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

18   Pending proceedings - Spectrum Manager a party

(1) This section applies to proceedings to which the Spectrum Manager was a party and that were pending in any court or tribunal immediately before the merging time.

(2) If the proceedings relate to a thing done by the Spectrum Manager in the name of, or on behalf of, the SMA, then, after the merging time, the ACA is, by force of this section, substituted for the Spectrum Manager as a party to the proceedings.

(3) If the proceedings do not relate to a thing done by the Spectrum Manager in the name of, or on behalf of, the SMA, then, after the merging time, the Chairman of the ACA is, by force of this section, substituted for the Spectrum Manager as a party to the proceedings.