Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1997 - SECT 23

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  (c)   the 1991 Act had not been repealed; and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