Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1975 No. 55 of 1975 - SECT 11

11. (1) The Commission may, from time to time, make, with the approval of the
Minister, determinations fixing or varying-

   (a)  the rentals payable in respect of standard telephone services provided
        by the Commission;

   (b)  the charges for telephone calls made within Australia, other than
        charges for special services provided by the Commission in connexion
        with those calls; and

   (c)  the charges for the transmission within Australia of telegrams that
        are lodged at telegraph offices otherwise than by means of a
        telecommunications service provided by the Commission.

(2) The Commission may, from time to time, make determinations fixing or
varying rentals and charges, other than rentals and charges referred to in
sub-section (1), for telecommunications services and other services that the
Commission provides under this Act.

(3) An application to the Minister for his approval of a determi- nation
proposed to be made by the Commission under sub-section (1)-

   (a)  shall be made to the Minister in writing;

   (b)  shall specify the date as from which the determination is, if approved
        by the Minister, intended to operate; and

   (c)  shall also specify-

        (i)    the proportion of the amount ascertained in accordance with the
               formula specified in paragraph 73 (1) (b) in respect of the
               financial year in which the date so specified occurs that the
               Commission is planning to provide out of revenues of the
               Commission for expenditure by way of capital expenditure; and

        (ii)   the amount estimated by the Commission to be the amount of
               revenue that the Commission will receive in respect of the
               financial year referred to in sub-paragraph (i),

if the determination is made and any other determination that the Commission
proposes to make under sub-section (2) is also made.

(4) The Minister shall furnish his decision with respect to an application
referred to in sub-section (3) to the Commission in writing.

(5) Where an application has been made to the Minister for approval of a
determination that the Commission proposes to make under sub-section (1), the
Minister may request the Commission, in writing, to furnish to him specified
infomation that is, in his opinion, relevant to the fixing or varying of the
rentals and charges to which the determination relates, and the Commission
shall comply with the request to the extent to which it is practicable to do
so and as soon as practicable after receipt of the request.

(6) The Commission shall cause particulars of rentals and charges determined
by it under this section to be published in the Gazette.

(7) In this section, a reference to the rental payable in respect of a
standard telephone service provided by the Commission is a reference to the
rental payable for the use of the line and other apparatus connecting premises
to the telephone system controlled by the Commission.