308AUSTEL to assess liabilities and entitlements

##### 308 AUSTEL to assess liabilities and entitlements (1) For each financial year, AUSTEL must make a written assessment for the purposes of this Part. (2) The assessment must set out, in relation to each participating carrier in relation to that financial year: (a) the carrier’s net universal service cost for the financial year; and (b) the number of minutes of timed traffic of the carrier for the financial year; and (c) the carrier’s levy debit under section 310 for the financial year; and (d) the carrier’s levy debit balance (if any) under section 311, or levy credit balance (if any) under section 312, for the financial year; and (e) if the assessment sets out a levy debit balance of the carrier for the financial year—the levy payable by the carrier on that levy debit balance; and (f) if the assessment sets out a levy credit balance of the carrier for the financial year—the amount payable to the carrier under section 325 for that financial year. (3) The assessment must be made on the basis of: (a) the respective claims for levy credits lodged by participating carriers in relation to the financial year; and (b) the respective returns under section 304 lodged by the participating carriers in relation to the financial year; and (c) the information and documents obtained by AUSTEL because of its inquiries under section 307; and (d) any other information and documents that AUSTEL has and that it thinks relevant to making the assessment. (4) This section does not apply to a financial year in respect of which, because of section 297, no carrier is liable to pay an amount of levy.