Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELEVISION LICENCE FEES ACT 1964 - SECT 6

             (2)  Subject to section 6A, there is payable by a licensee:

                     (a)  on each 31 December that occurs during the period of the licence; and

                     (b)  on:

                              (i)  if the licence's period ends on a 31 December or a day within the first 6 months of a calendar year--the first 31 December after the licence's period; or

                             (ii)  if the licence's period ends on any other day in a calendar year--each 31 December that occurs during the 18 months immediately following the licence's period;

a fee of an amount equal to the relevant percentage of the gross earnings in respect of the licence during the period of one year ending on the 30 June last preceding the 31 December.

          (2A)  In subsection (2), relevant percentage , in relation to the gross earnings in respect of a licence during a period, means:

                     (a)  where those gross earnings are less than $5,000,000--the percentage ascertained in accordance with the formula:

                     (b)  where those gross earnings are not less than $5,000,000 but are less than $6,000,000--the percentage ascertained in accordance with the formula:

                     (c)  where those gross earnings are not less than $6,000,000 but are less than $7,000,000--the percentage ascertained in accordance with the formula:

                     (d)  where those gross earnings are not less than $7,000,000 but are less than $10,000,000--the percentage ascertained in accordance with the formula:

                     (e)  where those gross earnings are not less than $10,000,000 but are less than $20,000,000--the percentage ascertained in accordance with the formula:

                      (f)  where those gross earnings are not less than $20,000,000 but are less than $45,000,000--the percentage ascertained in accordance with the formula:

                     (g)  where those gross earnings are not less than $45,000,000 but are less than $75,000,000--the percentage ascertained in accordance with the formula:

                     (h)  where those gross earnings are not less than $75,000,000-- whichever is the lesser of 9% or the percentage ascertained in accordance with the formula:

where A is the number of dollars in those gross earnings.

             (3)  If a licensee:

                     (a)  had, before the commencement of the Transitional Provisions Act, in accordance with the Broadcasting Act 1942 ; or

                     (b)  had, before the day on which the Television Licence Fees Amendment Act 1997 received the Royal Assent, in accordance with subsection 123(2) of the Broadcasting Act 1942 as applied by section 22 of the Transitional Provisions Act; or

                     (c)  has, on or after the day on which the Television Licence Fees Amendment Act 1997 received the Royal Assent, in accordance with subsection 205B(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 ;

adopted an accounting period ending on a day other than 30 June, the reference in subsection (2) of this section to 30 June shall, in relation to the licence, be read as a reference to that other day.

             (4)  A reference in subsection (2) to a licence shall be read as including a reference to a licence granted before the commencement of this Act.

          (4A)  For the purposes of subsection (2), the period of a licence shall be taken to include any period of renewal or further renewal of the licence.

             (5)  Where the amount of the gross earnings in respect of a licence during a period consists of a number of dollars and a number of cents, then, for the purposes of this section, the cents shall be disregarded.