EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TEMPORARY PERMIT TAX) REGULATIONS STATUTORY RULE NO. 275 OF 1987
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR LAND TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT
Section 9 of the Radiocommunications (Temporary Permit Tax) 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 Radiocommunications 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 have been increased in line with inflation, in accordance with decisions made by the Government in the Budget context. The previous Schedule to the regulations has been repealed and a new Schedule substituted.
The regulations will commence on 1 December 1987.