Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00900:section:83
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00900
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 83
Character Range: 86224–87996

83  Technical standards about customer equipment and customer cabling
 (1) This section applies to a technical standard in force under section 246 of the Telecommunications Act 1991 immediately before 1 July 1997.
 (2) The Telecommunications Act 1997 has effect, until the termination time for the standard, as if:
 (a) the standard had been determined by the ACA under section 376 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 at the beginning of 1 July 1997; and
 (b) the standard had taken effect at the beginning of 1 July 1997; and
 (c) a reference in the standard to customer equipment (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1991) were a reference to customer equipment (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997); and
 (d) a reference in the standard to customer cabling (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1991) were a reference to customer cabling (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997); and
 (e) the ACA had complied with the requirements of section 378 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 in relation to the making of the standard; and
 (f) subsections 376(2) and (3) of the Telecommunications Act 1997 were not applicable to the standard.
 (3) This section does not prevent the variation or revocation of a standard in accordance with subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
 (4) In this section:
termination time, in relation to a standard, means the earlier of:
 (a) the time when another standard that:
 (i) is made under section 376 of the Telecommunications Act 1997; and
 (ii) contains a declaration that it replaces the first‑mentioned standard;
  takes effect; or
 (b) the beginning of 1 January 1998.

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