Telecommunications (Charges) Determination 2005 (Cth)

Telecommunications (Charges) Determination 2005

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY makes this Determination under section 53 of the Australian Communications Authority Act 1997.

Dated   15  June  2005

A. HORSLEY

Chair

G.W. LUTHER

Member

Australian Communications Authority

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Telecommunications (Charges) Determination 2005.

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on 30 June 2005.

1. Revocation

The Telecommunications (Charges) Determination 2004, published in the Gazette on 26 may 2004, is revoked.

1. Definitions

In this Determination, unless the contrary intention appears:

ACA means the Australian Communications Authority.

ACA Act means the Australian Communications Authority Act 1997.

GST has the meaning given by section 195-1 of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999.

online application means an application submitted electronically on the ACA website using the ACA's number management system.

Note   The ACA’s website may be found at and at the time of making this instrument the ACA's number management system was known as ACA NUMB on that site.

Telecommunications Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.

1. Purpose of this Determination

   Under subsection 53 (1) of the ACA Act, the ACA may make determinations fixing charges for:

(a)    services and facilities provided by the ACA; and

(b) any matter in relation to which expenses are incurred by the ACA under specified Acts (including the Telecommunications Act).

1. Charges

(1)   The charge, or the hourly rate of charge, for a matter mentioned in column 2 of an item in Schedule 1 is the amount mentioned in column 3 of the item.

(2)   The charge, or the hourly rate of charge, includes GST.

1. By whom and when is the charge payable

The charges are payable by the applicant:

(a)    in the case of an hourly rate of charge — on the issue to the applicant of an invoice for the charge; and

(b)    in any other case — when the application is made.

Schedule 1        Charges payable

(subsection 6 (1))

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Matter	Column 3 Charge (including GST)
1	Considering an application made under subsection 390 (1) of the Telecommunications Act for a connection permit for the connection of customer equipment — for each item of customer equipment included in the application	$165.00 for each hour or part of an hour
2	Considering an application made under subsection 390 (2) of the Telecommunications Act for a connection permit for the connection of customer cabling	$165.00 for each hour or part of an hour
3	Application to an officer of the ACA acting as a certification body for a written statement under paragraph 408 (5) (a) of the Telecommunications Act — for each item of customer equipment or customer cabling included in the application	$165.00 for each hour or part of an hour
4	Making an application mentioned in paragraph 457 (1) (a) of the Telecommunications Act for the allocation of a number otherwise than in accordance with an allocation system determined under section 463 of the Telecommunications Act	(1)   $110.00 for each online application and $13.75 for each block of sequential numbers (2)   $110.00 for each written application and $30.25 for each block of sequential numbers