55National universal service provider

55 National universal service provider

(1) This section applies to a declaration that: (a) was in force under subsection 290(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1991 immediately before 1 July 1997; and (b) declared a person to be the universal service carrier for Australia. (2) The Telecommunications Act 1997 has effect as if: (a) the declaration were a declaration under subsection 150(1) of that Act stating that the person is the national universal service provider; and (b) the declaration had been made immediately before 1 July 1997. (3) For the purposes of this section, it is to be assumed that section 150 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 had commenced immediately before 1 July 1997.