Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Despite the repeal of the Telecommunications Act 1991 by this Act, the existing numbering provisions continue to apply, until the termination time, as if:
(a) the existing numbering provisions had not been repealed; and
(b) each reference in the existing numbering provisions to a carrier (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1991 ) were a reference to a carrier (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997 ); and
(c) each reference in the existing numbering provisions to AUSTEL were a reference to the ACA; and
(d) each reference in the existing numbering provisions to a telecommunications service (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1991 ) were a reference to a carriage service (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997 ); and
(e) each reference in the existing numbering provisions to the Telecommunications Act 1991 were a reference to the Telecommunications Act 1997 ; and
(f) each reference in the existing numbering provisions to a public telecommunications network (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1991 ) were a reference to a telecommunications network operated by a carrier (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997 ); and
(g) the national numbering plan prepared under section 239 of the Telecommunications Act 1991 were modified as set out in a determination under subsection ( 2) of this section.
(2) The ACA may make a written determination for the purposes of paragraph ( 1)(g).
(3) Anything done by, or in relation to, AUSTEL under the existing numbering provisions before 1 July 1997, has effect, on and after 1 July 1997, as if it had been done by, or in relation to, the ACA.
(4) In this section:
"ACA" means the Australian Communications Authority.
"AUSTEL" means the Australian Telecommunications Authority.
"existing numbering provisions" means the following provisions of the Telecommunications Act 1991 :
(a) the definitions of allocation and public telecommunications network in section 5;
(b) section 39;
(c) section 46, to the extent to which that section relates to section 39;
(d) Division 2 of Part 11.
"modifications" includes additions, omissions and substitutions.