Contents

Part 1--Introduction                                                                                                               1

1............ Short title [see Note 1]....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1].............................................................. 1

3............ Act to bind Crown.............................................................................. 1

4............ Extension to eligible Territories.......................................................... 1

5............ Interpretation...................................................................................... 1

Part 2--Application charge                                                                                                 3

6............ Definition of charge........................................................................... 3

7............ Imposition of charge........................................................................... 3

8............ By whom charge payable................................................................... 3

9............ Amount of charge............................................................................... 3

10.......... Maximum charge................................................................................. 3

Part 3--Annual charge                                                                                                          4

11.......... Definition of charge........................................................................... 4

12.......... Imposition of charge........................................................................... 4

13.......... By whom charge payable................................................................... 4

14.......... Amount of charge............................................................................... 4

15.......... Limit on total of charges..................................................................... 4

Notes                                                                                                                                               7

  

Notes to the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997

Note 1

The Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 49, 1997 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997	49, 1997	22 Apr 1997	22 Apr 1997
Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Amendment Act 1998	68, 1998	30 June 1998	30 June 1998	--
as amended by
Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Amendment (Industry Plans and Consumer Codes) Act 2005	116, 2005	23 Sept 2005	(see 116, 2005 below)	--
Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Amendment Act 2005	46, 2005	1 Apr 2005	Schedules 1 and 2: 1 July 2005 (see s. 2(1)) Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 2
Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Amendment (Industry Plans and Consumer Codes) Act 2005	116, 2005	23 Sept 2005	Schedule 1: 24 Sept 2005 Schedule 2: (a) Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 1 (item 10)
Do Not Call Register (Consequential Amendments) Act 2006	89, 2006	30 June 2006	Schedule 1 (items 42-73): 31 May 2007 ( see s. 2(1) and F2007L01114) Remainder: Royal Assent	--

(a)     Subsection 2(1) (item 3) of the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Amendment (Industry Plans and Consumer Codes) Act 2005 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
3.  Schedule 2	Immediately after the time specified in the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Amendment Act 1998 for the commencement of item 2 of Schedule 1 to that Act.	30 June 1998

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part 1
S. 5......................................	am. No. 46, 2005
Part 2
S. 9......................................	am. Nos. 46 and 116, 2005
Part 3
S. 14....................................	am. Nos. 46 and 116, 2005
S. 15....................................	am. No. 68, 1998; Nos. 46 and 116, 2005; No. 89, 2006
Part 4...................................	rep. No. 46, 2005
S. 16....................................	rep. No. 46, 2005

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Amendment Act 2005
(No. 46, 2005)

Schedule 2

1  Definitions

In this Schedule:

Imposition Act means the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997.

transition time means the commencement of this Schedule.

2  Continued effect of amount determinations

A determination made by the ACA under subsection 9(1) or 14(1), or paragraph 15(1)(a) or (c), of the Imposition Act that was in force immediately before the transition time has effect on and after the transition time as if it had been made by the ACMA under that subsection or paragraph as amended by Schedule 1 to this Act.

3  ACMA's costs include ACA's costs

(1)        For the purpose of paragraph 15(1)(a) of the Imposition Act as amended by this Schedule, a reference to the ACMA's costs for a financial year includes a reference to the ACA's costs for that financial year.

(2)        The ACA's costs for a financial year are to be determined as if the amendments made by Schedule 1 to this Act to the definition of cost in subsection 15(4) of the Imposition Act had not been made.

Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Amendment (Industry Plans and Consumer Codes) Act 2005 (No. 116, 2005)

Schedule 1

10  Application of amendments

(1)        For the purposes of this item, if the Commonwealth did not incur any costs for a financial year that were attributable to the administration of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act 1997, the financial year is a zero‑cost financial year.

(2)        The amendments made by items 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 apply in relation to charges imposed on carrier licences in force at the beginning of:

                     (a)  the first financial year where both of the following conditions are satisfied:

                              (i)  the financial year ends after the commencement of this item;

                             (ii)  the immediately preceding financial year is a zero‑cost financial year; or

                     (b)  a financial year that is later than that first financial year.