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1991 No. 385*1* RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS*2*
(AMENDMENT)
*1*Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 November 1991. *2*Statutory Rules 1985 No. 197 as amended by 1985 No. 225; 1986 Nos. 129, 200 and 281; 1987 Nos. 58 and 273; 1988 Nos. 220 and 307; 1989 Nos. 194, 315 and 320; 1990 No. 359; 1991 Nos. 347 and 362. 1991 No. 385 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS
(AMENDMENT) - REG 1
1. Commencement
1.1 These Regulations commence on 1 December 1991. 1991 No. 385 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS
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2. Amendment
2.1 The Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations. 1991 No. 385 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS
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3. Regulation 4 (Tax in respect of grant of transmitter
licence-on certain fixed amounts)
3.1 Subregulation 4(1): Omit the table, substitute: " Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Amount Amount per annum per annum of tax of tax Class C1 Class C1 (other (low than low density Item No Bandwidth range in kilohertz density location location) $ $ 1 Not exceeding 36 330 169 2 Exceeding 36 but not exceeding 407 204 200 3 Exceeding 200 but not exceeding 791 395 500 4 Exceeding 500 but not exceeding 1,472 731 2,000 " 3.2 Subregulation 4(2): Omit the table, substitute: " Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Amount Amount per annum per annum of tax of tax Class C2 Class C2 (other (low than low density Item No Bandwidth range in kilohertz density location location) 1 Not exceeding 35 54 27 2 Exceeding 36 but not exceeding 68 34 200 3 Exceeding 200 but not exceeding 82 41 500 4 Exceeding 500 but not exceeding 110 55 2,000 5 Exceeding 2,000 but not exceeding 161 82 7,000 6 Exceeding 7,000 but not exceeding 330 169 14,000 7 Exceeding 14,000 but not exceeding 545 275 28,000 8 Exceeding 28,000 957 479 " 1991 No. 385 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TRANSMITTER LICENCE TAX) REGULATIONS
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4. Schedule (Tax on grant of transmitter licence)
The Schedule to the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Regulations is amended as set out in the following table: " SCHEDULE TAX ON GRANT OF TRANSMITTER LICENCE Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item No. Expression Rate per year of tax $ 1 Aeronautical station 99 2 Aircraft station, Class A 240 3 Aircraft station, Class B 44 4 Amateur station (unrestricted) 35 5 Amateur station (limited) 35 6 Amateur station (novice) 35 7 Amateur station (combined 35 limited and novice) 7A Ambulatory service (low 144 + 47 in respect of each mobile frequency) station, other than the first such station, that forms part of the service 8 Ambulatory service (extra high 706 + 47 in respect of each mobile density location) station, other than the first such station, that forms part of the service 9 Ambulatory service (very high 562 + 47 in respect of each mobile density/high density location) station, other than the first such station, that forms part of the service 10 Ambulatory service (low density 270 + 47 in respect of each mobile location) station, other than the first such station, that forms part of the service 10A Ancillary communications 11,972 network, Class A 10B Ancillary communications 119,714 network, Class B 11 AUSSAT service 186,706 12 Australian satellite service 186.71 per MHz bandwidth for each orbital position 13 Base station, Class I 144 14 Base station, Class II (extra 706 for each transmitting frequency high density location) 15 Base station, Class II (very 562 for each transmitting frequency high density/ high density location) 16 Base station, Class II (low 270 for each transmitting frequency density location) 17 Base station, Class III 116 for each transmitting frequency 18 Citizen band radio station 18 per transmitter 19 Coast station, Class A 1,126 20 Coast station, Class B 21,656 20A Cordless telephone system 207 service 21 Disaster station 37 21A Earth station, Australian 221 + $119,714 X T, where T equals satellite service, Class A 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. 22 Earth station, Australian 221 + $7,471 X T, where T equals satellite service,Class B 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. 23 Earth station, Class A 419 24 Earth station,Class B 2,180 25 Earth station, Class C 11,002 26 Earth station, Class D 21,908 27 Earth Station, Class E 102,607 28 Experimental station 89 29 Exterior paging service (other 2,754 than low density location) 30 Exterior paging service (low 1,305 density location) 31 Exterior paging service 719 (supplementary transmitter, other than low density location) 32 Exterior paging service 323 (supplementary transmitter, low density location) 32A Exterior paging service 103 (weather information) 33 Fixed station, Class A 174 for each transmitting frequency (business) 34 Fixed station, Class A 61 for each transmitting frequency (private) 35 Fixed station, Class B (other 110 for each transmission path than low density location) 36 Fixed station, Class B (low 86 for each transmission path density location) 37 Fixed station, Class C1 (other Subject to subregulation 4(3), for than low density location) each transmission path , the rate ascertained in accordance with subregulation 4(1) having regard to the bandwidths referred to in that subregulation 38 Fixed station, Class C1 (low Subject to subregulation 4(3), for density location) each transmission path , the rate ascertained in accordance with subregulation 4(1) having regard to the bandwidths referred to in that subregulation 39 Fixed station, Class C2 (other for each transmission path, the than low density location) rate ascertained in accordance with subregulation 4(2) having regard to the bandwidths referred to in that subregulation 40 Fixed station, Class C2 (low for each transmission path, the density location) rate ascertained in accordance with subregulation 4(2) having regard to the bandwidths referred to in that subregulation 41 Fixed station, Class D1 (other 216 for each transmission path than low density location) 42 Fixed station, Class D1 (low 110 for each transmission path density location) 43 Fixed station, Class D2 (other 431 for each transmission path that low density location) 44 Fixed station, Class D2 (low 216 for each transmission path density location) 45 Fixed station, Class E1 (other 110 for each transmission path than low density location) 46 Fixed station, Class E1 (low 55 for each transmission path density location) 47 Fixed station, Class E2 (other 216 for each transmission path than low density location) 48 Fixed station, Class E2 (low 110 for each transmission path density location) 49 General station, Class A 28 50 General station, Class B 139 51 General station, Class C 365 52 General station, Class D 731 53 General station, Class E 1,449 54 Handphone station 18 per transmitter 55 Interior paging service 149 per transmitter 56 Internal television service 149 per transmitter 57 Land mobile system service 3,052 (extra high density location) 58 Land mobile system service 2,909 (very high density location) 59 Land mobile system service 2,909 (special) 60 Land mobile system service 126 (supplementary transmitter) 60A Land station (data 47 communications) 61 Limited coast station 63 62 Marine rescue station 18 63 Mobile (disaster plan) station 61 64 Mobile outpost station 18 65 Mobile station 47 66 Multipoint distribution 11,529 station, Class A 66A Multipoint distribution 23,057 station, Class B 67 Multipoint distribution 64 repeater station 68 Narrowband area station, 2,921 per 25 KHz of bandwidth Class A 69 Narrowband area station, 305 per 175 KHz of bandwidth Class B 70 Outpost station 18 71 Outside broadcast station 1,221 72 Radiodetermination station 179 (highpower) 73 Radiodetermination station 44 (highpower) 74 Remote control station 47 75 Repeater station 35 76 Repeater station (passive) 204 77 Ship station, Class A 33 78 Ship station, Class B 44 79 Ship station, Class C 371 80 Telemetry service (other than 1545 low density location) 81 Telemetry service (low density 779 location) "