EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1990 No.
Issued by the Authority of the Attorney-General
Trade Practices (Telecommunications Exemptions) Regulations (Repeal).
Section 172 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 provides that the Governor-General may make regulations prescribing all matters that are necessary or convenient for carrying out or giving effect to that Act/ including exempting from the application of the Act prescribed conduct engaged in in the course of a business carried on by a prescribed authority of the Commonwealth.
This Regulation repeals the Trade Practices (Telecommunications Exemptions) Regulations No. 99 of 1988 as amended by No. 203 of 1988. The repealed Regulations are no longer necessary because the Telecommunications Act 1989 provides Telecom, OTC and Aussat with an appropriate exemption from the operation of the Trade Practices Act 1974. It is noted that the dates specified in Regulations 6, 7 and 8 of the repealed Regulations that limited the duration of those particular Regulations have now expired.