{"id":"F2024L01624","name":"Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997 - 2024 Determination under paragraph 15(1)(b)","slug":"telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-act-1997-2024-determination-under-paragraph-15-1-b","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":105527,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2024L01624-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997 - 2024 Determination under paragraph 15(1)(b)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\nAUSTRALIAN COMPETITION & CONSUMER COMMISSION\n\n \n\nTelecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997\n\n \n\n###### 2024 DETERMINATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 15(1)(b)\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 2022-23 financial year that is attributable to the ACCC’s telecommunications functions and powers is $13,041,969.\n\n \n\n \n\nDated this 18th day of November 2024\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n……………………………\n\nGina Cass-Gottlieb\n\nChair\n\nAustralian Competition & Consumer Commission\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a routine annual administrative determination made under a specific statutory power. It performs exactly the function intended by the parent Act — setting the cost base for carrier licence charges. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original legislative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: one dollar amount determined","No defined terms used within the instrument itself","No cross-references to other sections beyond the enabling provision (paragraph 15(1)(b))","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Extremely short: approximately 100 words of substantive content"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a formal decision by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) — the government body that enforces competition and consumer law — about how much money it spent on telecommunications work in the 2022-23 financial year.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Under the *Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997*, the ACCC must calculate what portion of its total running costs relate to its telecommunications functions (like regulating phone and internet companies).\n- This figure ($13,041,969) is then used to work out how much to charge telecommunications carriers (companies like Telstra, Optus, TPG, etc.) for their annual licence fees.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Telecommunications carriers**: Their licence fees are calculated based on this cost figure, combined with their market share.\n- **Consumers indirectly**: These fees ultimately flow through to the cost of phone and internet services.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis determination is a necessary step in the annual process of funding telecommunications regulation in Australia. It ensures that the companies being regulated bear the cost of that regulation, rather than taxpayers generally."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination sets a year‑specific cost attribution amount under paragraph 15(1)(b) of the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997. It records an accounting outcome for 2022–23 but does not, in the text supplied, expand or narrow the statutory scope of the ACCC’s powers or create new legal obligations."},"complexity_factors":["Single, concrete outcome: a lone monetary figure ($13,041,969) for a specified year (2022–23).","Narrow legal reference: one enabling provision cited (paragraph 15(1)(b) of the Act).","No procedural changes or new obligations introduced in the text itself.","Limited stakeholder impact described directly in the text; downstream effects depend on the wider Act.","Requires internal ACCC accounting judgments (methodology choice) but those methods are not detailed here."],"plain_english_summary":"The ACCC has determined, under paragraph 15(1)(b) of the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997, that $13,041,969 of its 2022–23 costs are attributable to its telecommunications functions.  \n\nThis is an administrative accounting outcome: it does not itself create new obligations or penalties but provides the statutory cost figure used within the Act’s cost‑allocation framework and could affect downstream calculations under that scheme."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-act-1997-2024-determination-under-paragraph-15-1-b","history":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-act-1997-2024-determination-under-paragraph-15-1-b/history","analysis":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-act-1997-2024-determination-under-paragraph-15-1-b/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-act-1997-2024-determination-under-paragraph-15-1-b/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-act-1997-2024-determination-under-paragraph-15-1-b/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-act-1997-2024-determination-under-paragraph-15-1-b/documents"}}