11Savings—legal proceedings

#### 11 Savings—legal proceedings (1) The repeal effected by section 4 does not prevent the recovery, after the commencing day, under Part VIA of the Post and Telegraph Act 1901‑1974, of compensation, or of an amount equal to the cost of work done by the Postmaster‑General’s Department, in respect of any act or thing done before that day. (2) Where, immediately before the commencing day, proceedings to which Australia or the Postmaster‑General was a party were pending in any court for the recovery under that Part of compensation, or of an amount equal to the cost of work done by the Postmaster‑General’s Department, the Australian Telecommunications Commission is, by force of this section, substituted for Australia or the Postmaster‑General, as the case may be, as a party to the proceedings and has the same rights in the proceedings as the party for which it is substituted. (3) The Australian Telecommunications Commission may institute proceedings for the recovery of compensation in respect of any act or thing done before the commencing day, or of an amount equal to the cost of work done by the Postmaster‑General’s Department before the commencing day, as if Part VIA of the Post and Telegraph Act 1901‑1974 had not been repealed and that Commission and that Department were the same body. (4) The Australian Telecommunications Commission is entitled to any compensation or amount paid or recovered after the commencing day under Part VIA of the Post and Telegraph Act 1901‑1974. (5) Any security for the payment of moneys to the Postmaster‑General held by Australia immediately before the commencing day under Part VIA of the Post and Telegraph Act 1901‑1974 shall be transferred to the Australian Telecommunications Commission and held by that Commission as security for the payment of those moneys to that Commission.