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

Statutory Rules 1985 No. 2251

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Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government 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 6 September 1985.

J. A. ROWLAND

Administrator

By His Excellency’s Command,

M. J. DUFFY

Minister of State for Communications

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Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 9 September 1985.

Principal Regulations

2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Radio-communications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Regulations.

Interpretation

3. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the definition of “service” and substituting the following definition:

“ ‘service’ means—

(a) AUSSAT service;

(b) Australian satellite service;

(c) Base station, Class A (high density location) service;

 

(d) Base station, Class A (low density location) service;

(e) Exterior paging service, Class A;

(f) Exterior paging service, Class B;

(g) Exterior paging service, Class C;

(h) Interior paging service;

(i) Internal television service; or

(j) Telemetry service.”.

Amount of tax

4. Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2) “$3,742,000” and substituting “$4,150,000”.

Tax in respect of grant of transmitter licence—fixed station, Class C

5. Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) “27” and “28” and substituting “33” and “34” respectively;

(b) by omitting the table in sub-regulation (3) and substituting the following table:

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Bandwidth range in kilohertz	High density location	Low density location
$	$
1	Not exceeding 36..................................	150	120
2	Exceeding 36 but not exceeding 400.	290	235
3	Exceeding 400 but not exceeding 2,800	760	610
4	Exceeding 2,800 but not exceeding 10,000	1,100	880

(c) by omitting the table in sub-regulation (4) and substituting the following table:

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Bandwidth range in kilohertz	High density location	Low density location
$	S
1	Exceeding 10,000 but not exceeding 20,000	1,900	1,520
2	Exceeding 20,000 but not exceeding 40,000.	2,940	2,350
3	Exceeding 40,000 but not exceeding 80,000	5,150	4,120
4	Exceeding 80,000 but not exceeding 160,000.	8,130	6,500
5	Exceeding 160,000...............................	10,910	8,730

Schedule

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

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SCHEDULERegulation 3

TAX ON GRANT OF TRANSMITTER LICENCE

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Expression	Rate per annum of tax
$
1	Aeronautical station.................	54
2	Aircraft station, Class A..........	150
3	Aircraft station, Class B..........	35
4	Amateur station (unrestricted).	23
5	Amateur station (limited).........	23
6	Amateur station (novice).........	23
7	Amateur station (combined limited and novice)..........................................	23
8	AUSSAT service.....................	125,000
9	Australian satellite service.......	125	per MHz bandwidth for each orbital position
10	Base station, Class A (high density location)..........................................	240	for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof for frequencies below 30MHz, or for each transmitting frequency of or above 30 MHz
11	Base station, Class A (low density location)..........................................	185	for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof for frequencies below 30MHz, or for each transmitting frequency of or above 30 MHz
12	Base station, Class A (high density location) service...............................	2,000	for each transmitting frequency and, where 2 or more transmitters use the same transmitting frequency, $240 for the second and each subsequent transmitter using that frequency
13	Base station, Class A (low density location) service...............................	2,000	for each transmitting frequency and, where 2 or more transmitters use the same transmitting frequency, $185 for the second and each subsequent transmitter using that frequency
14	Base station, Class B...............	75	for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof for frequencies below 30MHz, or for each transmitting frequency of or above 30 MHz
15	Citizen band radio station........	12
16	Coast station, Class A.............	760
17	Coast station, Class B..............	14,660
18	Disaster station........................	25
19	Earth station, Australian satellite service	150	plus $5,000 × T, where T equals the number of transponders, or fractions of a transponder or transponders, accessed by that earth station, where—
(a) those transponders or fractions are not accessed by any other earth station that includes a transmitter in respect of which the licensee to whose licence that first-mentioned earth station relates is the licensee; and

 

SCHEDULE— continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Expression	Rate per annum of tax
$
(b) each transponder so accessed, including any transponder in relation to which a fraction is accessed, has a bandwidth not exceeding 45 MHz
20	Earth station, Class A........................................	290
21	Earth station, Class B.........................................	1,500
22	Earth station, Class C.........................................	7,360
23	Earth station, Class D........................................	14,660
24	Earth station, Class E.........................................	68,700
25	Experimental station..........................................	58
26	Exterior paging service, Class A.........................	900
27	Exterior paging service, Class B.........................	1,800
28	Exterior paging service, Class C.........................	450
29	Fixed station, Class A (business)........................	230	for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof
30	Fixed station, Class A (private)...........................	80	for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof
31	Fixed station. Class B (high density location).......	75
32	Fixed station. Class B (low density location)........	60
33	Fixed station, Class C (high density location).......	The rate ascertained in accordance with regulation 4 having regard to the bandwidths referred to in that regulation
34	Fixed station. Class C (low density location)........	The rate ascertained in accordance with regulation 4 having regard to the bandwidths referred to in that regulation
35	Fixed station, Class Dl (high density location)......	540
36	Fixed station. Class Dl (low density location).......	430
37	Fixed station. Class D2 (high density location).....	640
38	Fixed station. Class D2 (low density location)......	510
39	Fixed station. Class E1 (high density location).....	215
40	Fixed station. Class E1 (low density location)......	170
41	Fixed station. Class E2 (high density location).....	270
42	Fixed station. Class E2 (low density location)......	215
43	General station. Class A.....................................	20
44	General station. Class B.....................................	100
45	General station, Class C.....................................	250
46	General station. Class D.....................................	500
47	General station. Class E.....................................	1,000
48	Handphone station............................................	12
49	Interior paging service.......................................	96	per transmitter
50	Internal television service..................................	96	per transmitter
51	Limited coast station.........................................	55
52	Marine rescue station........................................	12
53	Mobile (disaster plan) station.............................	45
54	Mobile outpost station.......................................	12
55	Mobile station..................................................	35
56	Multipoint distribution station. Class A	280

 

SCHEDULE— continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Expression	Rate per annum of tax
$
57	Multipoint distribution station, Class B	7,340
58	Multipoint distribution repeater station	23
59	Narrowband area stations................	2,000	per 25 kHz of bandwidth
60	Outpost station...................................	12
61	Outside broadcast television station	600
62	Radiodetermination station.............	115
63	Repeater station.................................	23
64	Remote control station.....................	80
65	Ship station. Class A.........................	24
66	Ship station. Class B.........................	32
67	Ship station, Class C.........................	250
68	Telemetry service...............................	1,070

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 6 September 1985.

2. Statutory Rules 1985 No. 197.