141Standard tourist program charge

#### 141 Standard tourist program charge (1) In this regulation: > CPI means the Consumer Price Index (All Groups) for Brisbane, using, as a reference base, the financial year ending on 30 June 1990. > CPI base date, for a charge year, means 31 December in the previous charge year. (2) The standard tourist program charge is: (a) during the charge years beginning on 1 April 1998 and 1 April 1999—$4.00; and (b) during any later charge year—the greater of: (i) $4.00; and (ii) the amount worked out as set out in subregulation (3). (3) The amount for the second charge year after the current charge year (the second charge year) is worked out as follows: (a) work out the indexed amount, for the second charge year, of the STPC by the formula:  where: > STPC is the standard tourist program charge for the current charge year; and > new CPI is the CPI on the CPI base date for the second charge year; and > old CPI is the CPI on 31 December 1997. Then: (b) subtract the standard tourist program charge for the current charge year from the amount so worked out; and (c) if the difference between the indexed amount and the standard tourist program charge for the current charge year is negative, or is positive but is less than $0.40, the standard tourist program charge for the second charge year is the same as that for the current charge year; and (d) if the difference is $0.40 or more but less than $0.90, the standard tourist program charge for the second charge year is $0.50 greater than that for the current charge year; and (e) if the difference is $0.90 or more but less than $1.40, the standard tourist program charge for the second charge year is $1.00 greater than that for the current charge year; and (f) if the difference is $1.40 or more, the standard tourist program charge for the second charge year is $1.50 greater than that for the current charge year. > Note: Example: > Note: To work out the STPC for the charge year beginning on 1 April 2000, the calculation would be:  > Note: (where ‘STPC/1998′ is the standard tourist program charge for the charge year that begins on 1 April 1998). > Note: Suppose the result is $4.25. According to paragraph (c), the standard tourist program charge for the charge year that begins on 1 April 2000 is still $4.00. If the result were $4.55, the STPC for that charge year would be $4.50, according to paragraph (d).