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                                                              14

18.......... Minister’s approval required for transfers of original assets or replacement assets               14

Part 5—Transmitter licences                                                                                           15

19.......... Transfer of transmitter licences to ABC and SBS............................ 15

Part 6—Powers and immunities of NTC or declared successor                  16

20.......... Deemed application of telecommunications carrier rules................. 16

21.......... Miscellaneous modifications of telecommunications carrier rules.... 16

Part 7—Miscellaneous                                                                                                        17

22.......... Declared successors.......................................................................... 17

23.......... Delegation......................................................................................... 17

24.......... Immunity from State and Territory regulatory laws........................ 17

25.......... Application of Trade Practices Act to sale of shares in NTC.......... 19

26.......... Lands Acquisition Act does not apply............................................ 19

27.......... Commonwealth records.................................................................... 19

28.......... Compensation for acquisition of property....................................... 19

29.......... Disallowable instruments................................................................. 20

30.......... Regulations....................................................................................... 20

Notes                                                                                                                                           21

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

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
National Transmission Network Sale Act 1998	130, 1998	21 Dec 1998	21 Dec 1998
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)	—

(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.

 

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 23....................................	am. No. 146, 1999