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

Part 3   Transitional

Division 10   Transitional provisions relating to cabling and customer equipment

67   Declarations about application of cabling provisions

 

(1) This section applies to a declaration that:

(a) was in force under subsection 280(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1991 immediately before 1 July 1997; and

(b) relates to the whole of Division 7 of Part 12 of the Telecommunications Act 1991.

      

(2) The Telecommunications Act 1997 has effect as if:

(a) the declaration had been made by the ACA under subsection 439(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997 at the beginning of 1 July 1997; and

(b) a reference in the declaration to Division 7 of Part 12 of the Telecommunications Act 1991 were a reference to Division 9 of Part 21 of the Telecommunications Act 1997; and

(c) a reference in the declaration to customer cabling (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1991) were a reference to customer cabling (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997).

      

(3) This section does not prevent the variation or revocation of a declaration in accordance with subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

      

(4) In this section:

ACA means the Australian Communications Authority.