EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Radiocommunications (Test Permit Tax) Regulations (Amendment)
Statutory Rule No. 309 of 1988
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Transport and Communications
Section 9 of the Radiocommunications (Test 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 test permit pursuant to section 10 of the Radiocommunications Act 1983. Section 7 of the Act stipulates that the amount of such tax is an amount to be ascertained in accordance with the regulations.
The amount of tax payable was previously $59. In accordance with decisions made by the Government in the Budget context, the amount of tax was increased in line with inflation. The amount of $59 was therefore increased to $63.
The amending regulations commence on 1 December 1988.