RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1986 NO. 281 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1986 NO. 281 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Commencement 2. Principal Regulations 3. Interpretation 4. 5. Schedule SCHEDULE 1986 No. 281 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 1 Commencement 1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 October 1986. 1986 No. 281 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 2 Principal Regulations 2. In these Regulations, "Principal Regulations" means the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Regulations. 1986 No. 281 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 3 Interpretation 3. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended- (a) by omitting paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of the definition of "service" in sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following paragraphs: "(e) Exterior paging service (high density location); (f) Exterior paging service (low density location); (g) Exterior paging station (supplementary transmitter-high density location); (ga) Exterior paging station (supplementary transmitter-low density location);"; and (b) by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1) the following definition: " 'transmission path' means the line of radiocommunication transmission between a transmitter and a receiver.". 1986 No. 281 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 4 4. Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted: Tax in respect of grant of transmitter licence-certain fixed stations "4. (1) The rate per annum of tax in respect of the grant of a licence in respect of a radiocommunications transmitter that operates- (a) in relation to a fixed station, Class C1 (high density location) having a bandwidth range referred to in Column 2 of an item in the table at the foot of this sub-regulation-is, in relation to each transmission path relating to that transmitter, the amount per annum specified in Column 3 of that item; and (b) in relation to a fixed station, Class C1 (low density location) having a bandwidth range referred to in Column 2 of an item in the table at the foot of this sub-regulation-is, in relation to each transmission path relating to that transmitter, the amount per annum specified in Column 4 of that item. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Amount Amount per annum per annum of tax of tax (low (high density density location) Item No. Bandwidth range in kilohertz location) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ $ 1 Not exceeding 36 ...................... 240 120 2 Exceeding 36 but not exceeding 200 .... 300 150 3 Exceeding 200 but not exceeding 500 ... 580 290 4 Exceeding 500 but not exceeding 2,000 . 1,080 540 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- "(2) The rate per annum of tax in respect of the grant of a licence in respect of a radiocommunications transmitter that operates- (a) in relation to a fixed station, Class C2 (high density location) having a bandwidth range referred to in Column 2 of an item in the table at the foot of this sub-regulation-is, in relation to each transmission path relating to that transmitter, the amount per annum specified in Column 3 of that item; and (b) in relation to a fixed station, Class C2 (low density location) having a bandwidth range referred to in Column 2 of an item in the table at the foot of this sub-regulation-is, in relation to each transmission path relating to that transmitter, the amount per annum specified in Column 4 of that item. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Amount Amount per annum of tax (low of tax per annum (high density density location) Item No. Bandwidth range in kilohertz location) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ $ 1 Not exceeding 36 ...................... 40 20 2 Exceeding 36 but not exceeding 200 .... 50 25 3 Exceeding 200 but not exceeding 500 ... 60 30 4 Exceeding 500 but not exceeding 2,000 . 80 40 5 Exceeding 2,000 but not exceeding 7,000 ....................................... 120 60 6 Exceeding 7,000 but not exceeding 14,000 ....................................... 240 120 7 Exceeding 14,000 but not exceeding 28,000 ................................. 400 200 8 Exceeding 28,000 ....................... 700 350 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------' '. 1986 No. 281 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 5 Schedule 5. The Schedule to the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted: 1986 No. 281 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - SCHEDULE SCHEDULE Regulation 3 TAX ON GRANT OF TRANSMITTER LICENCE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item No. Expression Rate per annum of tax ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ 1 Aeronautical station ......... 70 2 Aircraft station, Class A .... 165 3 Aircraft station, Class B .... 35 4 Amateur station (unrestricted) .............................. 26 5 Amateur station (limited) .... 26 6 Amateur station (novice) ..... 26 7 Amateur station (combined limited and novice) .......... 26 8 AUSSAT service ............... 137,500 9 Australian satellite service . 137.50 per MHz bandwidth for each orbital position 10 Base station, Class A (high density location) ............ 380 for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof for frequencies below 30 MHz, or for each transmitting frequency of or above 30 MHz 11 Base station, Class A (low density location) ............. 200 for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof for frequencies below 30 MHz, or for each transmitting frequency of or above 30 MHz 12 Base station, Class A (extra high density location) service .............................. 2,130 13 Base station, Class A (high density location) service .... 2,130 for each transmitting frequency and, where 2 or more transmitters use the same transmitting frequency, $380 for the second and each subsequent transmitter using that frequency 14 Base station, Class A (low density location) service .... 2,130 for each transmitting frequency and, where 2 or more transmitters use the same transmitting frequency, $200 for the second and each subsequent transmitter using that frequency 15 Base station, Class B ........ 81 for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof for frequencies below 30 MHz, or for each transmitting frequency of or above 30 MHz 16 Citizen band radio station ... 13 17 Coast station, Class A ....... 830 18 Coast station, Class B ....... 15,950 19 Disaster station ............. 27 20 Earth station, Australian satellite service 165 plus $5,500 X T, where T equals the number of transponders, or fractions of a transponder or transponders, accessed by that earth station, where- (a) those transponders or fractions are not accessed by any other earth station that includes a transmitter in respect of which the licensee to whose licence that first-mentioned earth station relates is the licensee; and (b) each transponder so accessed, including any transponder in relation to which a fraction is accessed, has a bandwidth not exceeding 45 MHz 21 Earth station, Class A ....... 310 22 Earth station, Class B ....... 1,610 23 Earth station, Class C ....... 8,100 24 Earth station, Class D ....... 16,130 25 Earth station, Class E ....... 75,570 26 Experimental station ......... 65 27 Exterior paging service (high density location) ............ 2,130 28 Exterior paging service (low density location) ............ 960 29 Exterior paging station (supplementary transmitter-high density location). 530 30 Exterior paging station (supplementary transmitter-low density location). 240 31 Fixed station, Class A (business) ................... 250 for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof 32 Fixed station, Class A (private) .............................. 90 for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof 33 Fixed station, Class B (high density location) ............ 80 for each transmission path 34 Fixed station, Class B (low density location) ............ 64 for each transmission path 35 Fixed station, Class C1 (high density location) ..... for each transmission path, the rate ascertained in accordance with sub-regulation 4 (1) having regard to the bandwidths referred to in that sub-regulation 36 Fixed station, Class C1 (low density location) ........... for each transmission path, the rate ascertained in accordance with sub-regulation 4 (1) having regard to the bandwidths referred to in that sub-regulation 37 Fixed station, Class C2 (high density location) ..... for each transmission path, the rate ascertained in accordance with sub-regulation 4 (2) having regard to the bandwidths referred to in that sub-regulation 38 Fixed station, Class C2 (low density location) ........... for each transmission path, the rate ascertained in accordance with sub-regulation 4 (2) having regard to the bandwidths referred to in that sub-regulation 39 Fixed station, Class D1 (high density location) ..... 160 for each transmission path 40 Fixed station, Class D1 (low density location) ........... 80 for each transmission path 41 Fixed station, Class D2 (high density location) ..... 320 for each transmission path 42 Fixed station, Class D2 (low density location) ........... 160 for each transmission path 43 Fixed station, Class E1 (high density location) ..... 80 for each transmission path 44 Fixed station, Class E1 (low density location) ........... 40 for each transmission path 45 Fixed station, Class E2 (high density location) ..... 160 for each transmission path 46 Fixed station, Class E2 (low density location) ........... 80 for each transmission path 47 General station, Class A ..... 21 48 General station, Class B ..... 105 49 General station, Class C ..... 270 50 General station, Class D ..... 540 51 General station, Class E ..... 1,070 52 Handphone station ............ 13 53 Interior paging service ...... 110 per transmitter 54 Internal television service .. 110 per transmitter 55 Limited coast station ........ 95 56 Marine rescue station ........ 13 57 Mobile (disaster plan) station .............................. 45 58 Mobile outpost station ....... 13 59 Mobile station ............... 35 60 Multipoint distribution station, Class A 300 61 Multipoint distribution station, Class B (high density location) .............................. 9,000 62 Multipoint distribution station, Class B (low density location) .............................. 2,130 63 Multipoint distribution repeater station 25 64 Narrowband area stations (low frequency) ................... 2,130 per 25 kHz of bandwidth 65 Narrowband area stations (high frequency) ................... 225 per 175 kHz of bandwidth 66 Outpost station .............. 13 67 Outside broadcast television station ...................... 900 68 Radiodetermination station (high power) ....................... 130 69 Radiodetermination station (low power) ....................... 35 70 Remote control station ....... 86 71 Repeater station ............. 26 72 Repeater station (passive) ... 150 73 Ship station, Class A ........ 24 74 Ship station, Class B ........ 33 75 Ship station, Class C ........ 270 76 Telemetry service ............ 1,140 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - NOTES 1986 No. 281*1* RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT) *1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 September 1986. *2* Statutory Rules 1985 No. 197 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1986 No. 129 and see also Statutory Rules 1986 Nos. 129 and 200.