Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNIVERSAL SERVICE MANAGEMENT AGENCY ACT 2012 (NO. 43, 2012) - SECT 24

                   If:

                     (a)  before the commencement of this section, the Commonwealth entered into a contract with Telstra wholly or partly for a purpose relating to the achievement of the policy objective that end-users of standard telephone services in Australia are to have access, free of charge, to an emergency call service; and

                     (b)  as at the commencement of this section, the contract is in force;

then:

                     (c)  this Act, and any other law of the Commonwealth, has effect as if the contract had been entered into by TUSMA under section 13 for a purpose relating to the achievement of that policy objective; and

                     (d)  for the purposes of this Act, the contract is a designated transitional contract so far as the contract relates to the purpose referred to in paragraph (a).