Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00900:section:77
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00900
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 77
Character Range: 80805–81677

77  Exercise of powers by AUSTEL before 1 July 1997—general
 (1) This section applies if:
 (a) an eligible provision confers, or will confer, a power on the ACA; and
 (b) assuming that Part 3 of Australian Communications Authority Act 1997 had commenced at the commencement of this section, section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 would have authorised the ACA to:
 (i) exercise that power; or
 (ii) do a particular thing in relation to the exercise of that power;
  before 1 July 1997.
 (2) Section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 is taken to authorise AUSTEL to exercise that power, or do that thing, before 1 July 1997 as if a reference in that eligible provision to the ACA were a reference to AUSTEL.
 (3) Anything done by AUSTEL in accordance with this section before 1 July 1997 has effect, on and after 1 July 1997, as if it had been done by the ACA.