EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Radiocommunication (Temporary Permit Tax) Regulation
(Amendment)
Statutory Rule 1990 No. 363
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Transport and Communications
Section 9 of the Radiocommunication (Temporary Permit Tag) Act 1983 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations prescribing the amount of tax payable in respect of the grant of a temporary permit pursuant to section 35 of the Radiocommunication Act 1983. Section 7 of the Act stipulates that the amount of tax payable in respect of the grant of a temporary permit is an amount ascertained in accordance with the regulations.
The amounts of tax previously prescribed were increased by 7.7% in line with inflation, in accordance with decisions made by the Government in the Budget context. The previous Schedule to the regulations was repealed and a new Schedule substituted.
The amending regulations commence on 1 December 1990.