Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1991 No. 98 of 1991 - SECT 66

66. (1) As soon as practicable after making an instrument under section 64 or
65, the Minister must:

   (a)  cause a copy to be published in the Gazette; and

   (b)  if the instrument was made under section 64 - give a copy to each
        carrier that holds a licence of a kind to which the instrument relates
        that is in effect when the instrument takes effect; and

   (c)  if the instrument was made under section 65 - give a copy to the
        carrier that holds the licence; and

   (d)  give a copy to each carrier that section 68 required the Minister to
        consult with before making the instrument.

(2) An instrument under section 64 or 65 takes effect:

   (a)  at the end of the day on which the Minister complies with paragraph
        (1) (a), and paragraph (1) (b) or (c), as the case requires, in
        relation to the instrument; or

   (b)  if the instrument states that it takes effect on a later day - on that
        later day.

(3) Subject to subsection (2), a contravention of this section does not affect
the validity of an instrument.

(4) An instrument made by the Minister under section 64 or 65 is a
disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the Acts 
Interpretation Act 1901 .