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

Statutory Rules 1990 No. 3591

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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, hereby make the following Regulations under the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Act 1983.

Dated 29 November 1990.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. SNOWDON

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State for Transport and Communications

for and on behalf of the

Minister of State for Transport and Communications

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1. Commencement

1.1 These Regulations commence on 1 December 1990.

2. Amendment

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

3. Regulation 4 (Tax in respect of grant of transmitter licence—certain fixed amounts)

3.1 Subregulation 4 (1):

Omit the table, substitute:

 

“

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item No.	Bandwidth range in kilohertz	Amount per annum of tax Class C1 (other than low density location)	Amount per annum of tax Class C1 (low density location)
$	$
1	Not exceeding 36.............................................	319	163
2	Exceeding 36 but not exceeding 200............	394	197
3	Exceeding 200 but not exceeding 500..........	765	382
4	Exceeding 500 but not exceeding 2,000......	1,424	707
”.

3.2 Subregulation 4 (2):

Omit the table, substitute:

“

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item No.	Bandwidth range in kilohertz	Amount per annum of tax Class C2 (other than low density location)	Amount per annum of tax Class C2 (low density location)
$	$
1	Not exceeding 36............................................	52	26
2	Exceeding 36 but not exceeding 200...........	66	33
3	Exceeding 200 but not exceeding 500.........	79	40
4	Exceeding 500 but not exceeding 2,000.....	106	53
5	Exceeding 2,000 but not exceeding 7,000	156	79
6	Exceeding 7,000 but not exceeding 14,000	319	163
7	Exceeding 14,000 but not exceeding 28,000	527	266
8	Exceeding 28,000...........................................	926	463
”.

4. Schedule (Tax on grant of transmitter licence)

4.1 Omit the Schedule, substitute:

SCHEDULERegulation 3

TAX ON GRANT OF TRANSMITTER LICENCE

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item No.	Expression	Rate per annum of tax
$
1	Aeronautical station............................................	96
2	Aircraft station, Class A.....................................	232
3	Aircraft station, Class B.....................................	43

 

SCHEDULE— continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item No.	Expression	Rate per annum of tax
$
4	Amateur station (unrestricted)...........................	34
5	Amateur station (limited)....................................	34
6	Amateur station (novice)....................................	34
7	Amateur station (combined limited and novice)	34
7 a	Ambulatory service (low frequency)...............	139 + $45 in respect of each mobile station, other than the first such station, that forms part of the service.
8	Ambulatory service (extra high density location)	683 + $45 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)	544 + $45 in respect of each mobile station, other than the first such station, that forms part of the service.
10	Ambulatory service (low density location)	261 + $45 in respect of each mobile station, other than the first such station, that forms part of the service.
10a	Ancillary communications service network, Class A	11,578
10b	Ancillary communications service network, Class B	115,778
11	AUSSAT service..................................................	180,567
12	Australian satellite service..................................	180.57 per MHz bandwidth for each orbital position
13	Base station, Class I............................................	139
14	Base station, Class II (extra high density location)	683 for each transmitting frequency
15	Base station, Class II (very high density/ high density location)	544 for each transmitting frequency
16	Base station, Class II (low density location)	261 for each transmitting frequency
17	Base station, Class III.........................................	112 for each transmitting frequency
18	Citizen band radio station..................................	17 per transmitter
19	Coast station, Class A..........................................	1,089
20	Coast station, Class B..........................................	20,944
20a	Cordless telephone system service....................	200
21	Disaster station.....................................................	36
21a	Earth station, Australian satellite service, Class A	214 + $115,778 × T, where T equals the number of transponders, or fractions of a

SCHEDULE—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item No.	Expression	Rate per annum of tax
$
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 (b) each transponder so accessed, including any transponder in relation to which a fraction is accessed, has a bandwidth not exceeding 45 MHz.
22	Earth station, Australian satellite service, Class B	214 + $7,225 × 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 (b) each transponder so accessed, including any transponder in relation to which a fraction is accessed, has a bandwidth not exceeding 45 MHz.

 

SCHEDULE— continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item No.	Expression	Rate per annum of tax
$
23	Earth station, Class A........................................	405
24	Earth station, Class B........................................	2,108
25	Earth station, Class C........................................	10,640
26	Earth station, Class D........................................	21,188
27	Earth station, Class E........................................	99,233
28	Experimental station.........................................	86
29	Exterior paging service (other than low density location)	2,663
30	Exterior paging service (low density location)	1,262
31	Exterior paging service (supplementary transmitter, other than low density location)	695
32	Exterior paging service (supplementary transmitter, low density location)	312
32a	Exterior paging service (weather information)	100
33	Fixed station, Class A (business)....................	168 for each transmitting frequency
34	Fixed station, Class A (private).......................	59 for each transmitting frequency
35	Fixed station, Class B (other than low density location)	106 for each transmission path
36	Fixed station, Class B (low density location)	83 for each transmission path
37	Fixed station, Class C1 (other than 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 band-widths referred to in that subregulation.
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 band-widths referred to in that subregulation.
39	Fixed station, Class C2 (other than low density location)	for each transmission path, the rate ascertained in accordance with subregulation 4 (2) having regard to the bandwidths referred to in that subregulation.

 

SCHEDULE— continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item No.	Expression	Rate per annum of tax
$
40	Fixed station, Class C2 (low density location)	for each transmission path, the rate ascertained in accordance with subregulation 4 (2) having regard to the bandwidths referred to in that subregulation.
41	Fixed station, Class D1 (other than low density location)	209 for each transmission path
42	Fixed station, Class D1 (low density location)	106 for each transmission path
43	Fixed station, Class D2 (other than low density location)	417 for each transmission path
44	Fixed station, Class D2 (low density location)	209 for each transmission path
45	Fixed station, Class E1 (other than low density location)	106 for each transmission path
46	Fixed station, Class E1 (low density location)	53 for each transmission path
47	Fixed station, Class E2 (other than low density location)	209 for each transmission path
48	Fixed station, Class E2 (low density location)	106 for each transmission path
49	General station, Class A....................................	27
50	General station, Class B....................................	134
51	General station, Class C....................................	353
52	General station, Class D....................................	707
53	General station, Class E.....................................	1,401
54	Handphone station.............................................	17 per transmitter
55	Interior paging service.......................................	144 per transmitter
56	Internal television service.................................	144 per transmitter
57	Land mobile system service (extra high density location)	2,952
58	Land mobile system service (very high density location)	2,813
59	Land mobile system service (special)..............	2,813
60	Land mobile service (supplementary transmitter)	122
60a	Land station (data communications).................	45
61	Limited coast station..........................................	61
62	Marine rescue station.........................................	17
63	Mobile (disaster plan) station............................	59
64	Mobile outpost station.......................................	17
65	Mobile station.....................................................	45
66	Multipoint distribution station..........................	22, 299
67	Multipoint distribution repeater station............	62
68	Narrowband area station, Class A.....................	2,825 per 25 KHz of bandwidth
69	Narrowband area station, Class B.....................	295 per 175 KHz of bandwidth
70	Outpost station....................................................	17
71	Outside broadcast television station.................	1,181

 

SCHEDULE—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item No.	Expression	Rate per annum of tax
$
72	Radiodetermination station (high power)	173
73	Radiodetermination station (low power)..........	43
74	Remote control station........................................	45
75	Repeater station....................................................	34
76	Repeater station (passive) ..................................	197
77	Ship station, Class A............................................	32
78	Ship station, Class B............................................	43
79	Ship station, Class C............................................	359
80	Telemetry service (other than low density location)	1,494
81	Telemetry service (low density location)	753

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 November 1990.

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.