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Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1997
17Pending proceedings—Commonwealth a party
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17 Pending proceedings—Commonwealth a party
(1) This section applies to proceedings to which the Commonwealth was a party and that: (a) were pending in any court or tribunal immediately before the merging time; and (b) related to the SMA. (2) After the merging time, the ACA is, by force of this section, substituted for the Commonwealth as a party to the proceedings.