Telecommunications (Charges) Determination 2009 (Cth)

Telecommunications (Charges) Determination 2009

Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Determination under subsection 60 (1) of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005.

Dated 24^th July 2009

Chris Chapman

[signed]
Member

Chris Cheah

[signed]
Member

Australian Communications and Media Authority

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Telecommunications (Charges) Determination 2009.

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on 1 August 2009.

1. Revocation

The Telecommunications (Charges) Determination 2007 is revoked.

1. Interpretation

(1)   In this Determination:

ACMA means Australian Communications and Media Authority.

ACMA Act means the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005.

online application means an application submitted electronically on the ACMA website using the ACMA’s number management system.

Note   The ACMA website may be found at and at the time of making this instrument ACMA’s number management system was known as Online Numbering System on that site.

Telecommunications Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.

(2) Terms used in this Determination and in the Telecommunications Act have the same meaning in this Determination as they have in the Telecommunications Act.

1. Purpose of this Determination

Under subsection 60 (1) of the ACMA Act, the ACMA may make determinations fixing charges for:

(a)    services provided by the ACMA; and

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

The purpose of this Determination is to fix charges for four such mattes under the Telecommunications Act, as set out in Schedule 1.

1. Charges

   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.

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

(section 6)

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Matter	Column 3 Charge
1	Considering an application made under subsection 390 (1) of the Telecommunications Act for a connection permit for the connection of customer equipment	$164 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	$164 for each hour or part of an hour
3	Considering an application to an officer of the ACMA acting as a certification body for a written statement under paragraph 408 (5) (a) of the Telecommunications Act	$164 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)  $93 for each online application for the first number or block of sequential numbers and $1 for each subsequent block of sequential numbers    (2)  $104 for each written application for the first number or block of sequential numbers and $2 for each subsequent block of sequential numbers