Commonwealth of Australia

Australian Communications Authority Act 1997

Australian Communications Authority (PTS-PMTS Class B Transmitter Licences) Direction No. 1 of 2001

I, RICHARD KENNETH ROBERT ALSTON, Minister for Communications,  Information Technology and the Arts, make the following Direction under subsection 12 (1) of the Australian Communications Authority Act 1997.

Dated 3 May 2001.

RICHARD ALSTON

Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts

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1        Name of Direction

This Direction may be cited as the Australian Communications Authority (PTS-PMTS Class B Transmitter Licences) Direction No. 1 of 2001.

2        Definitions

In this Direction:

ACA means the Australian Communications Authority.

PMTS Class B means a public mobile telecommunications service operated on a frequency or frequencies in the range:

(i)   890 megahertz to 915 megahertz; or

(ii)  935 megahertz to 960 megahertz.

PTS licence means a public telecommunications service transmitter licence.

transmitter licence has the same meaning as in the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Direction – PTS-PMTS Class B transmitter licences

(1) I direct the ACA, in the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers under section 7 of the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Act 1983, to determine an amount of tax for a PTS licence that authorises the holder to operate a land station in a PMTS Class B that is 2.5 times the amount of tax that would otherwise apply to such a licence after taking into account a CPI increase of 4.3%.

(2) The determination referred to in subsection (1) is to be made and gazetted before 22 May 2001 and is to commence on the gazettal date.