Telecommunications (Amounts of Annual Charge) Determination 2005 (Cth)

Telecommunications (Amounts of Annual Charge) Determination 2005

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY makes this Determination under subsection 20 (1) of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997.

Dated  6 April   2005

R. HORTON

Chair

G.W. LUTHER

Member

Australian Communications Authority

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Telecommunications (Amounts of Annual Charge) Determination 2005.

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

1. Telecommunications (Amounts of Annual Charge) Determination 2004 — revocation

The Telecommunications (Amounts of Annual Charge) Determination 2004 is revoked.

1. Definitions

In this Determination:

Act means the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997.

incoming only international number has the meaning given in the numbering plan.

internal network service has the meaning given in the numbering plan.

testing service has the meaning given in the numbering plan.

Note A number of expressions used in this Determination are defined in section 5 of the Act, including:

?      ACA

?      carriage service provider

?      number

?      numbering plan.

1. Specification of amounts of charge (Act s 20)

(1)For subsection 20 (1) of the Act, Part 1 of Schedule 1 sets out amounts of charge for each of the following numbers:

(a)incoming only international numbers;

(b)numbers specified in the numbering plan for use in connection with internal network services;

(c)numbers specified in the numbering plan for use in connection with testing services.

(2)For subsection 20 (1) of the Act, Part 2 of Schedule 1 sets out amounts of charge for numbers to which subsection (1) does not apply.

Note 1 Under section 18 of the Act, a charge is imposed on an allocated number if a carriage service provider holds the allocated number at the beginning of a given day in April, as determined by the ACA for that year. A determination must be made by 16 February for that year and gazetted before the relevant date in April.

Note 2   Under subsection 20 (1) of the Act, the amount of charge imposed on a number held at a particular time is the amount ascertained in accordance with a written determination made by the ACA.

Schedule 1          Amounts of charge

(section 5)

Part 1           Amounts of charge for incoming only international numbers, internal network numbers and testing numbers

Item	Number of digits in the number	Amount of charge ($)
101	3	94 609.328
102	4	9 460.9328
103	5	946.09328
104	6	94.609328
105	7	9.4609328
106	8	0.94609328
107	9	0.094609328
108	10	0.0094609328
109	11	0.00094609328
110	12	0.000094609328
111	13	0.0000094609328
112	14	0.00000094609328
113	15	0.000000094609328

Part 2           Amounts of charge for other numbers

Item	Number of digits in the number	Amount of charge ($)
201	3	100 000.00
202	4	100 000.00
203	5	94 609.328
204	6	9 460.9328
205	7	946.09328
206	8	94.609328
207	9	9.4609328
208	10	0.94609328
209	11	0.094609328
210	12	0.0094609328
211	13	0.00094609328
212	14	0.000094609328
213	15	0.0000094609328