Telecommunications (Amounts of Annual Charge) Determination 2006 (Cth)

Telecommunications (Amounts of Annual Charge) Determination 2006

Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997

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

Dated    13^th April  2006

CHRIS CHAPMAN

Chair

LYN MADDOCK

Deputy Chair

Australian Communications and Media Authority

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Telecommunications (Amounts of Annual Charge) Determination 2006.

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

1. Telecommunications (Amounts of Annual Charge) Determination 2005 — revocation

The Telecommunications (Amounts of Annual Charge) Determination 2005 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:

?     ACMA

?     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 ACMA 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 ACMA.

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	90 870.507
102	4	9 087.0507
103	5	908.70507
104	6	90.870507
105	7	9.0870507
106	8	0.90870507
107	9	0.090870507
108	10	0.0090870507
109	11	0.00090870507
110	12	0.000090870507
111	13	0.0000090870507
112	14	0.00000090870507
113	15	0.000000090870507

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	90 870.507
204	6	9 087.0507
205	7	908.70507
206	8	90.870507
207	9	9.0870507
208	10	0.90870507
209	11	0.090870507
210	12	0.0090870507
211	13	0.00090870507
212	14	0.000090870507
213	15	0.0000090870507