Radiocommunications Licence Fees Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1982 No. 2931

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Radiocommunications Licence Fees Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Radiocommunications Licence Fees Act 1982.

Dated 28 October 1982.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

N. A. BROWN

Minister of State for Communications

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Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 November 1982.

Licence fees

2. Regulation 3of the Radiocommunications Licence Fees Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1)“or referred to” after “rate specified”; and

(b) by omitting sub-regulations (3) and (4).

3. After regulation 3of the Radiocommunications Licence Fees Regulations the following regulation is inserted:

Fees in respect of fixed stations, Class C

“3a. (1) The succeeding provisions of this regulation apply in ascertaining the rate of the fee payable in respect of the grant or renewal of a licence included in the class of licences referred to in Item 32 in the Schedule.

 

“(2) The rate of the fee referred to in sub-regulation (1) is an amount per year, being—

(a) in the case of a fixed station, Class C, having one or more transmitting frequencies each of which has an occupied bandwidth not exceeding 10000 kilohertz—an amount, or an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts, as the case requires, ascertained in accordance with sub-regulation (3) in respect of each such bandwidth;

(b) in the case of such a station having one or more transmitting frequencies each of which has an occupied bandwidth exceeding 10000 kilohertz—an amount ascertained in accordance with sub-regulation (4) in respect of the aggregate of the bandwidths of each such frequency; and

(c) in the case of such a station having transmitting frequencies of the kinds referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b)—an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts ascertained in accordance with each of those sub-paragraphs.

“(3) Where the bandwidth occupied by a transmitting frequency of a fixed station, Class C referred to in paragraph (2) (a) is within a range specified in Column 2 of an item in the table, the amount ascertained for the purposes of that paragraph is

(a) in the case of such a station in a high density location—the amount specified in Column 3 of that item; and

(b) in the case of such a station in a low density location—the amount specified in Column 4 of that item:

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Bandwidth range in kilohertz	High density location	Low density location
$	$
1	1-36 (inclusive)................................................	100
2	37-400 (inclusive)............................................	200	160
3	401-2 800 (inclusive).......................................	500	400
4	2 801-10 000 (inclusive)..................................	750	600

“(4) Where the aggregate of the bandwidths occupied by each transmitting frequency of a fixed station, Class C referred to in paragraph (2) (b) is within a range specified in Column 2 of an item in the table, the amount ascertained for the purposes of that paragraph is—

(a) in that case of such a station in a high density location—the amount specified in Column 3 of that item; and

(b) in the case of such a station in a low density location—the amount specified in Column 4 of that item:

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Bandwidth range in kilohertz	High density location	Low density location
$	$
1	10 001-20 000 (inclusive)..........................................	1 300	1 040
2	20001-40 000 (inclusive)...........................................	2 000	1 600
3	40 001 -80 000 (inclusive).........................................	3 500	2 800
4	80 001-160 000 (inclusive)........................................	5 500	4 400
5	greater than 160 000..................................................	7 500	6 000

 

“(5) In sub-regulations (3) and (4)—

‘high density location’ has the same meaning as in the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations;

‘low density location’ means a location other than a high density location.”.

Fees in respect of certain stations used in operation of commercial television stations

4. Regulation 4 of the Radiocommunications Licence Fees Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting “Item 21 or Column 2 of Items 25 to 32 (inclusive)” from the definition of “relevant licence” in sub-regulation (1) and substituting “Item 25 or Column 2 of Item 32”;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (3) “Item 21” and “Items 25 to 32 (inclusive)” and substituting “Item 25” and “Item 32” respectively; and

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (5) “Item 21” and “Items 25 to 32 (inclusive)” and substituting “Item 25” and “Item 32” respectively.

Schedule

5. The Schedule to the Radiocommunications Licence Fees Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:

SCHEDULE Regulation 3

RATES OF FEES

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Class of licences	Rate per year of fee
$
1	Aeronautical station, private............................................	35
2	Aeronautical station, not included in item 1.....................	60
3	Aircraft station, private...................................................	28
4	Aircraft station, not included in item 3 installed on an aircraft (a) having 38 or more passenger seats; or (b) having a maximum take-off weight of 19 tonnes or more	100
5	Aircraft station not otherwise referred to.........................	38
6	Amateur station..............................................................	18
7	Base station, private........................................................	35
8	Base station, low duty cycle speech.................................	50
9	Base station not included in item 7 or 8...........................	80
10	Citizen band radio station................................................	9
11	Coast station, Class A.....................................................	500
12	Coast station, Class B......................................................	11 000
13	Developmental station....................................................	150	per channel per location
14	Disaster station...............................................................	22
15	Earth homestead station..................................................	60
16	Earth station, Class A......................................................	200
17	Earth station, Class B......................................................	1 000
18	Earth station, Class C......................................................	5 000
19	Earth station, Class D......................................................	10 000
20	Earth station, Class E......................................................	47 000
21	Experimental station.......................................................	40

 

SCHEDULE continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Class of licences	Rate per year of fee
$
22	Exterior paging service, Class A...........................................	500
23	Exterior paging service, Class B............................................	1 000
24	Fixed outpost station............................................................	5
25	Fixed receiving station other than (a) an earth station; or (b) a station referred to in item 49...................................	15
26	Fixed station. Class A, private..............................................	40	for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof
27	Fixed station. Class A, not included in item 26.......................	160	for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof
28	fixed station, Class B, single channel telemetry, in a high density location	50
29	Fixed station. Class B, single channel telemetry, not included in item 28	40
30	Fixed station. Class B, single channel low duty cycle speech, in a high density location	50
31	Fixed station. Class B, single channel low duty cycle speech, not included in item 30	40
32	Fixed station. Class C..........................................................	80	or the rate ascertained in accordance with regulation 3a having regard to the bandwidths referred to in that regulation, whichever is the greater
33	General licence. Class A......................................................	15
34	General licence. Class B.......................................................	100
35	General licence. Class C.......................................................	250
36	General licence. Class D......................................................	500
37	General licence. Class E.......................................................	1 000
38	Handphone station...............................................................	9
39	Interior paging station..........................................................	65
40	Land mobile paging receiver station, not being a station that is part of an exterior paging service....................................................................................	14
41	Limited coast station, private................................................	30
42	Limited coast station, not included in item 41.........................	60
43	Marine rescue station...........................................................	5
44	Mobile outpost station.........................................................	5
45	Mobile station, private.........................................................	24
46	Mobile station, not included in item 45..................................	35
47	Multipoint distribution station. Class A, transmitter.................	200
48	Multipoint distribution station. Class B, transmitter.................	5 000
49	Multipoint distribution station, receiver.................................	500
50	Network licence..................................................................	2 716000
51	Novice amateur station........................................................	15
52	Outside broadcast television service
(a) base station..............................................................	80
(b) transportable station.................................................	35
53	Radiodetermination station...................................................	75
54	Radio-linked microphone service..........................................	22
55	Repeater station
(a) for use with citizen band radio stations	20
(b) for use with amateur stations	20

 

SCHEDULE—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Class of licences	Rate per year of fee
$
56	Remote control station, Class A.......................	200
57	Remote control station, Class B.......................	220
58	Ship station, Class A.......................................	17
59	Ship station, Class B, private...........................	22
60	Ship station, Class B, not included in item 59...	34
61	Ship station, Class C.......................................	170
62	Trunked land mobile service............................	1 000	per base transmitter active frequency

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 October 1982.

2. Statutory Rules 1982 No. 269.