RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS TAXES COLLECTION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1997 NO. 158 

RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS TAXES COLLECTION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1997 NO. 158 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.  Amendment  
2.  New regulation 4B  


RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS TAXES COLLECTION REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT) 1997 
No. 158
- REG 1
1. Amendment


  1.1 The Radiocommunications Taxes Collection Regulations are amended 
as set out in these Regulations.
[Note: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation 
Act 1901, s. 48.]


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No. 158
- REG 2
2. New regulation 4B


  2.1 After regulation 4A, insert:
Withdrawal of AMPS spectrum (Melbourne and Sydney)
  "4B. A refund of $828,774 is payable to Telstra Corporation Limited 
('Telstra') for the withdrawal, on and from 1 January 1997, of 3 
megahertz (MHz) in the 880 MHz to 890 MHz band in the Sydney and 
Melbourne regions from the Public Mobile Telecommunications Service 
Class A licence held by Telstra until 19 May 1997.
[NOTE:    The amount of $828,774 is derived from the formula:

$362,713 x 3 x 2 x (139 divided by 365) = $828,774.36 (rounded to 
$828,774)

where:
$362,713 is the annual amount of tax per MHz per city paid by Telstra 
for the licence;
3    is the number of MHz withdrawn;
2    is the number of cities where the spectrum was in use;
139    is the number of days' use of the spectrum that Telstra had paid 
for, and lost because of the withdrawal.]".


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NOTES
*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 June 1997.


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*2* Statutory Rules 1985 No. 200 as amended by 1989 No. 355; 1991 No. 
361; 1992 No. 388; 1993 No. 178; 1995 Nos. 36, 63 and 130.


- NOTES


RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS TAXES COLLECTION REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT) 1997  
No. 158*1*
- Dated 25 June 1997