Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person who is provided by Australia with a telecommunications service immediately before the commencing day may use that service on and after that commencing day as if he or she had been provided with that service by the Australian Telecommunications Commission.
(2) The authorization given by subsection ( 1) is given subject to compliance with the relevant provisions of the Telecommunications Act 1975 and of the By - laws made under that Act and subject to the payment of the charges payable under that Act.
(3) Arrangements in force immediately before the commencing day authorizing the attachment of equipment to a telecommunications service provided by the Postmaster - General and the use of any such equipment continue to have force and effect on and after that day as if the Australian Telecommunications Commission had made the arrangements under the By - laws in force under the Telecommunications Act 1975 .
(4) Arrangements in force immediately before the commencing day for the provision of a postal service for a person continue to have force and effect on and after that day as if the Australian Postal Commission had made the arrangements under the By - laws in force under the Postal Services Act 1975 .
(5) Where a person had paid to Australia before the commencing day an amount on account of rental or charges expected to accrue in respect of the provision of a postal service or a telecommunications service by the Postmaster - General on or after the commencing day, that amount shall be deemed to have been paid to the Australian Postal Commission or to the Australian Telecommunications Commission, as the case may be, on account of the charges that become payable under the Postal Services Act 1975 or under the Telecommunications Act 1975 in respect of the provision of that service under that Act.
(6) Where a person has incurred charges in respect of the provision of a postal service or a telecommunications service by Australia before the commencing day but the charges have not been paid before that day, whether or not the charges have become due for payment before that day, the charges are, by force of this subsection, payable to the Australian Postal Commission or to the Australian Telecommunications Commission, as the case may be, and not to Australia.