EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules No. 222
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Communications
Section 9 of the Radiocommunications (Temporary Permit 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 in respect of the grant of a temporary permit is such amount as is ascertained in accordance with the regulations. Different amounts of tax may be prescribed in respect of temporary permits included in different classes of temporary permits or in respect of persons included in different classes of persons.
Section 23 of the Radiocommunications Act 1983 makes it an offence to operate or to possess a radiocommunications transmitter without a transmitter licence or a temporary permit. Section 35 of the Radiocommunications Act 1983 provides that the Minister may grant a temporary permit to operate and to possess specified radiocommunications transmitters to the holder of a temporary entry permit in force. under the Migration Act 1958 or to a member of the crew of a foreign vessel or foreign aircraft. Temporary permits thus enable non-resident aliens to operate and to possess radiocommunications transmitters in Australia.
In the context of the Budget, fees payable under the Act for temporary permits are increased, with effect from 9 September 1985.
Details of the proposed amending regulations are as follows:
Regulation 7 provides for the amending regulations to operate from 9 September 1985.
Regulation 2 repeals the existing schedule to the Radiocommunications (Temporary Permit Tax) Regulations and substitutes a Schedule with revised fees which are in line with fees proposed under concurrent amendments of the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Regulations. The annual rate of tax for a class of temporary permit are the same as the tax in the corresponding class of licence in the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Regulations (Amendment).
Authority: Section 9 of the Radiocommunications (Temporary Permit Tax) Act.