1985 No. 225*1* RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS*2*
(AMENDMENT)
*1*Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 6 September 1985. *2*Statutory Rules 1985 No. 197. 1985 No. 225 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS
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Commencement
1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 9 September 1985. 1985 No. 225 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS
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Principal Regulations
2. In these Regulations, "Principal Regulations" means the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Regulations. 1985 No. 225 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS
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Interpretation
3. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the definition of "service" and substituting the following definition: "'service' means - (a) AUSSAT service; (b) Australian satellite service; (c) Base station, Class A (high density location) service; (d) Base station, Class A (low density location) service; (e) Exterior paging service, Class A; (f) Exterior paging service, Class B; (g) Exterior paging service, Class C; (h) Interior paging service; (i) Internal television service; or (j) Telemetry service". 1985 No. 225 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS
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Amount of Tax
4. Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2) "$3,742,000" and substituting "$4,150,000". 1985 No. 225 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS
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Tax in respect of grant of transmitter licence - fixed station, Class C
5. Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is amended - (a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) "27" and "28" and substituting "33" and "34" respectively; (b) by omitting the table in sub-regulation (3) and substituting the following table: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 high density density Item Bandwidth range in kilohertz location location ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ $ 1 Not exceeding 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 120 2 Exceeding 36 but not exceeding 400 . . . . 290 235 3 Exceeding 400 but not exceeding 2,800 . . . 760 610 4 Exceeding 2,800 but not exceeding 10,000 . 1,100 880 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- (c) by omitting the table in sub-regulation (4) and substituting the following table:------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 High Low density density Item Bandwidth range in kilohertz location location ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ $ 1 Exceeding 10,000 but not exceeding 20,000 . 1,900 1,520 2 Exceeding 20,000 but not exceeding 40,000 . 2,940 2,350 3 Exceeding 40,000 but not exceeding 80,000 . 5,150 4,120 4 Exceeding 80,000 but not exceeding 160,000. 8,130 6,500 5 Exceeding 160,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,910 8,730 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 1985 No. 225 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS
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Schedule
6. The Schedule to the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted: 1985 No. 225 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS
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SCH
SCHEDULE Regulation 3 TAX ON GRANT OF TRANSMITTER LICENCE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Expression Rate per annum of tax ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ 1 Aeronautical station . . . . . . . . . 54 2 Aircraft station, Class A . . . . . . . 150 3 Aircraft station, Class B . . . . . . . 35 4 Amateur station (unrestricted) . . . . 23 5 Amateur station (limited) . . . . . . . 23 6 Amateur station (novice) . . . . . . . 23 7 Amateur station (combined limited and novice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 8 AUSSAT service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,000 9 Australian satellite service 125 per MHz bandwidth for each orbital position 10 Base station, Class A (high density location) . . . . . . . . . . 240 for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof for frequencies below 30MHz, or for each transmitting frequency of or above 30MHz 11 Base station, Class A (low density location) . . . . . . . . . . 185 for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof for frequencies below 30MHz, or for each transmitting frequency of or above 30MHz 12 Base station, Class A (high density location) service . . . . . 2,000 for each transmitting frequency and, where 2 or more transmitters use the same transmitting frequency, $240 for the second and each subsequent transmitter using that frequency 13 Base station, Class A (low density location) service . . . . . 2,000 for each transmitting frequency and, where 2 or more transmitters use the same transmitting frequency, $185 for the second and each subsequent transmitter using that frequency 14 Base station, Class B . . . . . 75 for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof for frequencies below 30MHz, or for each transmitting frequency of or above 30MHz 15 Citizen band radio station 12 16 Coast station, Class A . . 760 17 Coast station, Class B . . 14,660 18 Disaster station . . . . . 25 19 Earth station, Australian 150 plus $5,000 x T, where T satellite service 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 20 Earth station, Class A . . . . . 290 21 Earth station, Class B . . . . 1,500 22 Earth station, Class C . . . . 7,360 23 Earth station, Class D . . . . 14,660 24 Earth station, Class E . . . . 68,700 25 Experimental station . . . . . . . 58 26 Exterior paging service, Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 27 Exterior paging service, Class B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800 28 Exterior paging service, Class C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 29 Fixed station, Class A (business) . . . . . . . . . . . 230 for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof 30 Fixed station, Class A (private) . 80 for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof 31 Fixed station, Class B (high density location) . . . . . . . . 75 32 Fixed station, Class B (low density location) . . . . . . . . 60 33 Fixed station, Class C (high density location) . . . . . . . . . . The rate ascertained in accordance with regulation 4 having regard to the bandwidths referred to in that regulation 34 Fixed station, Class C (low density location) . . . . . . . . . . The rate ascertained in accordance with regulation 4 having regard to the bandwidths referred to in that regulation 35 Fixed station, Class D1 (high density location) . . . . . . . 540 36 Fixed station, Class D1 (low density location) . . . . . . . 430 37 Fixed station, Class D2 (high density location) . . . . . . . 640 38 Fixed station, Class D2 (low density location) . . . . . . . 510 39 Fixed station, Class E1 (high density location) . . . . . . . 215 40 Fixed station, Class E1 (low density location) . . . . . . . 170 41 Fixed station, Class E2 (high density location) . . . . . . . 270 42 Fixed station, Class E2 (low density location) . . . . . . . 215 43 General station, Class A . . . . . 20 44 General station, Class B . . . . 100 45 General station, Class C . . . . 250 46 General station, Class D . . . . 500 47 General station, Class E . . . 1,000 48 Handphone station . . . . . . . . 12 49 Interior paging service . . . . 96 per transmitter 50 Internal television service . . 96 per transmitter 51 Limited coast station . . . . . . 55 52 Marine rescue station . . . . . . 12 53 Mobile (disaster plan) station . . 45 54 Mobile outpost station . . . . . . 12 55 Mobile station . . . . . . . . . . 35 56 Multipoint distribution station, Class A . . . . . . . . 280 57 Multipoint distribution station, Class B . . . . . . . 7,340 58 Multipoint distribution repeater station . . . . . . . . . 23 59 Narrowband area stations . . . 2,000 per 25 kHz of bandwidth 60 Outpost station . . . . . . . . . 12 61 Outside broadcast television station . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 62 Radiodetermination station . . . 115 63 Repeater station . . . . . . . . 23 64 Remote control station . . . . . . 80 65 Ship station, Class A . . . . . . 24 66 Ship station, Class B . . . . . . 32 67 Ship station, Class C . . . . . 250 68 Telemetry service . . . . . . 1,070