Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

TELEVISION LICENCE FEES AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2002 (NO. 1) 2002 NO. 336 - SCHEDULE 1

(regulation 3)

[1] Regulation 12

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(excluding remote licence areas and the remote parts of remote and regional licence areas)

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or remote licence areas

[2] Regulation 13, definition of regional licence

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"regional licence" means a commercial television broadcasting licence that existed on 9 May 2000 for a licence area listed in Schedule 1.

[3] After subregulation 14 (3), including the notes

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(4)

Despite subregulations (1), (2) and (3), if the licenses issued in relation to items 3A and 3B of Schedule 1 are held by the same licensee and the licensee becomes eligible for the rebate for one of the licences before the other, the licensee is taken to be automatically eligible for the rebate for the other licence at the same time.

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Regulation 17 sets out the method of apportionment of 2 licences held by the same licensee.

[4] Subregulation 15 (1)

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(1)

A regional licensee for a licence area in an item in Schedule 1 is entitled to the digital conversion rebate mentioned in column 4 of the item for the first financial year, and for each subsequent financial year, up to the total entitlement mentioned in column 5 of that item.

[5] Subregulation 16 (2)

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or 18

[6] Subregulation 17 (1)

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(1) For purposes of the digital conversion rebate, the rebate and total entitlement in items 3A (Eastern Victoria) and 3B (Western Victoria) of Schedule 1 are worked out on the basis that 1 licensee holds the licences for both licence areas.

[7] Regulation 18

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[8] Schedule 1

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Schedule 1 Digital conversion rebates for regional licence areas

(regulations 14, 15, 16 and 17)