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TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CARRIER LICENCE CHARGES) AMENDMENT (INDUSTRY PLANS AND CONSUMER CODES) BILL 2005
2004-2005
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Telecommunications (Carrier Licence
Charges) Amendment (Industry Plans
and Consumer Codes) Bill 2005
No. , 2005
(Communications, Information Technology and the Arts)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Telecommunications
(Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997, and for other
purposes
i Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Amendment (Industry Plans and Consumer
Codes) Bill 2005 No. , 2005
Contents
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Short title.......................................................................................1
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Commencement .............................................................................1
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Schedule(s)....................................................................................2
Schedule 1--Amendment of the Telecommunications (Carrier
Licence Charges) Act 1997
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Schedule 2--Amendment of the Telecommunications (Carrier
Licence Charges) Amendment Act 1998
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Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Amendment (Industry Plans and Consumer
Codes) Bill 2005 No. , 2005 1
A Bill for an Act to amend the Telecommunications
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(Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997, and for other
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purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence
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Charges) Amendment (Industry Plans and Consumer Codes) Act
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2005.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Consumer Codes) Bill 2005 No. , 2005
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
3. Schedule 2
Immediately after the time specified in the
Telecommunications (Carrier Licence
Charges) Amendment Act 1998 for the
commencement of item 2 of Schedule 1 to
that Act.
30 June 1998
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to
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deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
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(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not
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part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or
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edited in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendment of the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997 Schedule
1
Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Amendment (Industry Plans and Consumer
Codes) Bill 2005 No. , 2005 3
1
Schedule 1--Amendment of the
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Telecommunications (Carrier Licence
3
Charges) Act 1997
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1 Subsection 9(2)
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Repeal the subsection, substitute:
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(2) A determination under subsection (1) is a legislative instrument for
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the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
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2 Subsection 14(2)
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Repeal the subsection, substitute:
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(2) A determination under subsection (1) is a legislative instrument for
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the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
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3 After paragraph 15(1)(c)
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Insert:
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(ca) the amount determined, by a written instrument made by the
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ACMA, to be the sum of the amounts paid under
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section 136C of the Telecommunications Act 1997 during the
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immediately preceding financial year; and
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4 Paragraph 15(1)(d)
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Omit "1997; and", substitute "1997.".
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5 Paragraph 15(1)(e)
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Repeal the paragraph.
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6 Subsections 15(2) and (3)
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Repeal the subsections, substitute:
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(2) An instrument under subsection (1) is a legislative instrument for
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the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
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7 Subsection 15(4) (paragraph (b) of the definition of cost)
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Omit "ACCC; and", substitute "ACCC.".
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Schedule 1 Amendment of the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act
1997
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Consumer Codes) Bill 2005 No. , 2005
8 Subsection 15(4) (paragraph (c) of the definition of cost)
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Repeal the paragraph.
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9 Subsection 15(4) (definition of Industry Minister)
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Repeal the definition.
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10 Application of amendments
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(1)
For the purposes of this item, if the Commonwealth did not incur any
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costs for a financial year that were attributable to the administration of
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Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act 1997, the financial
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year is a zero-cost financial year.
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(2)
The amendments made by items 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 apply in relation to
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charges imposed on carrier licences in force at the beginning of:
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(a) the first financial year where both of the following conditions
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are satisfied:
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(i) the financial year ends after the commencement of this
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item;
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(ii) the immediately preceding financial year is a zero-cost
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financial year; or
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(b) a financial year that is later than that first financial year.
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Amendment of the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Amendment Act
1998 Schedule 2
Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Amendment (Industry Plans and Consumer
Codes) Bill 2005 No. , 2005 5
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Schedule 2--Amendment of the
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Telecommunications (Carrier Licence
3
Charges) Amendment Act 1998
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1 Item 2 of Schedule 1 (heading)
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Omit "costs", substitute "cost".
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