1.  Sections 1 and 2 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

16 April 2012

2.  Sections 3 to 125

A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.

A Proclamation must not specify a day that occurs before the latest of:

(a) the time when an undertaking given by Telstra under section 577A of the Telecommunications Act 1997 comes into force; and

(b) if an undertaking given by Telstra is in force under section 577A of the Telecommunications Act 1997 and the undertaking requires Telstra to give the ACCC a draft migration plan and, in accordance with the undertaking, Telstra has given the ACCC a draft migration plan--the time when the ACCC approves the draft migration plan under section 577BD, 577BDA, 577BDB or 577BDC of that Act; and

(c) if, under section 577GA of the Telecommunications Act 1997 , the excluded spectrum regime applies to Telstra, and no declaration is in force under subsection 577J(3) of that Act--the time when an undertaking given by Telstra under section 577C of that Act comes into force; and

(d) if, under section 577GA of the Telecommunications Act 1997 , the excluded spectrum regime applies to Telstra, and no declaration is in force under subsection 577J(5) of that Act--the time when an undertaking given by Telstra under section 577E of that Act comes into force.

However, if the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the latest of:

(a) the time when an undertaking given by Telstra under section 577A of the Telecommunications Act 1997 comes into force; and

(b) if an undertaking given by Telstra is in force under section 577A of the Telecommunications Act 1997 and the undertaking requires Telstra to give the ACCC a draft migration plan and, in accordance with the undertaking, Telstra has given the ACCC a draft migration plan--the time when the ACCC approves the draft migration plan under section 577BD, 577BDA, 577BDB or 577BDC of that Act; and

(c) if, under section 577GA of the Telecommunications Act 1997 , the excluded spectrum regime applies to Telstra, and no declaration is in force under subsection 577J(3) of that Act--the time when an undertaking given by Telstra under section 577C of that Act comes into force; and

(d) if, under section 577GA of the Telecommunications Act 1997 , the excluded spectrum regime applies to Telstra, and no declaration is in force under subsection 577J(5) of that Act--the time when an undertaking given by Telstra under section 577E of that Act comes into force;

they commence on the day after the end of that period.

An expression used in this table item that is also used in the Telecommunications Act 1997 has the same meaning in this table item as it has in that Act.

Subsections 577BD(5), 577BDA(4) and (6), 577BDB(5) and 577BDC(4) of the Telecommunications Act 1997 apply to this table item in the same way as they apply to the Telecommunications Act 1997 .