{"id":"F2003B00028","name":"Telecommunications (Remote Area Rebate) Repeal Regulations 2003","slug":"telecommunications-remote-area-rebate-repeal-regulations-2003","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"19 of 2003","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":31173,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2003B00028-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Telecommunications (Remote Area Rebate) Repeal Regulations 2003","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nTelecommunications (Remote Area Rebate) Repeal Regulations 2003\n\nStatutory Rules 2003 No. 191\n\nI, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.\n\nDated 20 February 2003\n\nPETER HOLLINGWORTH\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nRICHARD ALSTON\n\nMinister for Communications, Information Technology  and the Arts\n\n \n\n \n\n1 Name of Regulations\n\n  These Regulations are the Telecommunications (Remote Area Rebate) Repeal Regulations 2003.\n\n2 Commencement\n\n  These Regulations commence on gazettal.\n\n3 Telecommunications (Remote Area Rebate) Regulations 1998 — repeal\n\n  Statutory Rules 1998 No. 339 is repealed.\n\nNote\n\n1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 February 2003.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2153},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly as its title and structure suggest: it repeals the 1998 Regulations. It does not expand beyond this narrow purpose or introduce new substantive provisions."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 sections total, with just 1 operative provision","No definitions or interpretation section","No internal cross-references or conditional logic","Single straightforward action: repeal of Statutory Rules 1998 No. 339"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does**\nThese regulations cancel (repeal) the *Telecommunications (Remote Area Rebate) Regulations 1998*. Those earlier regulations provided a framework for rebates (discounts) on telecommunications services in remote areas of Australia.\n\n**Who it affects**\n- Telecommunications companies that were claiming or administering remote area rebates under the old 1998 rules\n- Consumers in remote areas who may have benefited from the rebate scheme\n\n**Why it matters**\nThis ends the legal mechanism for remote area telecommunications rebates established in 1998. If no replacement scheme exists, this effectively stops government rebates for remote area phone/internet services administered under these specific regulations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/telecommunications-remote-area-rebate-repeal-regulations-2003","history":"/api/acts/telecommunications-remote-area-rebate-repeal-regulations-2003/history","analysis":"/api/acts/telecommunications-remote-area-rebate-repeal-regulations-2003/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/telecommunications-remote-area-rebate-repeal-regulations-2003/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/telecommunications-remote-area-rebate-repeal-regulations-2003/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/telecommunications-remote-area-rebate-repeal-regulations-2003/documents"}}