EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Radiocommunications (Test Permit Tax) Regulation* (Amendment)
Statutory Rule 1990 No. 360
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Transport and Communications
Section 9 of the Radiocommunications (Teat 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 $68. In accordance with decisions made by the Government in the Budget context, the amount of tax was increased by 7.7% to $73 in line with inflation.
The amending regulations commence on 1 December 1990.