{"id":"F2005L00173","name":"Telecommunications (Date of Imposition of Charge) Determination 2005","slug":"telecommunications-date-of-imposition-of-charge-determination-2005","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":33613,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L00173-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Telecommunications (Date of Imposition of Charge) Determination 2005","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nTelecommunications (Date of Imposition of Charge) Determination 2005\n\nThe AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY makes this Determination under subsection 18 (2) of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997.\n\nDated 2 February 2005 R HORTON Chair\n\nGW LUTHER Member\n\nAustralian Communications Authority\n\n1 Name of Determination\n\nThis Determination is the Telecommunications (Date of Imposition of Charge) Determination 2005.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Determination commences on the date of its publication in the Gazette.\n\n3 Date of imposition of charge\n\nFor subsection 18 (2) of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997, 3 April 2005 is determined.\n\n> Note If a carriage service provider holds an allocated number at the beginning of a day determined under subsection 18 (2) of the Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997, charge is imposed on the number. The Act requires the day to be in April.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1325},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination maintains its narrow technical purpose of fixing the charge imposition date as authorized by the parent Act, with no expansion beyond this specific statutory function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections with no subsections","No interpretation section or defined terms","Single, unambiguous operative provision setting one specific date","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements beyond the date specification"],"plain_english_summary":"This short legal instrument sets the specific date when telecommunications companies must pay annual charges for the phone numbers they control.\n\nUnder the *Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Act 1997*, the Australian Communications Authority must pick a day in April each year when charges are imposed on **carriage service providers** (phone and internet companies) for every phone number they hold. This determination fixes **3 April 2005** as that date.\n\n**What this means:**\n* If a phone company holds an allocated number at the start of 3 April 2005, they are charged a fee for that number.\n* This is essentially a billing mechanism to collect fees for the use of Australia's numbering system, similar to a property tax on telephone numbers."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/telecommunications-date-of-imposition-of-charge-determination-2005","history":"/api/acts/telecommunications-date-of-imposition-of-charge-determination-2005/history","analysis":"/api/acts/telecommunications-date-of-imposition-of-charge-determination-2005/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/telecommunications-date-of-imposition-of-charge-determination-2005/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/telecommunications-date-of-imposition-of-charge-determination-2005/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/telecommunications-date-of-imposition-of-charge-determination-2005/documents"}}