Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1997 (59 of 1997)

Part 3   Transitional

Division 1   Transitional provisions relating to the merger of AUSTEL and the SMA

17   Pending proceedings - Commonwealth a party

(1) This section applies to proceedings to which the Commonwealth was a party and that:

(a) were pending in any court or tribunal immediately before the merging time; and

(b) related to the SMA.

(2) After the merging time, the ACA is, by force of this section, substituted for the Commonwealth as a party to the proceedings.