{"id":"F2025L00094","name":"Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) (Paragraph 15(1)(d) Estimated Total Grants) Determination 2025","slug":"telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-paragraph-15-1-d-estimated-total-grants-determination-202","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":105874,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2025L00094-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) (Paragraph 15(1)(d) Estimated Total Grants) Determination 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Crest of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\n \n\nTELECOMMUNICATIONS (CARRIER LICENCE CHARGES)   (PARAGRAPH 15(1)(d) ESTIMATED TOTAL GRANTS) DETERMINATION 2025\n\n \n\nI, MICHELLE ROWLAND, 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 2024-25 financial year under section 593 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 is $2,721,000.\n\n \n\n \n\nDated  28 January 2025\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nMICHELLE ROWLAND\n\nMinister for Communications\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination performs exactly the function intended by the parent Act: providing an annual estimate of grants for the purpose of calculating carrier licence charges. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with no defined terms","No cross-references to other sections of the determination itself","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Length: approximately 150 words of substantive content","Straightforward factual determination: one number ($2,721,000) assigned to one statutory placeholder"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short legal instrument made by the Minister for Communications that sets a dollar figure for budget purposes.\n\n**What it does:**\n- The Minister officially estimates that **$2,721,000** in grants will be paid out during the 2024-25 financial year under a specific program in the Telecommunications Act 1997 (section 593).\n\n**Why this matters:**\n- This figure is used to calculate annual licence fees that telecommunications carriers (companies like Telstra, Optus, TPG, etc.) must pay to the government.\n- Under the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997, carriers pay fees that help fund the communications regulator (the ACMA) and related programs. The formula for these fees takes into account government grants that offset costs.\n- By setting this \"estimated total grants\" figure, the Minister ensures the carrier fee calculation reflects money the government expects to pay out, so carriers aren't overcharged.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Telecommunications carriers** — their annual licence fees are calculated using this number.\n- **The government** — it uses this estimate for budgeting and cost recovery.\n\nIn short: it's a routine administrative determination that plugs a number into a formula to work out how much phone and internet companies pay in regulatory fees."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Determination does not change the legal scope of the referenced Acts. It is a routine, single-line administrative estimate of the total grants likely to be made under section 593 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 for the 2024–25 financial year (set at $2,721,000), made under paragraph 15(1)(d) of the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997. The instrument does not amend legislation, create new categories of persons, or alter eligibility or payment rules; any substantive scope or application remains governed by the cited statutory provisions."},"complexity_factors":["Single numeric determination (a single monetary figure) reduces internal complexity.","Cross-reference to two statutory provisions (paragraph 15(1)(d) of the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997 and section 593 of the Telecommunications Act 1997) requires checking those provisions for full effect.","Decision is ministerial and discretionary in form (the instrument is an exercise of a statutory power), so legal effect depends on the scope of that enabling provision.","Instrument provides no operational detail (no recipients, allocation method, or downstream application), so practical implications depend on other instruments or provisions.","Low administrative and compliance burden in the instrument itself, but potential downstream financial implications could be opaque without consulting the cited Acts."],"plain_english_summary":"The Minister for Communications has issued a ministerial determination fixing the estimated total of grants likely to be made under s.593 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 for 2024–25 at $2,721,000.  \n\nThis is an administrative estimate under paragraph 15(1)(d) of the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997; it does not allocate funds, name recipients, amend law, or create new obligations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-paragraph-15-1-d-estimated-total-grants-determination-202","history":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-paragraph-15-1-d-estimated-total-grants-determination-202/history","analysis":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-paragraph-15-1-d-estimated-total-grants-determination-202/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-paragraph-15-1-d-estimated-total-grants-determination-202/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-paragraph-15-1-d-estimated-total-grants-determination-202/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/telecommunications-carrier-licence-charges-paragraph-15-1-d-estimated-total-grants-determination-202/documents"}}