1Telecommunications (Annual Carrier Licence Charge) Determination 2016

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Telecommunications (Annual Carrier Licence Charge) Determination 2016

Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Determination under subsection 14(1) of the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997.

Dated 28 June 2016

Richard Bean

[signed]
Member

Brendan Byrne

[signed]
Member/General Manager

Australian Communications and Media Authority

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Telecommunications (Annual Carrier Licence Charge) Determination 2016.

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on the later of:

(a) the day after it is registered; and

(b) the commencement of the Telecommunications (Specification of Costs by the ACMA) Determination 2016.

Note 1: All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation kept under the Legislation Act 2003. See www.legislation.gov.au.

Note 2: Both of the events mentioned in section 2 must occur before this Determination commences.

3 Cessation

This Determination ceases to have effect at the end of 30 June 2018 as if it had been repealed by another instrument.

4 Application

This Determination applies to carrier licences that were in force at the beginning of the 2015-2016 financial year.

5 Definitions and other interpretation

(1) In this Determination:

Act means the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997.

carrier licence means a carrier licence to which this Determination applies, as provided by section 4.

carrier licence charge means a charge within the meaning of Part 3 of the Act.

eligible revenue period has the same meaning as in the TCPSS Act.

exempt carrier licence means a carrier licence that was held by a carrier that was a non-participating person for the eligible revenue period that began on 1 July 2014 and ended on 30 June 2015.

non-participating person has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications (Participating Persons) Determination 2015.

TCPSS Act means the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.