Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1991
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Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1991
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(1) Subject to section 59 of the Australian Telecommunications Corporation Act 1989 and subsection (2) of this section, Telecom is not subject to any requirement, obligation, liability, penalty or disability under a law of a State or Territory to which the Commonwealth is not subject. (2) Subsection (1) applies only in relation to the period beginning at the commencement of this section and ending immediately before the commencement of section 116 of the Telecommunications Act 1991.