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1998
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Telecommunications
(Universal Service Levy) Amendment Bill
1998
No. ,
1998
(Communications, Information Technology and the
Arts)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997, and for related
purposes
ISBN: 0000 367684
Contents
A Bill for an Act to amend the Telecommunications
(Universal Service Levy) Act 1997, and for related
purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications (Universal Service
Levy) Amendment Act 1998.
This Act commences on 1 July 1999.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any
other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its
terms.
1 Section 4
Omit “section 139 of the Telecommunications Act 1997”,
substitute “section 10 of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection
and Service Standards) Act 1998”.
2 Section 5 (definition of participating
carrier)
Omit “section 146 of the Telecommunications Act 1997”,
substitute “section 16 of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection
and Service Standards) Act 1998”.
3 Section 6
Omit “section 197 of the Telecommunications Act 1997”,
substitute “section 68 of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection
and Service Standards) Act 1998”.
4 Application
Despite:
(a) the amendments made by this Schedule; and
(b) the repeal of Part 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 by the
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Act 1998;
the Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997 continues
to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to levy for a
financial year that ended on or before 30 June 1999, as if those amendments had
not been made and that repeal had not happened.