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

Part 3   Transitional

Division 10   Transitional provisions relating to cabling and customer equipment

65   Continued effect of orders relating to the connection of customer cabling and customer equipment

 

(1) This section applies to a person if:

(a) the person was a carrier (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1991 (the 1991 Act )) immediately before 1 July 1997; and

(b) the person was the subject of an order under subsection 281(6) of the 1991 Act, or of a direction under subsection 282(1) of the 1991 Act, that was in force immediately before 1 July 1997; and

(c) in the case of a direction given to the person under subsection 282(1) of the 1991 Act - the person has not complied with the direction before 1 July 1997.

      

(2) Despite the repeal of the 1991 Act by this Act, the order and the direction continue to apply, in relation to the person, on and after 1 July 1997, as if subsection 281(6) and section 282 of the 1991 Act had not been repealed.

      

(3) After 30 June 1997, the person must comply with the order or direction, as the case may be.

      

(4) Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act 1997 has effect as if subsection (3) of this section were a section of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

      

(5) After 30 June 1997, the ACA may revoke or vary the order or direction in accordance with section 33 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

      

(6) In this section:

ACA means the Australian Communications Authority.