[pic] Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997 Act No. 53 of 1997 as amended This compilation was prepared on 20 November 2009 taking into account amendments up to Act No. 111 of 2009 The text of any of those amendments not in force on that date is appended in the Notes section The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing, Attorney-General's Department, Canberra Contents 1 Short title [see Note 1] 1 2 Commencement 1 3 Act to bind Crown 1 4 Extension to external Territories 1 5 Definition 1 6 Imposition of levy 1 7 Amount of levy 2 8 Participating person liable to pay levy 2 Notes 3 An Act to impose a levy in connection with ensuring that standard telephone services, payphones and prescribed carriage services are reasonably accessible to all people in Australia 1 Short title [see Note 1] This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997. 2 Commencement This Act commences on 1 July 1997. 3 Act to bind Crown This Act binds the Crown in right of each of the States, of the Australian Capital Territory, of the Northern Territory and of Norfolk Island. 4 Extension to external Territories This Act extends to each external Territory referred to in section 8B of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999. 5 Definition In this Act: participating person has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999. 6 Imposition of levy If a participating person has a levy debit balance for a claim period because of section 20S of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999, levy is imposed on that balance. 7 Amount of levy The amount of a levy that this Act imposes on a levy debit balance for a claim period is equal to that balance. 8 Participating person liable to pay levy Levy imposed on a participating person's levy debit balance for a claim period is payable by the participating person. Notes to the Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997 Note 1 The Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 53, 1997 amended as indicated in the Tables below. For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A. Table of Acts |Act |Number |Date |Date of |Applica| | |and year|of Assent|commencement|tion, | | | | | |saving | | | | | |or | | | | | |transit| | | | | |ional | | | | | |provisi| | | | | |ons | |Telecommunicatio|53, 1997|24 Apr |1 July 1997 | | |ns (Universal | |1997 | | | |Service Levy) | | | | | |Act 1997 | | | | | |Telecommunicatio|51, 1999|5 July |1 July 1999 |Sch. 1 | |ns (Universal | |1999 | |(item 5| |Service Levy) | | | |) | |Amendment Act | | | | | |1999 | | | | | |Telecommunicatio|131, |13 Nov |(a) |Sch. 1 | |ns (Universal |2000 |2000 | |(item 6| |Service Levy) | | | |) | |Amendment Act | | | | | |2000 | | | | | |Statute |111, |16 Nov |Schedule 1 |- | |Stocktake |2009 |2009 |(item 103): | | |(Regulatory and | | |17 Nov 2009 | | |Other Laws) Act | | | | | |2009 | | | | | (a) Section 2 of the Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Amendment Act 2000 provides as follows: 2 This Act commences, or is taken to have commenced, immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Amendment Act (No. 2) 2000. Schedule 1 commenced on 1 July 2000. Table of Amendments |ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = | |repealed rs. = repealed and substituted | |Provision affected|How affected | |Title |am. No. 51, 1999; No. 111, 2009 | |S. 4 |am. No. 51, 1999; No. 131, 2000 | |S. 5 |am. No. 51, 1999; No. 131, 2000 | |S. 6 |am. No. 51, 1999 | | |rs. No. 131, 2000 | |S. 7 |am. No. 131, 2000 | |S. 8 |rs. No. 131, 2000 | Table A Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Amendment Act 1999 (No. 51, 1999) Schedule 1 5 Application Despite: (a) the amendments made by this Schedule; and (b) the repeal of Part 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 by the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Act 1999; the Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997 continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to levy for a financial year that ended on or before 30 June 1999, as if those amendments had not been made and that repeal had not happened. Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Amendment Act 2000 (No. 131, 2000) Schedule 1 6 Application Despite the amendments made by this Schedule, the Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997 continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to levy for a financial year that ended on or before 30 June 2000, as if those amendments had not been made.