Broadcasting
(Limited Licences) Fees Act 1988
No.
142 of 1988
Act
to provide for the payment of fees in respect of certain licences granted under
the Broadcasting Act 1942
[Assented to 26 December 1988]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the
Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as
follows:
Short
title
1. This Act may be cited
as the Broadcasting (Limited Licences)
Fees Act 1988.
Commencement
2. This Act commences on
the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Incorporation
of Broadcasting Act 1942
3. The Broadcasting Act 1942 is incorporated
with this Act and shall be read as one with this Act.
Fees
in respect of limited licences
4. There are payable to
the Commonwealth by the holder of a limited licence, by way of tax in respect
of the licence, fees in accordance with sections 5 and 6.
Fees
on grant and renewal
5. (1) There is payable on the grant of a limited licence, not being a
grant by way of the renewal of the licence, a fee of an amount ascertained in
accordance with the regulations.
(2) Without limiting
subsection (1), regulations made for the purposes of that subsection may:
(a)
prescribe as the amount of the fee the amount specified in the regulations; or
(b)
prescribe a procedure in accordance with which the amount of the fee is to be
ascertained.
(3) Without limiting
paragraph (2) (b), regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1) may
provide that the amount of the fee is to be ascertained in accordance with a
system of tendering, bidding or auction.
(4) There is payable on the
renewal of a limited licence a fee of an amount ascertained in accordance with
the regulations.
Annual
fee
6. (1) There is payable on each 1 January that occurs:
(a)
during the period of a limited licence; or
(b)
during the period of 12 months immediately following the end of the period of a
limited licence;
a fee of
an amount ascertained in accordance with the regulations.
(2) Subsection (1) does not
apply to a licence granted for a period of 12 months or less.
(3) Without limiting
subsection (1), regulations made for the purposes of that subsection may:
(a)
prescribe as the amount of the fee the amount specified in the regulations; or
(b)
prescribe a procedure in accordance with which the amount of the fee is to be
ascertained.
Regulations
7. The Governor-General
may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters:
(a)
required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b)
necessary or convenient to be prescribed in carrying out or giving effect to
this Act.
[Minister’s
second reading speech made in—
House
of Representatives on 28 September 1988
Senate
on 22 November 1988