Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsAct No. 130 of 1998 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 19 April 2011
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 5 of 2011
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may
be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and
Publishing,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra
Contents
Part 1--Preliminary 1
1............ Short title [see Note 1]........................................................................ 1
2............ Commencement [see Note 1].............................................................. 1
3............ Definitions.......................................................................................... 1
4............ Crown to be bound............................................................................. 5
5............ External Territories.............................................................................. 5
6............ Extra-territorial operation.................................................................... 5
Part 2--Sale of the National Transmission Network 6
7............ Fixtures on non-Commonwealth land................................................. 6
8............ Effect of Lands Acquisition Act on past grants etc. of interests in land 6
9............ Transfer of assets and liabilities.......................................................... 7
10.......... Exemption from stamp duty and other taxes....................................... 8
11.......... Registration of transfers of land.......................................................... 8
12.......... Part does not place person in breach of contract etc............................ 9
Part 3--Access to services etc. 10
13.......... Deemed application of telecommunications access regime................ 10
14.......... Nominated services........................................................................... 10
15.......... Nominated customers........................................................................ 11
16.......... Miscellaneous modifications of telecommunications access regime.. 12
17.......... Relationship with other access regimes............................................. 13
Part 4--Restrictions on transfer of assets 15
18.......... Minister's approval required for transfers of original assets or replacement assets 15
Part 5--Transmitter licences 16
19.......... Transfer of transmitter licences to ABC and SBS............................. 16
Part 6--Powers and immunities of NTC or declared successor 17
20.......... Deemed application of telecommunications carrier rules................... 17
21.......... Miscellaneous modifications of telecommunications carrier rules..... 17
Part 7--Miscellaneous 18
22.......... Declared successors.......................................................................... 18
23.......... Delegation......................................................................................... 18
24.......... Immunity from State and Territory regulatory laws.......................... 18
25.......... Application of Competition and Consumer Act to sale of shares in NTC 20
26.......... Lands Acquisition Act does not apply.............................................. 20
27.......... Commonwealth records.................................................................... 20
28.......... Compensation for acquisition of property......................................... 20
29.......... Disallowable instruments.................................................................. 21
30.......... Regulations....................................................................................... 21
Notes 23
An Act relating to the sale of the National Transmission Network
Notes to
the
National Transmission Network Sale Act
1998 Note 1 The National Transmission Network Sale Act 1998 as
shown in this
compilation comprises
Act No. 130, 1998 amended as indicated in the Tables below. Table of Acts
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Act |
Number |
Date |
Date of commencement |
Application, saving or transitional provisions |
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130, 1998 |
21 Dec 1998 |
21 Dec 1998 |
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Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999 |
146, 1999 |
11 Nov 1999 |
Schedule 1 (item 675): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (a) |
-- |
|
Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 2) 2010 |
103, 2010 |
13 July 2010 |
Schedule 6 (items 169-175): 1 Jan 2011 |
-- |
|
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Act 2010 |
140, 2010 |
15 Dec 2010 |
Schedule 1 (items 68, 69): (b) |
-- |
|
Statute Law Revision Act 2011 |
5, 2011 |
22 Mar 2011 |
Schedule 7 (item 102): 19 Apr 2011 |
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(a) The National Transmission Network Sale Act 1998 was amended by Schedule 1 (item 675) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:
(1) In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.
(2) Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.
(b) Subsection 2(1) (item 5) of the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Act 2010 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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Commencement information |
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Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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5. Schedule 1, Parts 2 and 3 |
The later of: (a) the start of the day after this Act receives the Royal Assent; and (b) immediately after the commencement of item 2 of Schedule 5 to the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 2) 2010. |
1 January 2011 (paragraph (b) applies) |
Table of Amendments
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ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted |
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Provision affected |
How affected |
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Part 1 |
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S. 3...................................... |
am. Nos. 103 and 140, 2010 |
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Part 3 |
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S. 13.................................... |
am. No. 103, 2010 |
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S. 16.................................... |
am. Nos. 103 and 140, 2010 |
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S. 17.................................... |
am. No. 103, 2010 |
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Part 7 |
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S. 23.................................... |
am. No. 146, 1999; No. 5, 2011 |
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Heading to s. 25................ |
am. No. 103, 2010 |
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S. 25.................................... |
am. No. 103, 2010 |