324Purposes of Fund

##### 324 Purposes of Fund (1) The purposes of the Fund are: (a) making payments under section 325; and (b) refunding any overpaid amounts of levy; and (c) refunding any other amounts paid into the Fund in error; and (d) reimbursing the Commonwealth for: (i) the costs or expenses incurred by the Commonwealth or AUSTEL in administering this Part and the Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1991 during any period; and (ii) without limiting subparagraph (i), costs or expenses incurred in connection with recovering levy; and (iii) costs incurred by the Commonwealth during the period in collecting, compiling, analysing and publishing information about the operation of this Part and that Act. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), the Minister for Finance may, from time to time, determine the amount of a reimbursement to be made to the Commonwealth in relation to a period on such basis as he or she thinks appropriate. (3) Despite subsection (2), the total of the amounts reimbursed under paragraph (1)(d) must not exceed the total of the amounts paid into the Fund under paragraphs 323(b) and (c).