Radiocommunications Taxes Collection Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1995

No. 36 1

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Radiocommunications Taxes Collection Regulations 2(Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Radiocommunications Taxes Collection Act 1983.

Dated 7 March 1995.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

M. J. LEE

Minister for Communications and the Arts

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Radiocommunications Taxes Collection Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

2.   Regulation 8 (Remission of transmitter licence tax on public mobile telecommunications licence, Class B)

2.1   Subregulation 8 (2):

Omit “The”, substitute “Subject to subregulation (2A), the”.

After subregulation 8 (2), insert:

“(2A)

In the case of a licence issued on or after 1 March 1995, the rate of remission specified in paragraph (2) (d) applies only to a proportion of an instalment mentioned in that paragraph, namely the proportion worked out in accordance with the formula:

;

 where:

 ‘Amount A’ is the amount worked out using the formula:

; and

 ‘annual amount’ is the amount equal to $734,132 for each megahertz of spectrum on which, under the licence, the base stations are licensed to operate as part of the service; and

 ‘licence period’ is the number of days in the period beginning on the day on which the licence commences and ending at the end of the day on which the licence ends; and

 ‘No. of Instalments’ is the number of instalments by which the tax is payable.”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 14 March 1995.

2. Statutory Rules 1985 No. 200 as amended by 1989 No. 355; 1991 No. 361; 1992 No. 388; 1993 No. 178.