77Exercise of powers by AUSTEL before 1 July 1997—general

77 Exercise of powers by AUSTEL before 1 July 1997—general

(1) This section applies if: (a) an eligible provision confers, or will confer, a power on the ACA; and (b) assuming that Part 3 of Australian Communications Authority Act 1997 had commenced at the commencement of this section, section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 would have authorised the ACA to: (i) exercise that power; or (ii) do a particular thing in relation to the exercise of that power; before 1 July 1997. (2) Section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 is taken to authorise AUSTEL to exercise that power, or do that thing, before 1 July 1997 as if a reference in that eligible provision to the ACA were a reference to AUSTEL. (3) Anything done by AUSTEL in accordance with this section before 1 July 1997 has effect, on and after 1 July 1997, as if it had been done by the ACA.