Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1991
16Pre‑existing licences for performing cabling work
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16 Pre‑existing licences for performing cabling work
Where, immediately before the commencement of Part 12 of the Telecommunications Act 1991 there was in force a cabling licence (in this section called the previous cabling licence) issued under section 131 of the Telecommunications Act 1989 or a cabling licence (in this section also called the previous cabling licence) taken by section 139 of that Act to be issued under Division 5 of Part 5 of that Act: (a) the previous cabling licence is taken, on that commencement, to be a cabling licence (in this section called the new cabling licence) issued under Division 7 of Part 12 of the Telecommunications Act 1991, being a cabling licence that includes the conditions (if any) to which the previous cabling licence was subject immediately before that commencement; and (b) the person who was, or was taken to be, the holder of the previous cabling licence is taken, on that commencement, to be the holder of the new cabling licence.