{"id":"F2023L00666","name":"Determination under paragraph 15(1)(b) No. 1 of 2023","slug":"determination-under-paragraph-15-1-b-no-1-of-2023","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":104384,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2023L00666-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Determination under paragraph 15(1)(b) No. 1 of 2023","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nAUSTRALIAN COMPETITION & CONSUMER COMMISSION\n\n \n\nTelecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997\n\n \n\n###### DETERMINATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 15(1)(b) No. 1 of 2023\n\n \n\n \n\nThe AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION & CONSUMER COMMISSION (ACCC) makes this determination under paragraph 15(1)(b) of the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997 and determines that the proportion of the ACCC’s costs for the 2020-21 financial year that is attributable to the ACCC’s telecommunications functions and powers is $11,200,750.\n\n \n\n \n\nDated this 10th day of May 2023\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n……………………………\n\nGina Cass-Gottlieb\n\nChair\n\nAustralian Competition & Consumer Commission\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination does not change the statutory scope of the ACCC’s telecommunications functions or powers. It records an administrative allocation of $11,200,750 for the 2020–21 financial year under paragraph 15(1)(b) of the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997. The instrument does not expand or restrict functions, nor does it introduce new regulatory obligations in its text; it provides a single cost allocation figure dated 10 May 2023 (signed by the ACCC Chair)."},"complexity_factors":["Single, specific numeric allocation (one line of operative content).","Narrow subject matter limited to attribution of ACCC costs for one financial year.","Dependence on external statute (Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997) for context and downstream effect, which is not reproduced in the text.","Lack of procedural detail (no methodology, review process, or appeal mechanism included).","Low operational complexity in the instrument itself but potential downstream complexity contingent on how the Act uses the figure."],"plain_english_summary":"The ACCC has issued an administrative determination under paragraph 15(1)(b) of the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997, allocating $11,200,750 as the portion of its 2020–21 costs attributable to telecommunications.  \n\nThe instrument records an internal cost allocation signed by the ACCC Chair and does not itself say who pays, how the number was derived, or how it will be applied."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination performs exactly the narrow administrative function intended by the parent Act: setting the ACCC's attributable telecommunications costs for a specific financial year to inform carrier licence charge calculations. There is no expansion beyond this original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: one dollar amount ($11,200,750) determined for one financial year","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act citation","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Document length: approximately 150 words","Straightforward administrative determination with no substantive legal rules"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a formal decision by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) — the government body that enforces competition and consumer law — about how much of its running costs relate to its telecommunications work.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The ACCC has determined that **$11,200,750** of its total costs for the 2020-21 financial year was spent on telecommunications-related functions and powers.\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- Under the *Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997*, telecommunications carriers (companies that own network infrastructure like phone and internet lines) must pay annual licence fees to the government.\n- Part of those fees covers the ACCC's costs for regulating the telecoms industry — things like monitoring competition, enforcing rules, and resolving disputes.\n- This determination sets the specific dollar amount that carriers will collectively contribute toward the ACCC's telecoms-related expenses for that financial year.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Telecommunications carriers** — their licence charges are calculated partly based on this figure.\n- **Consumers indirectly** — these regulatory costs ultimately flow through to the prices carriers charge for phone and internet services."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/determination-under-paragraph-15-1-b-no-1-of-2023","history":"/api/acts/determination-under-paragraph-15-1-b-no-1-of-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/determination-under-paragraph-15-1-b-no-1-of-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/determination-under-paragraph-15-1-b-no-1-of-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/determination-under-paragraph-15-1-b-no-1-of-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/determination-under-paragraph-15-1-b-no-1-of-2023/documents"}}