Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1991

The Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1991 sets out transitional provisions to facilitate the transition from the Telecommunications Act 1989 to the new Telecommunications Act 1991. Key highlights include: pre-existing notifications and directions to AUSTEL are taken to have been given under the new Act; pre-existing advisory committees are taken to have been established under the new Act; pre-existing carriers may continue to operate pending the grant of a licence; the disclosure or use of pre-existing communications is subject to the new Act's provisions; conduct engaged in before the repeal of the old Act may still be subject to relief or penalty; and pre-existing interconnection rights and class licences continue to have effect under the new Act, subject to certain conditions.