New Zealand Resident for further information).
 
Note:          Only NAD parties, or organisations intending to provide public switched telecommunications services and who become NAD parties within six months of being allocated code blocks, can be allocated numbers.
 
How to Apply
To become a NAD party, the Applicant must apply in writing to the Number Administrator. The Applicant should provide any applicable background or supporting information to demonstrate how the Applicant meets the membership criteria.
 
The Number Administrator will review the application against the participation requirements of the NAD. The Number Administrator will be in contact with the Applicant during this process and might request further evidence/information to support the application.
 
Once the Number Administrator is satisfied that the Applicant is entitled to become a party, all existing NAD parties are notified and given 10 working days to object. Objections can only be made if the applicant does not meet the participation requirements of the NAD.
 
If, after 10 working days, no objections from existing NAD parties have been received, the Number Administrator will prepare the necessary documents for the Applicant’s entry to the NAD.
 
These documents are:
 
·                Number Administration Deed of Accession;
·                Number Administrator Agreement; and
·                Independent Chair Agreement.  
 
Responsibilities and Rights of NAD Parties
After the documents have been signed by the Applicant, the Applicant will be formally deemed a NAD party and will be invoiced the membership fee of $10,000 + GST, which is payable each year the entity is a party to the NAD. NAD parties are also liable for further NAD costs, which are currently allocated on the basis of each party’s proportion of active numbers.
 
The new NAD party is required to nominate a voting representative to attend NAD Management Committee meetings.
 
New NAD parties should note that by joining the NAD, they agree that any code blocks held prior to joining the NAD will be administered by the NAD, and that these code blocks are bound by the terms of the Deed.
 
NAD parties are able to request allocations of code blocks from the Number Administrator. There is a provision in the Deed to make number allocations before the party has actually joined the NAD (see clause 3.2 of the Deed), but note that the allocation is made on condition that the Applicant intends to provide public switched telecommunication services and that the Applicant becomes a NAD party within six months of the allocation.
 
Procedure for Requesting a Code Block Allocation
The Number Administrator will provide the Applicant with an information sheet outlining how to apply for code blocks. Please note that there is a cost of $500 + GST per code block for new code block allocations.
 
NAD General and Numbering Principles
The Deed sets out a number of General and Numbering Principles that apply to the NAD Management Committee, Number Administrator and Independent Chair. Applicants are required to familiarise themselves with the NAD Principles.
 
Please note:
  • All persons exercising functions, powers and responsibilities under the Deed, including the Management Committee, the Independent Chair, the Number Administrator, and any Arbitrator appointed under the Deed, must act consistently with the General Principles.
  • No provision of this Deed may be amended if the amendment contravenes any of the General Principles.

Definitions

A full list of the NAD’s defined terms can be found in the Number Administration Deed and Number Allocation Rules. However, the commonly used terms from this page are included below for your reference:
 
Applicant (for the purposes of this Membership information page only) means the person and/or company that is applying for membership to the Number Administration Deed.
Deed of Accession means a deed in the form attached as schedule 1 by which any person not originally a Party to this Deed may become a Party after the Deed is signed.
General Principles means the General Principles set out in clause 2.2 of the Deed.
Independent Chair means the Independent Chair of the Management Committee for the time being appointed in accordance with clause 4.3 of this Deed.
Management Committee and Committee means the Management Committee established under clause 4 of this Deed.
New Zealand Resident means, in relation to a natural person, that the person is a New Zealand citizen or ordinarily resident in New Zealand, or, in relation to a body corporate, that is incorporated in New Zealand, or that it is incorporated outside New Zealand but has a place of business in New Zealand. For the purposes of this definition, a person has a place of business in New Zealand only if that person would be considered to have a place of business in New Zealand for the purposes of rule 199(2)(c) of the High Court Rules.
Number Allocation Rules means the rules applying to the allocation of the telecommunication numbers subject to this Deed referred to in clause 5.3 of the Deed.
Number Administrator means the Number Administrator for the time being appointed under clause 5 of the Deed.
Numbering Principles means the Numbering Principles set out in clause 2.4 of the Deed.

Public Switched Telecommunication Service means a public service offered by a Service Provider for telecommunication between end-users. In general, a Public Switched Telecommunication Service enables end-users to communicate with end-users of the same or any other Public Switched Telecommunication Service over inter-connected PSTNs.