Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a technical standard in force under section 246 of the Telecommunications Act 1991 immediately before 1 July 1997.
(2) The Telecommunications Act 1997 has effect, until the termination time for the standard, as if:
(a) the standard had been determined by the ACA under section 376 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 at the beginning of 1 July 1997; and
(b) the standard had taken effect at the beginning of 1 July 1997; and
(c) a reference in the standard to customer equipment (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1991 ) were a reference to customer equipment (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997 ); and
(d) a reference in the standard to customer cabling (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1991 ) were a reference to customer cabling (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997 ); and
(e) the ACA had complied with the requirements of section 378 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 in relation to the making of the standard; and
(f) subsections 376(2) and (3) of the Telecommunications Act 1997 were not applicable to the standard.
(3) This section does not prevent the variation or revocation of a standard in accordance with subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
(4) In this section:
"termination time" , in relation to a standard, means the earlier of:
(a) the time when another standard that:
(i) is made under section 376 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 ; and
(ii) contains a declaration that it replaces the first - mentioned standard;
takes effect; or
(b) the beginning of 1 January 1998.