26Transitional—continuity of supply of carriage services during the transition to the national broadband network

26 Transitional—continuity of supply of carriage services during the transition to the national broadband network

If: (a) before the commencement of this section, the Commonwealth entered into a contract with a person wholly or partly for a purpose relating to the achievement of the policy objective that that there are to be such: (i) customer information programs; and (ii) customer cabling installation programs; and (iii) carriage service development programs; as are necessary to support the continuity of supply of carriage services during the transition to the national broadband network; and (b) as at the commencement of this section, the contract is in force; then: (c) this Act, and any other law of the Commonwealth, has effect as if the contract had been entered into by TUSMA under section 13 for a purpose relating to the achievement of that policy objective; and (d) for the purposes of this Act, the contract is a designated transitional contract so far as the contract relates to the purpose referred to in paragraph (a).