{"id":"F2025L01438","name":"Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) (Base and Administrative Cost Components) Determination 2025","slug":"telecommunications-regional-broadband-scheme-base-and-administrative-cost-components-determination-2","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443059,"registerId":"F2025L01438-fast-fetch-1775957964379","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) (Base and Administrative Cost Components) 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 Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nTelecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) (Base and Administrative Cost Components) Determination 2025\n\nI, ANIKA WELLS, Minister for Communications, make the following determination.\n\nDated 26 November 2025  \n\nANIKA WELLS\n\nMinister for Communications\n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5 Determination of base component for eligible months in the sixth eligible financial year\n\n6 Determination of administrative cost component for eligible months in the sixth eligible financial year\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) (Base and Administrative Cost Components) Determination 2025.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day this instrument commences under section 19 of the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Act 2020.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under paragraphs 12(4)(b) and 16(8)(f) of the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Act 2020.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Act, including the following:\n\n(a)  administrative cost component;\n\n(b) base component;\n\n(c) eligible financial year; and\n\n(d) month.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Act 2020.\n\n5  Determination of base component for each month in the sixth eligible financial year\n\n  For the purposes of paragraph 12(2)(d) of the Act, the amount of $2.1706 is determined for each of the months in the sixth eligible financial year.\n\n6 Determination of administrative cost component for each month in the sixth eligible financial year\n\n  For the purposes of paragraph 16(6)(d) of the Act, the amount of $0.00665 is determined for each of the months in the sixth eligible financial year.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by the parent Act (the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Act 2020). The Act specifically provides for annual determinations of these monetary components, and this instrument simply exercises that power for the sixth eligible financial year. The scope remains tightly constrained to the statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 6 sections)","No defined terms in the instrument itself (relies entirely on definitions in the parent Act)","No conditional logic or exceptions","No cross-references beyond citations to the enabling Act","Straightforward numerical determinations with no calculations or formulas","Single purpose: setting two dollar amounts for a specific time period"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination sets the Regional Broadband Scheme charges for 2025–26: a base component of $2.1706/month and an administrative component of $0.00665/month. It requires telecommunications companies supplying broadband in regional Australia to pay these per-customer amounts to fund NBN fixed wireless and satellite services, ensuring continued subsidised regional connectivity."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change who or what is covered by the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Act 2020. It only specifies the per‑month values to be used in calculating two components of the Scheme charge for the sixth eligible financial year (see sections 5 and 6). It does not amend definitions or expand the Act’s coverage; application and scope remain as set in the Act (including relevant definitions in section 3 and the statutory paragraphs cited)."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow scope: instrument only determines two numeric amounts for a specific year (sections 5–6).","Legal hooks to the parent Act: amounts apply for purposes of paragraph 12(2)(d) (base) and paragraph 16(6)(d) (administrative) of the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Act 2020.","Commencement mechanics reference section 19 of the Act (section 2); timing dependence on the Act increases a minor procedural complexity.","Precision of figures ($2.1706 and $0.00665) may require billing systems to handle multi‑decimal calculations and rounding conventions.","Dependence on defined terms in the Act (eg, ‘sixth eligible financial year’, ‘month’, ‘base component’, ‘administrative cost component’) requires cross‑reference to section 3 of the Act for correct application.","Low substantive administrative burden: no new duties or discretion granted here—only numeric specification."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets the per‑month dollar amounts used to calculate the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) charge for the sixth eligible financial year. It fixes the base component at $2.1706 and the administrative cost component at $0.00665 per month, which changes the monthly charge calculation under the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Act 2020 and thus affects the billable obligations of parties subject to that Act."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/telecommunications-regional-broadband-scheme-base-and-administrative-cost-components-determination-2","history":"/api/acts/telecommunications-regional-broadband-scheme-base-and-administrative-cost-components-determination-2/history","analysis":"/api/acts/telecommunications-regional-broadband-scheme-base-and-administrative-cost-components-determination-2/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/telecommunications-regional-broadband-scheme-base-and-administrative-cost-components-determination-2/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/telecommunications-regional-broadband-scheme-base-and-administrative-cost-components-determination-2/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/telecommunications-regional-broadband-scheme-base-and-administrative-cost-components-determination-2/documents"}}