{"id":"F2014L00260","name":"Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997 - Determination Under Paragraph 15(1)(d) No. 1 of 2014","slug":"f2014l00260","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":335792,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2014L00260-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997 - Determination Under Paragraph 15(1)(d) No. 1 of 2014","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\n \n\nTelecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997\n\n \n\nDetermination Under Paragraph 15(1)(d) No. 1 of 2014\n\n \n\nI, MALCOLM BLIGH TURNBULL, Minister for Communications, under paragraph 15(1)(d) of the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997, determine that the estimated total amount of grants likely to be made during the 2013-2014 financial year under section 593 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 is $2,166,000.\n\n \n\nDated 6 March 2014.\n\n \n\n \n\nMalcolm Bligh Turnbull\n\n \n\nMinister for Communications\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1744},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination performs exactly the narrow, annual administrative task authorised by paragraph 15(1)(d) of the parent Act: estimating the grants to be made under section 593 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 for the specified financial year. The scope has not expanded beyond setting this specific monetary figure."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision stating a specific dollar amount","No defined terms, interpretation section, or schedules","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Extremely short length (one sentence of substance)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a ministerial decision that fixes the amount of money the government expects to give out in telecommunications grants during the 2013–2014 financial year at **$2,166,000**.\n\nThis figure is important because it directly affects how much phone and internet companies (carriers like Telstra or Optus) pay in annual licence fees. Under the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act, the total fees collected from the industry are reduced to account for grants paid out under the Telecommunications Act. By setting this estimated grants amount, the Minister determines part of the formula used to calculate each carrier’s annual bill."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2014l00260","history":"/api/acts/f2014l00260/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2014l00260/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2014l00260/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2014l00260/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2014l00260/documents"}}