Commonwealth of Australia
Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999
Telstra Carrier Charges—Price Control Arrangements, Notification and Disallowance Determination No. 1 of 2005 (Amendment No. 1 of 2014)
I, MALCOLM BLIGH TURNBULL, Minister for Communications make the following Determination under subsections 154(1), 155(1) and 157(1) of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.
Dated 19 June 2014.
 
 
 
MALCOLM TURNBULL
Minister for Communications
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1               Name of Determination
This Determination is the Telstra Carrier Charges—Price Control Arrangements, Notification and Disallowance Determination No. 1 of 2005 (Amendment No. 1 of 2014).
2               Commencement
This Determination commences on 30 June 2014, immediately before the expiration of the Telstra Carrier Charges—Price Control Arrangements, Notification and Disallowance Determination No. 1 of 2005.
3               Variation
The Telstra Carrier Charges—Price Control Arrangements, Notification and Disallowance Determination No. 1 of 2005 is amended as set out in the Schedule to this Determination.
4               Expiry
This Determination expires on the day after it commences as it if had been repealed by another legislative instrument.
Schedule                     Amendments
                                    (section 3)
 
[1]     Clause 3 (Expiry)
Omit “30 June 2014” and substitute “30 June 2015”.
 
[2]     Paragraph 20(2)(c)
Omit “2013/2014 financial year” and substitute “2014/2015 financial year”.
 
[3]     Subclause 22(2)
Omit “2013/2014 financial year” and substitute “2014/2015 financial year”.
 
[4]     Subclause 22(3)
Omit “2012/2013 financial year or the 2013/2014 financial year” and substitute “2013/2014 financial year or the 2014/2015 financial year”.
 
[5]     Subclause 23(2)
         Substitute:
 (2)       If:
(a)        the value of the price movement of the first basket of services over the 2014/2015 financial year is greater than the price-cap for that financial year (as varied in accordance with this Determination) for the relevant basket plus 0.2 percentage points; and
(b)        clauses 11, 12 and 13 continue to apply in the 2015/2016 financial year in accordance with clause 30 as if this Determination had not expired;
the price-cap for the relevant basket in the 2015/2016 financial year is taken to be varied by the unexercised amount of the price-cap for the 2014/2015 financial year.
 
[6]     Subclause 23(3)
   Substitute:
            (3)        If:
(a)               the value of the price movement of the second or third basket of services over the 2014/2015 financial year is greater than the price-cap for that financial year (as varied in accordance with this Determination) for the relevant basket plus 0.1 percentage points; and
(b)               clauses 11, 12 and 13 continue to apply in the 2015/2016 financial year in accordance with clause 30 as if this Determination had not expired;
               the price-cap for the relevant basket in the 2015/2016 financial year is taken to be varied by the unexercised amount of the price-cap for the 2014/2015 financial year.
 
Note:    There is no applicable price-cap variation under clause 23 for each component connection service product referred to in column 2 of the table at Schedule 3 for the 2012/2013 financial year or any subsequent financial year.
 
[7]     Heading to Part 6
Omit “2014/2015” and substitute “2015/2016”.
 
[8]     Heading to Clause 30
         Omit “2014/2015” and substitute “2015/2016”.