Part 1Preliminary

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name

This is the Telecommunications (Payment of Annual Carrier Licence Charge) Determination 2023.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences at the start of the day after the day it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note: The Federal Register of Legislation may be accessed free of charge at www.legislation.gov.au.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subsections 73(3) and (4) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

4 Repeal of the Telecommunications (Payment of Annual Carrier Licence Charge) Determination 2014.

The Telecommunications (Payment of Annual Carrier Licence Charge) Determination 2014 (Registration No. F2014L01215) is repealed.

5 Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.

annual charge has the meaning given by subsection 73(1) of the Act.

applicant means a person who has applied for a remission of the whole or a part of an amount of late payment penalty calculated in accordance with Part 3.

due date: see section 7.

GIC rate (short for general interest charge rate) means the rate determined under section 8AAD of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 and published by the Australian Taxation Office.

Note: The average of the GIC rates determined for each quarter is published by the Australian Taxation Office and accessible, free of charge, on its website at www.ato.gov.au.

late payment penalty has the meaning given by subsection 73(1) of the Act.

previous financial year average GIC rate means the rate worked out in accordance with Schedule 1.

Note: The expression ‘ACMA’ is defined in the Act.