Universal Service Subsidies (2004-05 Contestable Areas) Determination (No. 1) 2002 (Cth)
Commonwealth of Australia
Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
Universal Service Subsidies (2004-05 Contestable Areas) Determination (No. 1) 2002
I, RICHARD KENNETH ROBERT ALSTON, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, make the following Determination under subsection 16(1) of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.
Dated 27 August 2002.
RICHARD ALSTON
Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
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Name of Determination
This Determination is the Universal Service Subsidies (2004-05 Contestable Areas) Determination (No. 1) 2002.
Commencement
This Determination commences on gazettal.
3 Definitions
In this Determination:
Act means the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.
claim period means the 2004-2005 financial year.
contestable area means an area determined under the Universal Service Areas Determination (No. 1) 2001 (as varied by the Universal Service Areas Determination (No. 1) 2001 (Amendment No. 1 of 2001)) for which the obligation referred to in paragraph 9(1)(a) of the Act (dealing with the standard telephone service) has been made contestable under the Contestable Service Obligation Determination (No. 1) 2001.
Minister means the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.
relevant service obligation means the obligation referred to in paragraph 9(1)(a) of the Act (dealing with the standard telephone service).
standard telephone service includes an alternative telecommunications service (ATS) which is supplied in accordance with an approved ATS marketing plan in fulfilment of the obligation under paragraph 9(1)(a) of the Act.
universal service area means an area determined under the Universal Service Areas Determination (No. 1) 2001 (as varied by the Universal Service Areas Determination (No. 1) 2001 (Amendment No. 1 of 2001)).
4 Universal service subsidies
Subject to clause 5, for the purposes of section 16 of the Act a universal service provider’s universal service subsidy for the contestable area in respect of the relevant service obligation for the claim period is:
(a) where the provider is the primary universal service provider and there is no competing universal service provider for a contestable area in respect of the relevant service obligation for the whole of the claim period and the primary universal service provider nominates to make its claim as a lump sum—the lump sum subsidy specified in the Schedule for the relevant universal service area for the claim period; or
(b) in any other case—the sum of the following:
(i) the sum of the per service subsidies for the standard telephone service supplied by the universal service provider, where each per service subsidy is determined by the formula:
where:
W is the number of days the end-user concerned was supplied with a standard telephone service by the universal service provider in the claim period; and
X is the relevant per service subsidy specified in the Schedule for the claim period; and
(ii) the sum of the per service subsidies for the standard telephone service supplied by the universal service provider, where each per service subsidy is determined by the formula:
where:
Y is the number of days the end-user concerned was supplied with a standard telephone service by the universal service provider in the previous claim period but was not eligible to be paid because of paragraph 5(a)(iii); and
Z is the relevant per service subsidy specified in the Schedule for the previous claim period.
5 Circumstances in which a universal service provider is eligible to be paid a subsidy
General conditions for payment of subsidies
(a) A universal service provider for the claim period is eligible to be paid the subsidies specified in the Schedule if:
(i) the universal service provider was the end-user’s prime service deliverer (as defined in paragraph (b)) for the claim period; and
(ii) the provider complies with the provider’s obligations under section 12C or 13D of the Act, whichever is applicable; and
(iii) the universal service provider has supplied the standard telephone service continuously to the end-user for a period of not less than 90 calendar days, unless there are no competing universal service providers in the relevant universal service area in respect of the relevant service obligation for the claim period, in which case this subparagraph does not apply.
(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), prime service deliverer means the universal service provider that supplies the retail standard telephone service to the end-user.
Number of services per place for which subsidy is payable
(c) Subject to paragraph (d), within each of the contestable areas a universal service provider for the claim period is eligible to be paid the subsidies specified in the Schedule only in relation to:
(i) one standard telephone service that the provider supplies to a place of residence of an end-user as the end-user’s universal service provider; or
(ii) one standard telephone service that the provider supplies to a place of business of an end-user as the end-user’s universal service provider;
except where a place of residence and a place of business are co‑located, in which case the provider is eligible to be paid subsidy for one standard telephone service supplied to the place as a place of residence and for one such service supplied to the place as a place of business.
(d) A subsidy is only payable in relation to a standard telephone service supplied to a place of business that is co-located with a place of residence if the universal service provider can, upon request of the ACA and to the satisfaction of the ACA, verify that the provider had reasonable grounds for believing the business to which it supplied the service was a bona fide business.
(e)For the purpose of paragraph (c), the end-user’s universal service provider means:
(i) if the provider is the only person providing a standard telephone service to the end-user—that provider; or
(ii) if the provider is one of two or more persons that are universal service providers and that are supplying a standard telephone service to the end-user—the provider that the end-user nominates, in a manner acceptable to the ACA, to both providers as the end-user’s universal service provider.
Other circumstances in which subsidy may be payable
(f)Subject to paragraph (g), the ACA may determine in writing other circumstances in which a per service subsidy specified in the Schedule is payable to a universal service provider for a contestable area in respect of the relevant service obligation for the claim period.
Note: An example of the circumstances in which the ACA may exercise this discretion includes, but is not limited to, where the second or subsequent service is supplied to the end-user solely or principally for use by the end-user for the purpose of connecting to a recognised distance education service for primary or secondary education.
(g) Before making a determination under paragraph (f) the ACA must consult with the Minister.
Universal service provider to satisfy ACA on the provider’s entitlement to subsidy
(h) A universal service provider claiming a subsidy in relation to a circumstance described in clause 5 must upon request by the ACA establish to the satisfaction of the ACA that the service has been supplied in the circumstances described in clause 5.
Schedule – Universal service subsidies
(a)Universal service areas in north-east New South Wales
and inland south-east Queensland
Universal Service Area 2004-2005
lump sum subsidy ($)2004-2005
per service subsidy ($)1 Ballina 289,729 290 2 Bellingen 128,920 110 3 Boonah 236,193 250 4 Byron 786,598 360 5 Cambooya (S) 380,164 380 6 Clifton (S) 228,765 440 7 Coffs Harbour 18,139 10 8 Copmanhurst (A) 425,596 400 9 Crows Nest (S) 565,971 380 10 Esk 169,877 240 11 Gatton 373,500 290 12 Grafton (C) 75,413 360 13 Ipswich 38,330 60 14 Kempsey (A) 963,960 270 15 Kyogle (A) 230,225 110 16 Laidley 48,521 60 17 Lismore 947,849 360 18 Maclean (A) 611,512 340 19 Nambucca 137,474 90 20 Pristine Waters (DC) 870,797 350 21 Richmond Valley 548,845 330 22 Severn (A) 374,954 440 23 Tenterfield (A) 515,584 460 24 Toowoomba 63,089 320 25 Tweed 747,398 330 26 Warwick 369,290 340
(b) Universal service areas in central-west and south-west Victoria
Universal Service Area 2004-2005
lump sum
subsidy ($)2004-2005
per service
subsidy ($)1 Ararat (RC) 377,205 280 2 Ballarat (C) 208,375 70 3 Central Goldfields (S) 52,913 50 4 Colac-Otway (S) 117,156 40 5 Corangamite (S) 523,086 190 6 Golden Plains (S) 626,765 170 7 Greater Bendigo (C) 704,397 120 8 Hepburn (S) 304,810 120 9 Moorabool (S) 129,948 40 10 Mount Alexander (S) 591,567 260 11 Moyne (S) 223,693 60 12 Pyrenees (S) 484,638 300 13 Surf Coast (S) 408, 044 190
(c) Universal service areas in central-west Victoria and
south-east South Australia
The per service subsidies in the following table are payable
in relation to the corresponding universal service areas listed
below.
Census collection district Strata 2004–2005
Subsidy ($)S_1 1050 S_3 580 Other non-urban 140
The following census collection districts have the same meaning as in the Universal Service Areas Determination (No. 1) 2001.
1 S_1
No. CD Code S/T Code 2004-05 lump sum subsidy ($) 1 2011701 2 42,998 2 2011710 2 34,608 3 2090202 2 65,021 4 2090208 2 80,752 5 2090701 2 37,754 6 4050203 4 84,947 7 4050401 4 99,630 8 2011305 2 30,413 9 2090101 2 40,901 10 2070813 2 7,341
2 S_3
No. CD Code S/T Code 2004-05 lump sum subsidy ($) 1 4050201 4 55,655 2 4050304 4 83,482 3 4050402 4 60,292 4 4050503 4 36,523 5 4050601 4 51,017 6 4050604 4 63,191 7 2011303 2 34,204 8 2011307 2 42,900 9 2011903 2 34,784 10 2090110 2 49,277 11 2090210 2 40,581 12 2090211 2 70,728 13 2090302 2 39,422 14 2091109 2 46,959 15 2091201 2 50,437 16 4050204 4 71,307 17 4050207 4 71,307 18 2011304 2 30,146 19 2011712 2 20,291 20 2012001 2 31,306 21 2012006 2 36,523 No. CD Code S/T Code 2004-05 lump sum subsidy ($) 22 2012004 2 22,610 23 2012012 2 24,929 24 2011904 2 29,566 25 2011905 2 24,349 26 2011901 2 16,233 27 2011705 2 27,248 28 2090206 2 26,088 29 2011704 2 28,407 30 2090203 2 33,045 31 2090102 2 34,204 32 2090306 2 18,552 33 2090303 2 31,885 34 2090111 2 28,987 35 2091110 2 28,987 36 2090703 2 32,465 37 2071903 2 30,146 38 2070805 2 22,030 39 2070804 2 31,306 40 2091002 2 20,291
3 Other non-urban
No. CD Code S/T Code 2004-05 lump sum subsidy ($) 1 2011301 2 14,637 2 2011308 2 6,019 3 2011310 2 13,269 4 2011702 2 10,396 5 2011703 2 11,490 6 2011902 2 6,019 7 2011907 2 6,566 8 2011909 2 6,566 9 2011910 2 8,755 10 2012002 2 10,259 11 2012007 2 5,198 12 2012008 2 6,156 13 2012101 2 8,755 14 2012102 2 9,439 15 2012106 2 7,660 16 2012107 2 6,976 No. CD Code S/T Code 2004-2005 lump sum subsidy ($)
17 2070801 2 10,533 18 2070802 2 13,542 19 2070803 2 5,061 20 2070806 2 13,132 21 2070807 2 19,698 22 2070808 2 9,712 23 2070809 2 21,203 24 2070811 2 14,363 25 2070812 2 11,490 26 2071901 2 10,259 27 2071902 2 16,552 28 2071904 2 14,773 29 2071905 2 10,943 30 2090103 2 10,259 31 2090104 2 6,976 32 2090105 2 12,038 33 2090106 2 13,679 34 2090108 2 7,934 35 2090205 2 11,354 36 2090207 2 7,387 37 2090301 2 11,080 38 2090304 2 26,538 39 2090305 2 10,123 40 2090307 2 7,934 41 2090401 2 11,217 42 2090402 2 10,533 43 2090403 2 12,585 44 2090404 2 6,976 45 2090405 2 22,434 46 2090406 2 23,118 47 2090407 2 8,618 48 2090408 2 41,037 49 2090702 2 16,825 50 2090704 2 8,207 51 2090706 2 13,406 52 2090707 2 21,203 53 2090708 2 6,429 54 2090709 2 7,387 55 2090710 2 17,372 56 2091001 2 9,165 57 2091003 2 10,943 No. CD Code S/T Code 2004-2005 lump sum subsidy ($)
58 2091004 2 13,816 59 2091005 2 13,679 60 2091006 2 9,575 61 2091009 2 13,269 62 2091101 2 11,080 63 2091102 2 16,962 64 2091103 2 19,014 65 2091107 2 10,807 66 2091202 2 14,226 67 2091204 2 10,533 68 2091205 2 11,764 69 2091303 2 19,698 70 2091304 2 14,910 71 2091305 2 30,368 72 2091306 2 25,170 73 2091307 2 25,033 74 2091308 2 20,519 75 2091309 2 18,467 76 2091310 2 29,547 77 2091311 2 16,689 78 2091312 2 14,363 79 2092503 2 13,542 80 2092504 2 16,141 81 2092505 2 8,207 82 2092506 2 10,396 83 2092507 2 11,764 84 2092508 2 6,976 85 2092509 2 36,523 86 4050205 4 9,986 87 4050206 4 13,132 88 4050305 4 18,056 89 4050306 4 9,302 90 4050307 4 21,339 91 4050308 4 10,533 92 4050405 4 12,448 93 4050502 4 14,910 94 4050603 4 21,613 95 4050701 4 21,613 96 4050702 4 19,151 97 4050703 4 16,141 98 4050704 4 12,722 No. CD Code S/T Code 2004-2005 lump sum subsidy ($)
99 4050705 4 14,910 100 4050706 4 12,722 101 4050901 4 17,099 102 4050902 4 15,731 103 4050905 4 13,406 104 4050908 4 13,406 105 4051002 4 19,561 106 4051003 4 17,236 107 4051101 4 30,368 108 4051102 4 22,297 109 4051103 4 17,509 110 4051104 4 9,165 111 4051105 4 35,019 112 4051301 4 15,321 113 4051303 4 16,962 114 4051304 4 31,462 115 4051305 4 21,887 116 4051306 4 32,146 117 4051307 4 24,349 118 4051308 4 20,929 119 4051309 4 32,420 120 4051310 4 25,580 121 4051701 4 18,193 122 4051702 4 28,042 123 4051703 4 34,882 124 4051706 4 18,740
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