Explanatory Statement
Statutory Rules No. 224
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Communications
Section 9 of the Radiocommunications (Frequency Reservation Certificate Tax) Act 1983 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of section 7.
Section 7 of the Act provides that the amount of tax payable in respect of the grant of a frequency reservation certificate is such amount as is ascertained in accordance with the regulations.
A frequency reservation certificate is a certificate issued under section 21 of the Radiocommunications Act 1983, reserving an unallocated radiocommunications frequency in a specified area. While the certificate is in force, the Minister may not grant a licence or permit to operate a transmitter using that frequency, except to the holder of the certificate.
In the context of the Budget, licence fee payable under the Act are increased, with effect from 9 September 1985.
Details of the amending regulations are as follows:
Regulation 1 provides for the amending regulations to operate from 9 September 1985.
Regulation 2 increases the amount of tax payable in respect of
Regulation 2 increases the amount of tax payable in respect of a frequency reservation certificate from the annual rate of $270 to an annual rate of $290.
Authority: Section 9 of the Radiocommunications (Frequency Reservation Certificate Tax) Act 1983.