Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1982 No. 269 Radiocommunications Licence Fees Regulations - REG 3

3. (1) Subject to these Regulations, the fee payable under section 6 of the
Act in respect of the grant or renewal of a licence included in a class of
licences specified in Column 2 of an item in the Schedule shall be ascertained
by reference to the period in respect of which the licence is granted or
renewed at the rate specified in Column 3 of that item.

(2) Where-

   (a)  a licence is granted or renewed for a period of less than 1 year; and

   (b)  the fee payable would, but for this sub-regulation, be less than $15,
        then-

   (c)  in the case of a licence in respect of which a fee is payable at a
        rate per year in excess of $15-a fee of $15 is payable; and

   (d)  in any other case-a fee is payable of an amount equal to the amount
        that would be payable if the licence were for a period of 1 year.

(3) A fee ascertained in accordance with sub-regulation (4) is payable in
respect of the grant or renewal of a licence for an exterior paging station.

(4) The fee referred to in sub-regulation (3) is an amount equal to the
aggregate of-

   (a)  an amount calculated at the rate of $56 per annum in respect of the
        period of the licence; and

   (b)  an amount calculated at the rate of $12 per annum in respect of the
        period of the licence in respect of each paging receiver used in
        connection with that station.

(5) Persons who, but for this sub-regulation, would be liable to pay fees
under section 6 of the Act in respect of the grant or renewal of licences
included in a category of licences to which this sub-regulation applies are
exempt from the payment of those fees.

(6) The categories of licences to which sub-regulation (5) applies are
licences that authorize the station or stations in respect of which they are
granted or renewed to be operated-

   (a)  solely in connection with the direction of operations relating to the
        preservation of human life;

   (b)  solely in connection with the direction of rural fire-fighting
        operations; or

   (c)  solely in connection with the direction of the operations of an
        ambulance service.

(7) Notwithstanding sub-regulation (1), where-

   (a)  an application in respect of a licence is made by a person who is a
        member of an organization formed for purposes other than business
        purposes;

   (b)  the application is in respect of a licence in respect of a private
        station that is to be operated in connection with the activities of
        the organization;

   (c)  the application is lodged by the organization, together with not less
        than 24 other applications, each of which-

        (i)    is of the kind referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b); and

        (ii)   is in respect of the grant or renewal of a licence in respect
               of a period that commences on the same day; and

   (d)  the application, together with the fee payable in respect of the grant
        or renewal, as the case requires, is lodged before the commencement of
        that period, the fee payable in respect of the grant or renewal of the
        licence is the fee that would, but for this sub-regulation, be payable
        in respect of the licence less an amount equal to 10 per cent of that
        fee.