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1996-97
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Radiocommunications
Legislation Amendment Bill 1997
No. ,
1997
(Communications and the
Arts)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Radiocommunications Act 1992 and the Radiocommunications Taxes
Collection Act 1983, and for other purposes
9708920—899/20.6.1997—(89/97) Cat. No. 96 9219 3 ISBN 0644
505133
Contents
Australian Communications Authority Act
1997 7rla00h1.html
Legislative Instruments Act
1997 7rla00h1.html
Radiocommunications Act
1992 7rla00h1.html
Radiocommunications Taxes Collection Act
1983 7rla00h1.html
A Bill for an Act to amend the Radiocommunications Act
1992 and the Radiocommunications Taxes Collection Act 1983, and for
other purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Radiocommunications Legislation Amendment
Act 1997.
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it
receives the Royal Assent.
(2) If the Legislative Instruments Act 1997 does not commence
before the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, the amendments of
that Act made by this Act commence immediately after the commencement of the
Legislative Instruments Act 1997.
Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this
Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to
its terms.
Australian
Communications Authority Act 1997
1 At the end of subparagraph
7(h)(iv)
Add “or”.
2 At the end of paragraph
7(h)
Add:
(v) the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Tax) Act
1997;
3 Paragraph 8(3)(h)
Omit “1983.”, substitute
“1983;”.
4 At the end of subsection
8(3)
Add:
(i) the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Tax) Act
1997.
Legislative
Instruments Act 1997
5 Schedule 2 (after the table row relating to
the Radiocommunications (Receiver Licence Tax) Act
1983)
Insert:
|
Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Tax) Act 1997 |
The whole Act other than sections 4 and 7 |
6 Section 5
Insert:
spectrum licence tax means a tax imposed under the
Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Tax) Act 1997.
7 Paragraph 67(b)
Omit “294.”, substitute “section 294;
and”.
8 At the end of section 67
Add:
(c) amounts of spectrum licence tax.
Radiocommunications
Taxes Collection Act 1983
9 Section 4 (definition of
tax)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
tax means apparatus licence tax or spectrum licence
tax.
10 Section 4
Insert:
initial holding date has the same meaning as in the
Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Tax) Act 1997.
11 Section 6
Omit “tax”, substitute “apparatus licence
tax”.
12 At the end of section 6
Add:
(2) The spectrum licence tax on the initial holding date for a spectrum
licence, or on an anniversary of the initial holding date for a spectrum
licence, is payable by the licensee.
13 Subsection 7(1)
Omit “tax”, substitute “apparatus licence
tax”.
14 Subsection 7(2)
Omit “tax”, substitute “apparatus licence
tax”.
15 Subsection 7(3)
Omit “tax”, substitute “apparatus licence
tax”.
16 Subsection 7(4)
Omit “tax”, substitute “apparatus licence
tax”.
17 At the end of section 7
Add:
(5) The spectrum licence tax imposed on the initial holding date for a
spectrum licence is payable 60 days after that date.
(6) The spectrum licence tax imposed on an anniversary of the initial
holding date for a spectrum licence is payable 60 days after that
anniversary.
18 Subsection 7A(1)
Omit “tax”, substitute “apparatus licence
tax”.
19 After subsection 7A(1)
Insert:
(1A) The ACA may make determinations in writing for, and in relation to,
the penalty payable by the licensee for a spectrum licence in relation to
spectrum licence tax that remains unpaid after the due day.
20 Subsection 7A(2)
After “subsection (1)”, insert “or (1A)”.
21 Section 8
Omit “tax”, substitute “apparatus licence
tax”.
22 At the end of section 8
Add:
(2) The regulations may exempt persons included in specified classes of
persons from the payment of spectrum licence tax in relation to spectrum
licences included in specified classes of spectrum licences.
23 Section 9
Omit “tax”, substitute “apparatus licence
tax”.
24 At the end of section 9
Add:
(2) Despite any law of the Commonwealth passed or made before the
commencement of this subsection but subject to any regulations referred to in
section 8, a corporation established by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of
a Territory is subject to spectrum licence tax.