{"id":"F2005L00862","name":"Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997 - Determination under paragraph 15(1)(d) No. 1 of 2005","slug":"telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-act-1997-determination-under-paragraph-15-1-d-no-1-of-200","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":34257,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L00862-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997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 2005","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: Commonwealth of Australia\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\n \n\n# Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997\n\n \n\nDETERMINATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 15(1)(d) No. 1 of 2005\n\n \n\nI, HELEN LLOYD COONAN, Minister for Communications,  Information Technology and the Arts, 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 2004-2005 financial year under section 593 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 is $835,000.\n\n \n\nDated 31 March 2005.\n\n \n\nHELEN COONAN\n\n \n\nMinister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1846},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination performs the exact administrative function contemplated by the parent Act: setting an estimated annual grants figure to be used in the carrier licence charge calculation formula. It does not expand or alter the scope of the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision containing only a monetary amount and a date","No defined terms, interpretation clauses, or schedules","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Extremely short length (one substantive sentence)","Only references enabling power (paragraph 15(1)(d)) and related grant provision (section 593)"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination sets the amount of money the government expects to spend on **grants for telephone services in rural and remote areas** during the 2004-2005 financial year.\n\nSpecifically, the Minister determined that **$835,000** is the estimated total for these grants (which are paid under section 593 of the *Telecommunications Act 1997* to support the Universal Service Obligation).\n\n**Why this matters:** This dollar figure is used to calculate annual licence fees that telecommunications carriers (like Telstra, Optus, etc.) must pay to the government. The formula effectively reduces the total fees collected from carriers to account for this grant spending—so the higher the estimated grants, the lower the industry's collective licence fees for that year."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-act-1997-determination-under-paragraph-15-1-d-no-1-of-200","history":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-act-1997-determination-under-paragraph-15-1-d-no-1-of-200/history","analysis":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-act-1997-determination-under-paragraph-15-1-d-no-1-of-200/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-act-1997-determination-under-paragraph-15-1-d-no-1-of-200/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-act-1997-determination-under-paragraph-15-1-d-no-1-of-200/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-act-1997-determination-under-paragraph-15-1-d-no-1-of-200/documents"}}