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

Statutory Rules 1992

No. 1961

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

 Dated 23 June 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   Subregulation 3A (1):

After “subregulation (2)” (wherever occurring) insert “or (2B), as the case may be,”.

2.2   Subregulation 3A (2):

Omit the subregulation, substitute:

“(2)

For the purposes of subregulation (1), the annual instalment for a public mobile telecommunications service, Class A transmitter licence is the sum of:

• (a)

  in respect of base stations licensed to operate as part of the service on a frequency or frequencies in the range 870 MHZ to 880 MHZ—$700,000.00 per MHZ of spectrum on which the base stations are licensed to operate; and

• (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—$700,000.00 per MHZ of spectrum on which the base stations are licensed to operate for each region in which one or more of the base stations are located.

 “(2A) For the purposes of paragraph (2) (b), the regions are:

• (a)

  the Sydney/Melbourne region, being the area within a radius of 100 kilometres from the General Post Office, Sydney, in the State of New South Wales, together with the area within a radius of 100 kilometres from the General Post Office, Melbourne, in the State of Victoria;

• (b)

  the Brisbane region, being the area within a radius of 100 kilometres from the General Post Office, Brisbane, in the State of Queensland;

• (c)

  the Adelaide region, being the area within a radius of 100 kilometres from the General Post Office, Adelaide, in the State of South Australia;

• (d)

  the Perth region, being the area within a radius of 100 kilometres from the General Post Office, Perth, in the State of Western Australia;

• (e)

  the Hobart region, being the area within a radius of 100 kilometres from the General Post Office, Hobart, in the State of Tasmania;

• (f)

  the Canberra region, being the area within a radius of 100 kilometres from the General Post Office, Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory;

• (g)

  the Newcastle region, being the area within a radius of 100 kilometres from the Newcastle Post Office, Newcastle, in the State of New South Wales, but excluding any area within the Sydney/Melbourne region referred to in paragraph (a);

• (h)

  the country region, being the area within Australia that is not within any other region.

 “(2B) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the annual instalment for a public mobile telecommunications service, Class B transmitter licence is $700,000.00 per MHZ of spectrum on which the base stations are licensed to operate as part of the service.”.

3.   Schedule (Tax on grant of transmitter licence)

3.1   Item 60, column 2:

Omit

 “system”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 June 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.