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

Part 3   Transitional

Division 15   Exercise of powers by AUSTEL before relevant commencement dates

77   Exercise of powers by AUSTEL before 1 July 1997 - general

(1) This section applies if:

(a) an eligible provision confers, or will confer, a power on the ACA; and

(b) assuming that Part 3 of Australian Communications Authority Act 1997 had commenced at the commencement of this section, section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 would have authorised the ACA to:

(i) exercise that power; or

(ii) do a particular thing in relation to the exercise of that power;

before 1 July 1997.

(2) Section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 is taken to authorise AUSTEL to exercise that power, or do that thing, before 1 July 1997 as if a reference in that eligible provision to the ACA were a reference to AUSTEL.

(3) Anything done by AUSTEL in accordance with this section before 1 July 1997 has effect, on and after 1 July 1997, as if it had been done by the ACA.