EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Issued by the authority of the Australian Communications Authority
TELECOMMUNICATIONS (DATE OF IMPOSITION OF CHARGE) DETERMINATION 2005
Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997
Statutory basis
Section 18 of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997 provides that if a carriage service provider holds an allocated number at the beginning of a day determined by the Australian Communications Authority (ACA), an annual numbering charge is imposed on that number. Under the same section, before 16 February each year the ACA is required to determine in writing a day in April on which annual numbering charges are imposed and to publish the determination in the Gazette before the day determined.
Purpose
The Telecommunications (Date of Imposition of Charge) Determination 2005 sets the day on which annual numbering charges are imposed in 2005.
Background
The Commonwealth Government has directed the ACA to collect a set amount of revenue each year from carriage service providers that hold telephone numbers. The ACA collects this revenue through the annual numbering charge process.
The ACA collects annual numbering charges in accordance with the provisions of the Telecommunications Act 1997, the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997, and determinations made by the ACA under those acts.
The Office of Regulation Review has advised that a Regulation Impact Statement is not required for this determination.
Date of imposition of charge
The ACA has determined that the date for imposition of annual numbering charge for 2005 is 3 April 2005.
NOTES ON SECTIONS
Section 1 – Name of Determination
This section provides that the Determination may be cited as the Telecommunications (Date of Imposition of Charge) Determination 2005.
Section 2 - Commencement
This section provides that the Determination commences on gazettal.
Section 3 – Date of imposition of charge
This section specifies 3 April 2005 as the date determined for subsection 18(2) of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997.