Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1992 No. 3891

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Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Regulations2 (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 (Transmitter Licence Tax) Act 1983.

Dated 9 December 1992.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

BOB COLLINS

Minister of State for Transport and Communications

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1. Amendment

1.1 The Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

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

 

2.Regulation 3a (Amount of tax on public mobile telecommunications service licence)

2.1 Paragraph 3a (2) (b):

Omit the paragraph, substitute:

“(b) in respect of base stations licensed to operate as part of the service on a frequency or frequencies in the range 880 MHz to 890 MHz—the amount set out in subregulation (2a) for each region specified in that subregulation in which one or more of the base stations are located.”.

2.2 Subregulation (2a):

Omit the subregulation, substitute:

“(2a) The amounts referred to in paragraph (2) (b) are as follows:

(a) for the Sydney region, being an area within a radius of 100 kilometres from the General Post Office, Sydney, in the State of New South Wales—$350,000 per MHz of spectrum on which the base stations are licensed to operate in the region;

(b) for the Melbourne region, being an area within a radius of 100 kilometres from the General Post Office, Melbourne, in the State of Victoria—$350,000 per MHz of spectrum on which the base stations are licensed to operate in the region;

(c) for the Brisbane region, being an area within a radius of 100 kilometres from the General Post Office, Brisbane, in the State of Queensland—$265,000 per MHz of spectrum on which the base stations are licensed to operate in the region;

(d) for the Adelaide region, being an area within a radius of 100 kilometres from the General Post Office, Adelaide, in the State of South Australia—$265,000 per MHz of spectrum on which the base stations are licensed to operate in the region;

(e) for the Perth region, being an area within a radius of 100 kilometres from the General Post Office, Perth, in the State of Western Australia—$265,000 per MHz of spectrum on which the base stations are licensed to operate in the region.”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 December 1992.

2. Statutory Rules 1985 No. 197 as amended by 1985 No. 225; 1986 Nos. 129, 200 and 281: 1987 Nos. 58 and 273; 1988 Nos. 220 and 307; 1989 Nos. 194, 315 and 320; 1990 No. 359; 1991 Nos. 347, 362 and 385; 1992 Nos. 196, 308 and 383.