Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Determination 2006 (No. 1) (Cth)
Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Determination 2006 (No. 1)
Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Act 1983
The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Determination under subsection 7 (1) of the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Act 1983.
Dated 2nd February 2006
LYN MADDOCK
Acting Chair
C. CHEAH
Member
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Name of Determination
This Determination is the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Determination 2006 (No. 1).
Commencement
This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.
Amendment of Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Determination 2003 (No. 2)
Schedule 1 amends the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Determination 2003 (No. 2).
Schedule 1 Amendments
(section 3)
[1] After Part 4
insert
Part 5 Transitional arrangements relating to the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Determination 2006 (No. 1)
5.1 Definitions for Part 5
In this Part:
amendment day means the day on which the Amendment Determination commenced.
Note The Amendment Determination commenced on the day after it was registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Amendment Determination means the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Determination 2006 (No. 1).
pre-amendment Determination means this Determination as in force immediately before the commencement of the Amendment Determination.
5.2 Transitional arrangements after commencement of Amendment Determination
(1) In spite of amendments made by the Amendment Determination, if:
(a) apparatus licence tax is imposed on the issue of a transmitter licence; and
(b) the licence is issued on or after the amendment day; and
(c) the licence comes into force on or after 4 April 2005 and before 3 April 2006;
use the pre-amendment Determination to work out the amount of the transmitter licence tax.
(2) In spite of amendments made by the Amendment Determination, if:
(a) apparatus licence tax is imposed on the anniversary of the day on which a transmitter licence came into force; and
(b) the anniversary of the day on which the licence came into force is on or after the amendment day but before 3 April 2006;
use the pre-amendment Determination to work out the amount of the transmitter licence tax.
(3) In spite of the amendments made by the Amendment Determination, if:
(a) apparatus licence tax is imposed on the holding of a transmitter licence; and
(b) the day when the tax is payable is on or after the amendment day but before 3 April 2006;
use the pre-amendment Determination to work out the amount of the transmitter licence tax.
(4) If:
(a) apparatus licence tax is imposed on the issue of a transmitter licence; and
(b) the licence is issued on or after the amendment day; and
(c) the licence comes into force on or after 3 April 2006;
use this Determination, as amended by the Amendment Determination, to work out the amount of the transmitter licence tax.
(5) If:
(a) apparatus licence tax is imposed on the anniversary of the day on which a transmitter licence came into force; and
(b) the anniversary of the day on which the licence came into force is on or after 3 April 2006;
use this Determination, as amended by the Amendment Determination, to work out the amount of the transmitter licence tax.
(6) If:
(a) apparatus licence tax is imposed on the holding of a transmitter licence; and
(b) the day when the tax is payable is on or after 3 April 2006;
use this Determination, as amended by the Amendment Determination, to work out the amount of the transmitter licence tax.
[2] Schedule 2, table 202, except the note
substitute
Table 202
| Frequency range | Amount ($) | ||||
| Area density | |||||
| Australia wide | High density | Medium density | Low density | Remote density | |
| MHz | |||||
| 0–30 | 0.8845 | 0.8845 | 0.8845 | 0.8845 | 0.8845 |
| >30–70 | 1.9980 | 0.7804 | 0.4151 | 0.0896 | 0.0447 |
| >70–399.9 | 2.0499 | 0.8413 | 0.3850 | 0.0863 | 0.0430 |
| >399.9–960 | 2.0499 | 1.1479 | 0.5252 | 0.0896 | 0.0447 |
| >960–2 690 | 2.0468 | 0.4594 | 0.2124 | 0.1068 | 0.0533 |
| GHz | |||||
| >2.69–5.0 | 2.0446 | 0.3798 | 0.1539 | 0.1275 | 0.0638 |
| >5.0–8.5 | 1.7262 | 0.3192 | 0.1486 | 0.0676 | 0.0328 |
| >8.5–14.5 | 0.7607 | 0.2739 | 0.0648 | 0.0047 | 0.0023 |
| >14.5–31.3 | 0.7607 | 0.2025 | 0.0445 | 0.0047 | 0.0023 |
| >31.3–51.4 | 0.2074 | 0.1105 | 0.0240 | 0.0008 | 0.0004 |
| >51.4 | 0.0205 | 0.0020 | 0.0020 | 0.0002 | 0.0002 |
[3] Schedule 2, table 302, except the note
substitute
Table 302
| Frequency range | Amount ($) | ||||
| Area density | |||||
| Australia wide | High density | Medium density | Low density | Remote density | |
| MHz | |||||
| 0–30 | 65.3992 | 65.3992 | 65.3992 | 65.3992 | 65.3992 |
| >30–70 | 147.7278 | 57.6998 | 30.6914 | 6.6233 | 3.3041 |
| >70–399.9 | 151.5623 | 62.2012 | 28.4634 | 6.3808 | 3.1828 |
| >399.9–960 | 151.5623 | 84.8749 | 38.8303 | 6.6233 | 3.3041 |
| >960–2 690 | 151.3350 | 33.9651 | 15.7019 | 7.8964 | 3.9406 |
| GHz | |||||
| >2.69–5.0 | 151.1683 | 28.0845 | 11.3823 | 9.4272 | 4.7136 |
| >5.0–8.5 | 127.6307 | 23.5983 | 10.9883 | 5.0016 | 2.4250 |
| >8.5–14.5 | 56.2448 | 20.2487 | 4.7894 | 0.3486 | 0.1667 |
| >14.5–31.3 | 56.2448 | 14.9744 | 3.2889 | 0.3486 | 0.1667 |
| >31.3–51.4 | 15.3381 | 8.1692 | 1.7733 | 0.0606 | 0.0303 |
| >51.4 | 1.5156 | 0.1516 | 0.1516 | 0.0152 | 0.0152 |
[4] Schedule 2, table 402, except the note
substitute
Table 402
| Frequency range | Amount ($) | ||||
| Area density | |||||
| Australia wide | High density | Medium density | Low density | Remote density | |
| MHz | |||||
| 0–30 | 7.4743 | 7.4743 | 7.4743 | 7.4743 | 7.4743 |
| >30–70 | 16.8834 | 6.5944 | 3.5076 | 0.7570 | 0.3776 |
| >70–399.9 | 17.3217 | 7.1088 | 3.2530 | 0.7292 | 0.3638 |
| >399.9–960 | 17.3217 | 9.7001 | 4.4378 | 0.7570 | 0.3776 |
| >960–2 690 | 0.8943 | 0.2007 | 0.0928 | 0.0467 | 0.0233 |
| GHz | |||||
| >2.69–5.0 | 0.8933 | 0.1660 | 0.0673 | 0.0557 | 0.0279 |
| >5.0–8.5 | 0.7542 | 0.1395 | 0.0649 | 0.0296 | 0.0143 |
| >8.5–14.5 | 0.3324 | 0.1197 | 0.0283 | 0.0021 | 0.0010 |
| >14.5–31.3 | 0.3324 | 0.0885 | 0.0194 | 0.0021 | 0.0010 |
| >31.3–51.4 | 0.0906 | 0.0483 | 0.0105 | 0.0004 | 0.0002 |
| >51.4 | 0.0090 | 0.0009 | 0.0009 | 0.0001 | 0.0001 |
[5] Schedule 2, table 502, except the note
substitute
Table 502
| Frequency range | Amount ($) | ||||
| Area density | |||||
| Australia wide | High density | Medium density | Low density | Remote density | |
| MHz | |||||
| 0–30 | 27.8274 | 27.8274 | 27.8274 | 27.8274 | 27.8274 |
| >30–70 | 62.8583 | 24.5513 | 13.0592 | 2.8182 | 1.4059 |
| >70–399.9 | 64.4899 | 26.4666 | 12.1112 | 2.7150 | 1.3543 |
| >399.9–960 | 64.4899 | 36.1143 | 16.5223 | 2.8182 | 1.4059 |
| >960–2 690 | 0.8943 | 0.2007 | 0.0928 | 0.0467 | 0.0233 |
| GHz | |||||
| >2.69–5.0 | 0.8933 | 0.1660 | 0.0673 | 0.0557 | 0.0279 |
| >5.0–8.5 | 0.7542 | 0.1395 | 0.0649 | 0.0296 | 0.0143 |
| >8.5–14.5 | 0.3324 | 0.1197 | 0.0283 | 0.0021 | 0.0010 |
| >14.5–31.3 | 0.3324 | 0.0885 | 0.0194 | 0.0021 | 0.0010 |
| >31.3–51.4 | 0.0906 | 0.0483 | 0.0105 | 0.0004 | 0.0002 |
| >51.4 | 0.0090 | 0.0009 | 0.0009 | 0.0001 | 0.0001 |
[6] Schedule 2, table 602, except the note
substitute
Table 602
| Frequency range | Amount ($) | ||||
| Area density | |||||
| Australia wide | High density | Medium density | Low density | Remote density | |
| MHz | |||||
| 0–30 | 0.4538 | 0.4538 | 0.4538 | 0.4538 | 0.4538 |
| >30–70 | 1.0250 | 0.4003 | 0.2130 | 0.0460 | 0.0229 |
| >70–399.9 | 1.0516 | 0.4316 | 0.1975 | 0.0443 | 0.0221 |
| >399.9–960 | 1.0516 | 0.5889 | 0.2694 | 0.0460 | 0.0229 |
| >960–2 690 | 1.0500 | 0.2357 | 0.1089 | 0.0548 | 0.0273 |
| GHz | |||||
| >2.69–5.0 | 1.0489 | 0.1949 | 0.0790 | 0.0654 | 0.0327 |
| >5.0–8.5 | 0.8856 | 0.1637 | 0.0762 | 0.0347 | 0.0168 |
| >8.5–14.5 | 0.3903 | 0.1405 | 0.0332 | 0.0024 | 0.0012 |
| >14.5–31.3 | 0.3903 | 0.1039 | 0.0228 | 0.0024 | 0.0012 |
| >31.3–51.4 | 0.1064 | 0.0567 | 0.0123 | 0.0004 | 0.0002 |
| >51.4 | 0.0105 | 0.0011 | 0.0011 | 0.0001 | 0.0001 |
[7] Schedule 2, table 702
substitute
Table 702
Item | Service | Amount |
| 1 | Broadcasting licence (other than a service operated in the frequency range 2.3 MHz–26.1 MHz) | $30.07 per transmitter |
| 2 | Datacasting licence | $30.07 per transmitter |
| 3 | Licence that authorises the operation of point to point (5.8 GHz band) stations | $30.07 per pair of spectrum accesses |
| 4 | Licence that authorises the operation of point to point (58 GHz band) stations | $180 per pair of spectrum accesses |
| 5 | Television outside broadcast network | $302 218 |
| 6 | Television outside broadcast system (Australia wide density area) | $32 383 |
| 7 | Television outside broadcast system (high density area) | $5 988 |
| 8 | Television outside broadcast system (medium density area) | $2 788 |
| 9 | Television outside broadcast system (low density area) | $1 270 |
| 10 | Television outside broadcast system (remote density area) | $635 |
| 11 | PABX cordless telephone service | $30.07 |
| 12 | Land mobile system (cellular configuration) (high density area) | $2 287.46 per spectrum access |
| 13 | Land mobile system (cellular configuration) (medium density area) | $1 136.34 per spectrum access |
| 14 | Land mobile system (cellular configuration) (low density area) | $331.17 per spectrum access |
| 15 | Land mobile system (cellular configuration) (remote density area) | $165.21 per spectrum access |
| 16 | PMTS Class B operated in the 900 MHz frequency band | $2 451 922 for each MHz on which the service may be operated |
| 17 | PMTS Class B operated in the 1.8 GHz frequency band | $0.01 for each paired MHz of spectrum on which the service may be operated multiplied by the population of the area to which the service relates as worked out in the 1991 Census |
| 18 | Non-geostationary orbit satellite system operated at a frequency of more than 8.5 GHz | $214 for each MHz on which the service may be operated |
[8] Schedule 2, table 802, except the note
substitute
Table 802
Item | Location of open narrowcasting service | Amount |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Sydney Gosford Melbourne Geelong Adelaide Perth Hobart | $106 276 $14 392 $94 098 $14 392 $19 927 $32 104 $1 218 |
[9] Schedule 2, table 902, except the note
substitute
Table 902
| Item | Location of open narrowcasting service | Amount |
| 1 | Sydney | $29 890 |
| 2 | Melbourne | $29 890 |
| 3 | Brisbane | $10 849 |
| 4 | Adelaide | $10 849 |
| 5 | Perth | $10 849 |
| 6 | Perth City | $10 849 |
| 7 | Newcastle | $2 767 |
| 8 | Canberra | $2 767 |
| 9 | Wollongong | $2 767 |
| 10 | Gold Coast | $2 767 |
| 11 | Gosford | $2 767 |
| 12 | Penrith | $2 767 |
| 13 | Hobart | $1 218 |
| 14 | Geelong | $1 218 |
| 15 | Nambour | $1 218 |
| 16 | Townsville | $1 218 |
| 17 | Cairns | $1 218 |
| 18 | Any other location | $719 |
[10] Schedule 2, item 904
omit each mention of
$703
insert
$719
[11] Schedule 2, table 1002
substitute
Table 1002
| Item | Station | Amount |
| 1 | Aeronautical non-assigned station | $30.07 |
| 2 | Amateur station | $36.88 |
| 3 | Limited coast marine rescue station | $30.07 |
| 4 | Limited coast non-assigned station | $30.07 |
| 5 | Outpost non-assigned station | $30.07 |
| 6 | Scientific non-assigned station | $30.07 |
| 7 | Ship station class B non-assigned | $30.07 |
| 8 | Ship station class C non-assigned | $30.07 |
| 9 | Sound outside broadcast station | $30.07 |
| 10 | Temporary fixed link station | $1 675.80 |
[12] Further amendments
The following provisions are amended by omitting each mention of ‘$29.39’ and inserting ‘$30.07’:
· Schedule 2, item 205
· Schedule 2, item 304
· Schedule 2, item 403
· Schedule 2, item 504
· Schedule 2, item 603
· Schedule 3, table 103
· Schedule 3, table 104
· Schedule 3, table 105.
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