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

Statutory Rules 1987 No. 273 1

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

Dated 25 November 1987.

N. M. STEPHEN Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

PETER DUNCAN

Minister of State for Land Transport

and Infrastructure Support

Commencement

(c) ambulatory service (low density location);

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 December 1987.

Principal Regulations

2. In these Regulations, "Principal Regulations" means the

Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Regulations.

Interpretation

3. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from subregulation (1) the definition of "service" and substituting the following definition:

'' 'service' means:

(a) ambulatory service (extra high density location);

(b) ambulatory service (very high density/high density location);

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(d) AUSSAT service;

(e) Australian satellite service;

(f) exterior paging service (other than low density location);

(g) exterior paging service (low density location);

(h) interior pagmg service;

(i) internal television service;

(j) land mobile system service (extra high density location);

(k) land mobile system service (very high density location);

(1) land mobile system service (special);

(m) telemetry service (other than low density location);

(n) telemetry service (low density location).".

4. Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following

regulation substituted:

Tax in respect of grant of transmitter licence—certain fixed amounts

"4. (1) Subject to subregulation (3), the rate per annum of tax in respect of the grant of a licence in respect of a radiocommunications transmitter that operates:

(a)	in relation to a fixed station, Class C1 (other than low density location) having a bandwidth range referred to in Column 2 of an item in the table at the foot of this subregulation—is, in relation to each transmission path relating to that transmitter, the amount per annum specified in Column 3 of that item; and
(b)	in relation to a fixed station, Class C1 (low density location) having a bandwidth range referred to in Column 2 of an item in the table at the foot of this subregulation—is, in relation to each transmission path relating to that transmitter, the amount per annum specified in Column 4 of that item.
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4

Amount

per annum Amount

of tax per annum

Class C1 of tax

(other Class C1

than low (low

density density

Item No. Bandwidth range in kilohertz location) location)

S $

1	Not exceeding 36	255	130
2	Exceeding 36 but not exceeding 200	320	160
3	Exceeding 200 but not exceeding 500	620	310
4	Exceeding 500 but not exceeding 2,000	1,160	580

"(2) Subject to subregulation (3), the rate per annum of tax in respect of the grant of a licence in respect of a radiocommunications transmitter that operates:

(a)	in relation to a fixed station, Class C2 (other than low density location) having a bandwidth range referred to in Column 2 of an item in the table at the foot of this subregulation—is, in relation to
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each transmission path relating to that transmitter, the amount per

annum specified in Column 3 of that item; and

(b)	in relation to a fixed station, Class C2 (low density location) having a bandwidth range referred to in Column 2 of an item in the table at the foot of this subregulation—is, in relation to each transmission path relating to that transmitter, the amount per annum specified in Column 4 of that item.
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4

Amount

per annum Amount

of tax per annum

Class C2 of tax

(other Class C2

than low (low

density density

Item No. Bandwidth range in kilohertz location) location)

$ S

1	Not exceeding 36	43	21
2	Exceeding 36 but not exceeding 200	54	27
3	Exceeding 200 but not exceeding 500	64	32
4	Exceeding 500 but not exceeding 2.000	86	43
5	Exceeding 2,000 but not exceeding 7,000	130	64
6	Exceeding 7,000 but not exceeding 14,000	255	130
7	Exceeding 14,000 but not exceeding 28.000	430	215
8	Exceeding 28,000	750	375

"(3) Where a radiocommunications transmitter that operates in relation to a fixed station of a kind referred to in this regulation uses more than 4 transmission paths, the amount per annum of tax payable in respect of the grant of a licence in respect of that transmitter is the amount per annum payable in accordance with this regulation in relation to a transmitter that operates in relation to a station of that kind and that uses 4 transmission paths.".

Schedule

5. The Schedule to the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:

SCHEDULE Regulation 3

TAX ON GRANT OF TRANSMITTER LICENCE

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Item No.	Expression	Rate per annum of tax
s
1	Aeronautical station	78
2	Aircraft station. Class A	190
3	Aircraft station. Class B	35
4	Amateur station (unrestricted)	28
5	Amateur station (limited)	28
6	Amateur station (novice)	28
7	Amateur station (combined limited and novice)	28
8	Ambulatory service
(extra high density location)	530 + 35 in respect of each mobile station, other than the first such station, that forms part of the service.
9	Ambulatory' service
(very high density/high density location)	420 + 35 in respect of each mobile station, other than the first such station, that forms part of the service.

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SCHEDULE—continued

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

hem No.	Expression	Rate per annum of tax $
10	Ambulatory service
(low density location)	200 + 35 in respect of each mobile station, other than the first such station, that forms part of the service.
11	AUSSAT service	147,130
12	Australian satellite service	147.13 per MHz bandwidth for each orbital position
13	Base station, Class I	105
14	Base station, Class II (extra high density location)	530
15	Base station. Class II (very high density/high density

location) 420

16	Base station, Class II (low density location)	200
17	Base station. Class III	87
18	Citizen band radio station	14 per transmitter
19	Coast station. Class A	890
20	Coast station, Class B	17,070
21	Disaster station	29
22	Earth station, Australian satellite service	175 plus $5,890 x T, where T equals the number of transpon- ders, or fractions of a transpon- der or transponders, accessed by that earth station, where:
(a) those transponders or frac- tions are not accessed by any other earth station that includes a transmitter in respect of which the licen- see to whose licence that

first-mentioned earth sta-

tion relates is the licensee;

and

(b) each transponder so ac- cessed, including any tran- sponder in relation to which a fraction is ac- cessed, has a bandwidth not exceeding 45 MHz.

23 Earth station, Class A 330

24 Earth station. Class B 1,720

25	Earth station, Class C	8,670
26	Earth station, Class D	17,260
27	Earth station, Class E	80,860
28	Experimental station	70
29	Exterior paging service (other than low density loca-

tion) 2,170

30	Exterior paging service (low density location)	1,030
31	Exterior paging service (supplementary transmitter,

other than low density location) 570

32 Exterior paging service (supplementary transmitter,

low density location) 255

33 Fixed station, Class A (business) 135 for each transmitting

frequency

34 Fixed station, Class A (private) 48 for each transmitting

frequency

35	Fixed station. Class B (other than low density location)	86 for each transmission path
36	Fixed station, Class B (low density location)	68 for each transmission path
37	Fixed station, Class C1 (other than low density loca-

tion) subject to subregulation 4 (3), for each transmission path, the rate ascertained in accordance with subregulation 4(1) having regard to the bandwidths re- ferred to in that subregulation.

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SCHEDULE— continued

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Item No.	Expression	Rate per annum of tax $
38	Fixed station, Class C1 (low density location)	subject to subregulation 4 (3), for each transmission path, the rate ascertained in accordance with subregulation 4 (1) having regard to the bandwidths re- ferred to in that subregulation.
39	Fixed station, Class C2 (other than low density loca-

tion) subject to subregulation 4 (3), for each transmission path, the rate ascertained in accordance with subregulation 4 (1) having regard to the bandwidths re- ferred to in that subregulation.

40	Fixed station, Class C2 (low density location)	subject to subregulation 4 (3), for each transmission path, the rate ascertained in accordance with subregulation 4 (1) having regard to the bandwidths re- ferred to in that subregulation.
41	Fixed station, Class Dl (other than low density loca-

tion) 170 for each transmission path

42	Fixed station, Class Dl (low density location)	86 for each transmission path
43	Fixed station, Class D2 (other than low density loca-

tion) 340 for each transmission path

44	Fixed station, Class D2 (low density location)	170 for each transmission path
45	Fixed station, Class El (other than low density loca-

tion) 86 for each transmission path

46	Fixed station. Class El (low density location)	43 for each transmission path
47	Fixed station, Class E2 (other than low density loca-

tion) 170 for each transmission path

48	Fixed station, Class E2 (low density location)	86 for each transmission path
49	General station, Class A	22
50	General station, Class B	110
51	General station, Class C	290
52	General station, Class D	580
53	General station, Class E	1,140
54	Handphone station	14 per transmitter
55	Interior paging service	120 per transmitter
56	Internal television service	120 per transmitter
57	Land mobile system service (extra high density location)	2,280

58 Land mobile system service (very high density location) 2,170

59	Land mobile systems service (special)	2,170
60	Land mobile system service (supplementary transmitter)	92
61	Limited coast station	50
62	Marine rescue station	14
63	Mobile (disaster plan) station	48
64	Mobile outpost station	14
65	Mobile station	35
66	Multipoint distribution station	9,630
67	Multipoint distribution repeater station	27
68	Narrowband area station, Class A	2,280 per 25 KHz of bandwidth
69	Narrowband area station, Class B	240 per 175 KHz of bandwidth
70	Outpost station	14
71	Outside broadcast television station	960
72	Radiodetermination station (high power)	140
73	Radiodetermination station (low power)	35
74	Remote control station	92
75	Repeater station	28
76	Repeater station (passive)	160
77	Ship station, Class A	26
78	Ship station, Class B	35
79	Ship station, Class C	290
80	Telemetry service (other than low density location)	1,220
81	Telemetry service (low density location)	610

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 November 1987.

2. Statutory Rules 1985 No. 197 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1987 No. 58 and see also Statutory Rules 1987 No. 58.