83Technical standards about customer equipment and customer cabling

#### 83 Technical standards about customer equipment and customer cabling (1) This section applies to a technical standard in force under section 246 of the Telecommunications Act 1991 immediately before 1 July 1997. (2) The Telecommunications Act 1997 has effect, until the termination time for the standard, as if: (a) the standard had been determined by the ACA under section 376 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 at the beginning of 1 July 1997; and (b) the standard had taken effect at the beginning of 1 July 1997; and (c) a reference in the standard to customer equipment (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1991) were a reference to customer equipment (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997); and (d) a reference in the standard to customer cabling (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1991) were a reference to customer cabling (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997); and (e) the ACA had complied with the requirements of section 378 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 in relation to the making of the standard; and (f) subsections 376(2) and (3) of the Telecommunications Act 1997 were not applicable to the standard. (3) This section does not prevent the variation or revocation of a standard in accordance with subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. (4) In this section: > termination time, in relation to a standard, means the earlier of: (a) the time when another standard that: (i) is made under section 376 of the Telecommunications Act 1997; and (ii) contains a declaration that it replaces the first‑mentioned standard; takes effect; or (b) the beginning of 1 January 1998.