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27. Charging determinations
       28. Directions
       29. Delegations
       30. Existing Managing Director
       31. Existing Chief General Manager
       32. Employment of staff members to continue
       33. Heading to Division 1 of Part V
       34. Divisions 2 to 7 of Part V etc.
       35. Division 8 of Part V
       36. Disclosure of contents of telecommunications message
       37. By-laws
       38. Telecommunications (Interception) Act
       39. Transfer of funds

SCHEDULE 1
CONSEQUENTIAL AND MINOR AMENDMENTS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1975

SCHEDULE 2
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS

Telecommunications Amendment Act 1988

No. 121 of 1988

An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act 1975 and to amend various other Acts in relation to the provision of telecommunications services, and for related purposes

[Assented to 14 December 1988]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications Amendment Act 1988.

Commencement
2. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Sections 5, 6, 10, 12 and 13 and subsections 23 (2) and 26 (1) commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation for the purposes of this subsection.
(3) Section 14 and subsections 23 (3) and 26 (2) commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation for the purposes of this subsection.

PART II—AMENDMENTS OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1975

Principal Act
3. In this Part and Part V, "Principal Act" means the Telecommunications Act 19751.
4. After section 3 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Application of Act
"3aa. This Act applies both within and outside Australia.".

Heading to Part II
5. The heading to Part II of the Principal Act is omitted and the following heading is substituted:

"PART II—ESTABLISHMENT, FUNCTIONS AND GENERAL POWERS OF CORPORATION".

6. Section 4 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following sections are substituted:

Australian Telecommunications Corporation
"4. The Australian Telecommunications Commission is, by this section, preserved, and continued in existence, under the name of the Australian Telecommunications Corporation.

Corporation is body corporate etc.
"4a. The Corporation:
     (a) continues to be a body corporate;
     (b) shall have a seal;
     (c) may acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property; and
     (d) may sue and be sued in its corporate name.".
7. After section 5 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Subsidiary function
"5a. (1) It is a subsidiary function of the Commission to carry on, outside Australia, business relating to telecommunications.
"(2) The Commission shall not carry on the business of providing space satellite facilities for use in telecommunications systems for neighbouring regions.

"(3)