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

23   Protected name and protected symbol

(1) Despite the repeal of the Telecommunications Act 1991 (the 1991 Act ) by this Act, section 402A of that Act continues to apply, after the merging time, in relation to a protected name and the protected symbol, until the end of:

(a) 12 months after the merging time; or

(b) if a longer period is specified in the regulations - that longer period;

as if:

(c) the 1991 Act had not been repealed; and

(d) the reference in subsection 402A(1) of that Act to AUSTEL were a reference to the ACA.

(2) The Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b).