Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1997 - SECT 20

    Despite the repeal of Part   14 of the Telecommunications Act 1991 (the 1991 Act ) by this Act, if, before the merging time:

  (a)   a requirement arose for AUSTEL to hold a public inquiry under that Part, but that inquiry had not begun; or

  (b)   AUSTEL began to hold a public inquiry under that Part, but that inquiry had not been completed;

that Part continues to apply, after the merging time, in relation to that inquiry, as if:

  (c)   that Part had not been repealed; and

  (d)   each reference in that Part to AUSTEL were a reference to the ACA; and

  (e)   each reference in that Part to the Chairperson were a reference to the Chairman of the ACA.