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86Standard assumptions for the purpose of this Division
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#### 86 Standard assumptions for the purpose of this Division
For the purposes of the application of this Division to a particular instrument, the following are the standard assumptions:
(a) the assumption that each reference in the instrument to the Telecommunications Act 1991 were a reference to the Telecommunications Act 1997; and
(b) the assumption that each reference in the instrument to a provision of Division 6 of Part 5 of the Telecommunications Act 1991 were a reference to the corresponding provision of Part 9 of the Telecommunications Act 1997; and
(c) the assumption that each reference in the instrument to a carrier or service provider (within the meaning of Division 6 of Part 5 of the Telecommunications Act 1991) were a reference to a carriage service provider (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997); and
(d) the assumption that each reference in the instrument to a standard telephone service (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1991) were a reference to a standard telephone service (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997) supplied by means of:
(i) a public switched telephone service line; and
(ii) a telephone handset that does not have switching functions; and
(e) the assumption that each reference in the instrument to a telecommunications service (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1991) were a reference to a carriage service (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997); and
(f) the assumption that each reference in the instrument to AUSTEL were a reference to the ACA.