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TELECOMMUNICATIONS (APPLICATIONS AND FEES) REGULATIONS 1991 NO. 359

STATUTORY RULE 1991 No. 359

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (APPLICATIONS AND FEES) REGULATIONS

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Transport and Communications

Section 4 of the Telecommunications (Application Fees) Act 1991 (the Act) requires payment of fees in relation to a range of applications made to the Australian Telecommunications Authority under the Telecommunications Act 1991.

Subsection 5(1) of the Act provides that the Governor-General may make regulations fixing fees for the range of applications specified in subsection 4(2) of the Act.

The Telecommunications (Applications and Fees) Regulations No. of 1991 replace the Telecommunications (Application Fees) Regulations, (Statutory Rules 1989 No. 153).

Regulation 1 provides for citation of the Telecommunications (Applications and Fees) Regulations.

Regulation 2 defines terms used in the Regulations.

Regulation 3 fixes fees, by Schedule, for the range of applications referred to in subsection 4(2) of the Act.

Regulation 4 limits to $5000 the maximum amount of fees for applications for enrolment as a supplier of public access cordless telecommunications services outside capital cities.

Regulation 5 repeals the Telecommunications (Application Fees) Regulations (Statutory Rules 1989 No.153).