Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1997 No. 59 of 1997 - SECT 66

(1) This section applies to a licence that:

   (a)  was issued under section 271 of the Telecommunications Act 1991; and

   (b)  was in force immediately before 1 July 1997.

(2) The Telecommunications Act 1997 has effect as if:

   (a)  the licence were granted by the ACA under section 427 of the
        Telecommunications Act 1997 at the beginning of 1 July 1997; and

   (b)  if a kind of cabling work to which the licence relates is a type of
        cabling work for the purposes of Division 9 of Part 21 of the
        Telecommunications Act 1997-the licence were a licence authorising
        that type of cabling work; and

   (c)  each condition of the licence included under subsection 286(2) of the
        Telecommunications Act 1991 (other than a condition relating to the
        duration of the licence) had been specified under section 432 of the
        Telecommunications Act 1997; and

   (d)  section 427 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 had been complied with
        in relation to the grant of the licence.

(3) Subsection (2) does not prevent:

   (a)  the suspension of the licence in accordance with section 437 of the
        Telecommunications Act 1997; or

   (b)  the cancellation of the licence in accordance with section 438 of the
        Telecommunications Act 1997; or

   (c)  the exercise of the powers conferred by section 432 of the
        Telecommunications Act 1997 in relation to the licence.

(4) If a period is specified in the licence as the duration of the licence,
section 431 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 has effect as if the licence
had specified the last day of that period as the day of expiration of the
licence.

(5) In this section:
ACA means the Australian Communications Authority.