National Relay Service (Participating Persons) Determination 2005 (No. 1) (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and

Service Standards) Act 1999

National Relay Service (Participating Persons) Determination

2005 (No. 1)

I, HELEN LLOYD COONAN, Minister for Communications,  Information Technology and the Arts, make the following Determination under paragraph 94A(2)(a) of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

Dated 28 November 2005.

HELEN COONAN

Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts

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1                 Name of Determination

This Determination is the National Relay Service (Participating Persons) Determination 2005 (No. 1).

2                 Commencement

This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

1. Definitions

   (1)       In this Determination:

   Act means the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

   eligible revenue period has the same meaning as in section 20C of the Act.

   most recent eligible revenue assessment has the same meaning as in section 101C of the Act.

   (2)       For the purposes of this Determination, a person’s gross telecommunications revenue for an eligible revenue period is the person’s gross telecommunications sales revenue for that period calculated in accordance with Part 3 of the Telecommunications Universal Service Obligation (Eligible Revenue) Determination 2003, as amended or replaced from time to time.

   4             Determination

   For the purposes of paragraph 94A(2)(a) of the Act, the amount of $10 million is determined in relation to a person’s gross telecommunications revenue for an eligible revenue period to which the most recent eligible revenue assessment relates.

   Note:  The effect of this Determination is that if a person’s gross telecommunications revenue for an eligible revenue period to which the most recent eligible revenue assessment relates is less than $10 million, the person will not be liable to pay NRS levy.