Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Determination 2007 (No. )

Schedule 1 Amendments

(section 3)

[1] Part 4

substitute

Part 4 Transitional arrangements relating to Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Determination 2008 (No. 1)

4.1 Definitions for Part 4

In this Part:

amendment day means the day on which the Amendment Determination commenced.

Note The Amendment Determination commenced on the day after it was registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Amendment Determination means the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Determination 2008 (No. 1).

pre‑amendment Determination means this Determination as in force immediately before the commencement of the Amendment Determination.

4.2 Transitional arrangements after commencement of Amendment Determination

(1) In spite of amendments made by the Amendment Determination, if:

(a) apparatus licence tax is imposed on the issue of a transmitter licence; and

(b) the licence is issued on or after the amendment day; and

use the pre‑amendment Determination to work out the amount of the transmitter licence tax.

(2) In spite of amendments made by the Amendment Determination, if:

(a) apparatus licence tax is imposed on the anniversary of the day on which a transmitter licence came into force; and

(b) the anniversary of the day on which the licence came into force is on or after the amendment day but before 1 April 2008;

use the pre‑amendment Determination to work out the amount of the transmitter licence tax.

(3) In spite of the amendments made by the Amendment Determination, if:

(a) apparatus licence tax is imposed on the holding of a transmitter licence; and

(b) the day when the tax is payable is on or after the amendment day but before 1 April 2008;

use the pre‑amendment Determination to work out the amount of the transmitter licence tax.

(4) If:

(a) apparatus licence tax is imposed on the issue of a transmitter licence; and

(b) the licence is issued on or after the amendment day; and

use this Determination, as amended by the Amendment Determination, to work out the amount of the transmitter licence tax.

(5) If:

(a) apparatus licence tax is imposed on the anniversary of the day on which a transmitter licence came into force; and

(b) the anniversary of the day on which the licence came into force is on or after 1 April 2008;

use this Determination, as amended by the Amendment Determination, to work out the amount of the transmitter licence tax.

(6) If:

(a) apparatus licence tax is imposed on the holding of a transmitter licence; and

(b) the day when the tax is payable is on or after 1 April 2008;

use this Determination, as amended by the Amendment Determination, to work out the amount of the transmitter licence tax.

[2] Schedule 2, table 202, including the note

substitute

Table 202

Frequency range	Amount ($)
Frequency range	Area density
		Australia wide	High density		Medium density		Low density	Remote density
MHz
0–30	0.9392		0.9392			0.9392	0.9392	0.9392
>30–70	2.1216		0.8286			0.4408	0.0952	0.0475
>70–399.9	2.1767		0.8933			0.4088	0.0917	0.0457
>399.9–960	2.1767		1.2190			0.5577	0.0952	0.0475
>960–2 690	2.1734		0.4878			0.2255	0.1134	0.0566
GHz
>2.69–5.0	2.1711			0.4033		0.1635	0.1354	0.0677
>5.0–8.5	1.8330			0.3389		0.1578	0.0719	0.0348
>8.5–14.5	0.8077			0.2908		0.0688	0.0050	0.0023
>14.5–31.3	0.8077			0.2150		0.0473	0.0050	0.0023
>31.3–51.4	0.2202			0.1173		0.0254	0.0009	0.0004
>51.4	0.0217			0.0021		0.0021	0.0002	0.0002

Note Schedule 1 sets out the area density types of spectrum accesses.

[3] Schedule 2, table 302, including the note

substitute

Table 302

Frequency range	Amount ($)
Frequency range	Area density
		Australia wide	High density		Medium density	Low density	Remote density
MHz
0–30	69.4434			69.4434	69.4434	69.4434	69.4434
>30–70	156.8633			61.2680	32.5893	7.0329	3.5084
>70–399.9	160.9349			66.0477	30.2235	6.7754	3.3796
>399.9–960	160.9349			90.1236	41.2316	7.0329	3.5084
>960–2 690	160.6936			36.0655	16.6728	8.3848	4.1843
GHz
>2.69–5.0	160.5165		29.8213		12.0862	10.0102	5.0050
>5.0–8.5	135.5234		25.0576		11.6678	5.3108	2.5750
>8.5–14.5	59.7230		21.5009		5.0855	0.3701	0.1770
>14.5–31.3	59.7230		15.9003		3.4923	0.3701	0.1770
>31.3–51.4	16.2866		8.6744		1.8829	0.0643	0.0322
>51.4	1.6093		0.1609		0.1609	0.0161	0.0161

Note Schedule 1 sets out the area density types of spectrum accesses.

[4] Schedule 2, table 402, including the note

substitute

Table 402

Frequency range	Amount ($)
Frequency range	Area density
		Australia wide	High density	Medium density		Low density	Remote density
MHz
0–30	14.2182		14.2182		14.2182	14.2182		14.2182
>30–70	32.1169		12.5443		6.6725	1.4399		0.7183
>70–399.9	32.9506		13.5229		6.1881	1.3872		0.6920
>399.9–960	32.9506		18.4523		8.4419	1.4399		0.7183
>960–2 690	0.9496		0.2131		0.0985	0.0495		0.0247
GHz
>2.69–5.0	0.9486		0.1762		0.0715	0.0591		0.0296
>5.0–8.5	0.8009		0.1480		0.0689	0.0313		0.0152
>8.5–14.5	0.3530		0.1270		0.0300	0.0021		0.0010
>14.5–31.3	0.3530		0.0939		0.0206	0.0021		0.0010
>31.3–51.4	0.0963		0.0513		0.0111	0.0004		0.0002
>51.4	0.0095		0.0009		0.0009	0.0001		0.0001

Note Schedule 1 sets out the area density types of spectrum accesses.

[5] Schedule 2, table 502, including the note

substitute

Table 502

Frequency range	Amount ($)
Frequency range	Area density
		Australia wide	High density	Medium density	Low density		Remote density
MHz
0–30	56.1492		56.1492	56.1492		56.1492	56.1492
>30–70	126.8335		49.5389	26.3505		5.6865	2.8367
>70–399.9	130.1257		53.4036	24.4376		5.4783	2.7326
>399.9–960	130.1257		72.8704	33.3382		5.6865	2.8367
>960–2 690	0.9496		0.2131	0.0985		0.0495	0.0247
GHz
>2.69–5.0		0.9486	0.1762	0.0715		0.0591	0.0296
>5.0–8.5		0.8009	0.1480	0.0689		0.0313	0.0152
>8.5–14.5		0.3530	0.1270	0.0300		0.0021	0.0010
>14.5–31.3		0.3530	0.0939	0.0206		0.0021	0.0010
>31.3–51.4		0.0963	0.0513	0.0111		0.0004	0.0002
>51.4		0.0095	0.0009	0.0009		0.0001	0.0001

Note Schedule 1 sets out the area density types of spectrum accesses.

[6] Schedule 2, table 602, including the note

substitute

Table 602

Frequency range	Amount ($)
Frequency range	Area density
		Australia wide	High density		Medium density		Low density	Remote density
MHz
0–30	0.4818		0.4818			0.4818	0.4818	0.4818
>30–70	1.0884		0.4251			0.2262	0.0488	0.0243
>70–399.9	1.1167		0.4582			0.2097	0.0470	0.0235
>399.9–960	1.1167		0.6254			0.2861	0.0488	0.0243
>960–2 690	1.1149		0.2502			0.1157	0.0582	0.0290
GHz
>2.69–5.0	1.1137			0.2070	0.0838		0.0694	0.0347
>5.0–8.5	0.9403			0.1739	0.0810		0.0369	0.0179
>8.5–14.5	0.4144			0.1492	0.0353		0.0026	0.0012
>14.5–31.3	0.4144			0.1104	0.0242		0.0026	0.0012
>31.3–51.4	0.1130			0.0601	0.0131		0.0004	0.0002
>51.4	0.0111			0.0011	0.0011		0.0001	0.0001

Note Schedule 1 sets out the area density types of spectrum accesses.

[7] Schedule 2, table 702

substitute

Table 702

Item	Service	Amount
1	Broadcasting licence (other than a service operated in the frequency range 2.3 MHz–26.1 MHz)	$31.93 per transmitter
2	Datacasting licence	$31.93 per transmitter
3	Licence that authorises the operation of point to point (5.8 GHz band) stations	$31.93 per pair of spectrum accesses
4	Licence that authorises the operation of point to point (self‑coordinated) stations	$184 per pair of spectrum accesses
5	Television outside broadcast network	$320 907
6	Television outside broadcast system (Australia wide density area)	$34 385
7	Television outside broadcast system (high density area)	$6 359
8	Television outside broadcast system (medium density area)	$2 961
9	Television outside broadcast system (low density area)	$1 349
10	Television outside broadcast system (remote density area)	$675
11	PABX cordless telephone service	$31.93
16	PMTS Class B operated in the 900 MHz frequency band	$2 603 549 for each MHz on which the service may be operated
17	PMTS Class B operated in the 1.8 GHz frequency band	$0.01 for each paired MHz of spectrum on which the service may be operated multiplied by the population of the area to which the service relates as worked out in the 2006 Census
18	Non‑geostationary orbit satellite system operated at a frequency of more than 8.5 GHz	$228 for each MHz on which the service may be operated

[8] Schedule 2, table 802, including the note

substitute

Table 802

Item	Location of open narrowcasting service	Amount ($)
1	Sydney	112 849
2	Gosford	15 282
3	Melbourne	99 917
4	Geelong	15 282
5	Adelaide	21 159
6	Perth	34 089
7	Hobart	1 294

Note These areas are not the same as the density areas described in Schedule 1.

[9] Schedule 2, table 902, including the note

substitute

Table 902

Item	Location of open narrowcasting service	Amount ($)
1	Sydney	31 739
2	Melbourne	31 739
3	Brisbane	11 520
4	Adelaide	11 520
5	Perth	11 520
6	Perth City	11 520
7	Newcastle	2 938
8	Canberra	2 938
9	Wollongong	2 938
10	Gold Coast	2 938
11	Gosford	2 938
12	Penrith	2 938
13	Hobart	1 294
14	Geelong	1 294
15	Nambour	1 294
16	Townsville	1 294
17	Cairns	1 294
18	Any other location	764

Note These areas are not the same as the density areas described in Schedule 1.

[10] Schedule 2, table 1002

substitute

Table 1002

Item	Station	Amount ($)
1	Amateur station	39.17
2	Limited coast marine rescue station	31.93
3	Limited coast non‑assigned station	31.93
4	Outpost non‑assigned station	31.93
5	Scientific non‑assigned station	31.93
6	Ship station class B non‑assigned	31.93
7	Ship station class C non‑assigned	31.93
8	Sound outside broadcast station	31.93
9	Temporary fixed link station	1 778.17

[11] Further amendments

Provision	omit each mention of	insert
Schedule 2, items 205, 304, 403, 504 and 603	$31.27, the amount of tax is taken to be $31.27.	$31.93, the amount of tax is taken to be $31.93.
Schedule 2, item 904	$748, the amount of tax is taken to be $748.	$764, the amount of tax is taken to be $764.
Schedule 3, step 3 of tables 103, 104 and 105	$31.27, increase the amount to $31.27.	$31.93, increase the amount to $31.93.