Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (UNIVERSAL SERVICE LEVY) ACT 1997 - NOTES

This compilation was prepared on 30 January 2001
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 131 of 2000
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Note 1

The Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997 as shown in this consolidation 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

(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

Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Amendment Act 1999
(No. 51, 1999)

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)

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.