Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Broadcasting Stations Licence Fees Act 1981 No. 168 of 1981 - SECT 3

3. (1) Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from sub-section (1) ''$200'' and substituting ''$500'';

   (b)  by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following
        sub-sections:

''(2) There is payable on each anniversary of the date of commencement of a
licence that occurs during the period of the licence (including any period of
renewal or further renewal of the licence) a fee of an amount equal to the
relevant percentage of the gross earnings of the station to which the licence
relates during the year ended on 30 June last preceding that anniversary.

''(2A) In sub-section (2), 'relevant percentage', in relation to the gross
earnings of a commercial broadcasting station during a year, means-

   (a)  where those gross earnings are less than $5,000,000-the percentage
        ascertained in accordance with the formula-

A --------- ;
0.5 + 0.6 x 1,000,000

   (b)  where those gross earnings are not less than $5,000,000 but are less
        than $6,000,000-the percentage ascertained in accordance with the
        formula- A-5,000,000 -------------- ;
3.5 + 0.5 x 1,000,000

   (c)  where those gross earnings are not less than $6,000,000 but are less
        than $7,000,000-the percentage ascertained in accordance with the
        formula- A-6,000,000 -------------- ; or
4 + 0.4 x 1,000,000

   (d)  where those gross earnings are not less than $7,000,000- whichever is
        the lesser of 5% or the percentage ascertained in accordance with the
        formula- A-7,000,000 -------------- ,
4.4 + 0.3 x 1,000,000

where A is the number of dollars in those gross earnings.''; and

   (c)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:

''(4) Where the amount of the gross earnings of a commercial broadcasting
station during a year consists of a number of dollars and a number of cents,
then, for the purposes of this section, the cents shall be disregarded.''.

(2) The amendments made by sub-section (1) shall be deemed to have applied, or
apply, as the case may be, in relation to-

   (a)  every grant of a licence that was or is to commence on or after the
        date of commencement of this Act; and

   (b)  every anniversary of the date of commencement of a licence, being an
        anniversary that occurred or occurs on or after the date of
        commencement of this Act.
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