Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The charges that a
user must pay a corporation for the provision of distribution access services
under a distribution access agreement are calculated in accordance with the
distribution access agreement and the prices used in calculating those charges
are determined in accordance with the distribution access agreement.
(2) If —
(a) a
tax is imposed or there is an increase in the amount of a tax or a new law is
passed or an existing law is amended after the date of a distribution access
agreement (in this subregulation called the Change ); and
(b)
there is any increase in the cost to a corporation of providing the
distribution access services under the distribution access agreement which was
not contemplated at the time the distribution access agreement was entered
into,
then the user must pay
the corporation such additional amounts as are necessary to compensate the
corporation for the increased cost directly attributable to the Change.
(3) In
subregulation (2) —
tax means any tax, levy, impost, deduction,
charge, withholding or duty imposed by any authority (including any stamp or
transaction duty), together with any related interest, penalty, fine or
expense in connection with it, except if imposed on the overall net income of
a corporation.
[Regulation 20 amended in Gazette
31 Mar 2006 p. 1318 and 1319.]