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1982 No. 293*1* RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS LICENCE FEES REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT)
*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 October 1982.*2* Statutory Rules 1982 No. 269. 1982 No. 293 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS LICENCE FEES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 1
Commencement
1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 November 1982. 1982 No. 293 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS LICENCE FEES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 2
Licence fees
2. Regulation 3 of the Radiocommunications Licence Fees Regulations is amended- (a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1) "or referred to" after "rate specified"; and (b) by omitting sub-regulations (3) and (4). 1982 No. 293 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS LICENCE FEES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 3
3. After regulation 3 of the Radiocommunications Licence Fees Regulations the following regulation is inserted: Fees in respect of fixed stations, Class C "3A. (1) The succeeding provisions of this regulation apply in ascertaining the rate of the fee payable in respect of the grant or renewal of a licence included in the class of licences referred to in Item 32 in the Schedule. "(2) The rate of the fee referred to in sub-regulation (1) is an amount per year, being- (a) in the case of a fixed station, Class C, having one or more transmitting frequencies each of which has an occupied bandwidth not exceeding 10000 kilohertz-an amount, or an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts, as the case requires, ascertained in accordance with sub-regulation (3) in respect of each such bandwidth; (b) in the case of such a station having one or more transmitting frequencies each of which has an occupied bandwidth exceeding 10000 kilohertz-an amount ascertained in accordance with sub-regulation (4) in respect of the aggregate of the bandwidths of each such frequency; and (c) in the case of such a station having transmitting frequencies of the kinds referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b)-an amount equal to the aggregate of the amounts ascertained in accordance with each of those sub-paragraphs. "(3) Where the bandwidth occupied by a transmitting frequency of a fixed station, Class C referred to in paragraph (2) (a) is within a range specified in Column 2 of an item in the table, the amount ascertained for the purposes of that paragraph is- (a) in the case of such a station in a high density location-the amount specified in Column 3 of that item; and (b) in the case of such a station in a low density location-the amount specified in Column 4 of that item: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Bandwidth range High density Low density Item in kilohertz location location ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ $ 1 1-36 (inclusive). . . . . . . . . . 100 . . 2 37-400 (inclusive). . . . . . . . . 200 160 3 401-2 800 (inclusive) . . . . . . . 500 400 4 2 801-10 000 (inclusive). . . . . . 750 600 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- "(4) Where the aggregate of the bandwidths occupied by each transmitting frequency of a fixed station, Class C referred to in paragraph (2) (b) is within a range specified in Column 2 of an item in the table, the amount ascertained for the purposes of that paragraph is- (a) in that case of such a station in a high density location-the amount specified in Column 3 of that item; and (b) in the case of such a station in a low density location-the amount specified in Column 4 of that item: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Bandwidth range High density Low density Item in kilohertz location location ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- $ $ 1 10 001-20 000 (inclusive) . . . . . 1 300 1 040 2 20 001-40 000 (inclusive) . . . . . 2 000 1 600 3 40 001-80 000 (inclusive) . . . . . 3 500 2 800 4 80 001-160 000 (inclusive). . . . . 5 500 4 400 5 greater than 160 000. . . . . . . . 7 500 6 000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- "(5) In sub-regulations (3) and (4)- 'high density location' has the same meaning as in the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations; 'low density location' means a location other than a high density location.". 1982 No. 293 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS LICENCE FEES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 4
Fees in respect of certain stations used in operation of
commercial television stations
4. Regulation 4 of the Radiocommunications Licence Fees Regulations is amended- (a) by omitting "Item 21 or Column 2 of Items 25 to 32 (inclusive)" from the definition of "relevant licence" in sub-regulation (1) and substituting "Item 25 or Column 2 of Item 32"; (b) by omitting from sub-regulation (3) "Item 21" and "Items 25 to 32 (inclusive)" and substituting "Item 25" and "Item 32" respectively; and (c) by omitting from sub-regulation (5) "Item 21" and "Items 25 to 32 (inclusive)" and substituting "Item 25" and "Item 32" respectively. 1982 No. 293 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS LICENCE FEES REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 5
Schedule
5. The Schedule to the Radiocommunications Licence Fees Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted: SCHEDULE Regulation 3 RATES OF FEES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Rate per year Item Class of licences of fee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ 1 Aeronautical station, private . . . . . . . 35 2 Aeronautical station, not included in item 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 3 Aircraft station, private . . . . . . . . . 28 4 Aircraft station, not included in item 3 installed on an aircraft- (a) having 38 or more passenger seats; or (b) having a maximum take-off weight of 19 tonnes or more. . . . . . . . . . . . 100 5 Aircraft station not otherwise referred to. 38 6 Amateur station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7 Base station, private . . . . . . . . . . . 35 8 Base station, low duty cycle speech . . . . 50 9 Base station not included in item 7 or 8. . 80 10 Citizen band radio station. . . . . . . . . 9 11 Coast station, Class A. . . . . . . . . . . 500 12 Coast station, Class B. . . . . . . . . . . 11 000 13 Developmental station . . . . . . . . . . . 150 per channel per location 14 Disaster station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 15 Earth homestead station . . . . . . . . . . 60 16 Earth station, Class A. . . . . . . . . . . 200 17 Earth station, Class B. . . . . . . . . . . 1 000 18 Earth station, Class C. . . . . . . . . . . 5 000 19 Earth station, Class D. . . . . . . . . . . 10 000 20 Earth station, Class E. . . . . . . . . . . 47 000 21 Experimental station. . . . . . . . . . . . 40 22 Exterior paging service, Class A. . . . . . 500 23 Exterior paging service, Class B. . . . . . 1 000 24 Fixed outpost station . . . . . . . . . . . 5 25 Fixed receiving station other than- (a) an earth station; or (b) a station referred to in item 49. . . 15 26 Fixed station, Class A, private . . . . . . 40 for each pair of transmitting frequencies or part thereof 27 Fixed station, Class A, not included in item 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 for each pairof transmitting frequencies or part thereof 28 Fixed station, Class B, single channel telemetry, in a high density location . . . 50 29 Fixed station, Class B, single channel telemetry, not included in item 28. . . . . 40 30 Fixed station, Class B, single channel low duty cycle speech, in a high density location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 31 Fixed station, Class B, single channel low duty cycle speech, not included in item 30. 40 32 Fixed station, Class C. . . . . . . . . . . 80 or the rate ascertained in accordance with regulation 3A having regard to the bandwidths referred to in that regulation, whichever is thegreater 33 General licence, Class A. . . . . . . . . . 15 34 General licence, Class B. . . . . . . . . . 100 35 General licence, Class C. . . . . . . . . . 250 36 General licence, Class D. . . . . . . . . . 500 37 General licence, Class E. . . . . . . . . . 1 000 38 Handphone station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 39 Interior paging station . . . . . . . . . . 65 40 Land mobile paging receiver station, not being a station that is part of an exterior paging service . . . . . . . . . . 14 41 Limited coast station, private. . . . . . . 30 42 Limited coast station, not included in item 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 43 Marine rescue station . . . . . . . . . . . 5 44 Mobile outpost station. . . . . . . . . . . 5 45 Mobile station, private . . . . . . . . . . 24 46 Mobile station, not included in item 45 . . 35 47 Multipoint distribution station, Class A, transmitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 48 Multipoint distribution station, Class B, transmitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 000 49 Multipoint distribution station, receiver . 500 50 Network licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 716 000 51 Novice amateur station. . . . . . . . . . . 15 52 Outside broadcast television service- (a) base station. . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 (b) transportable station . . . . . . . . 35 53 Radiodetermination station. . . . . . . . . 75 54 Radio-linked microphone service . . . . . . 22 55 Repeater station- (a) for use with citizen band radio stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 (b) for use with amateur stations . . . . 20 56 Remote control station, Class A . . . . . . 200 57 Remote control station, Class B . . . . . . 220 58 Ship station, Class A . . . . . . . . . . . 17 59 Ship station, Class B, private. . . . . . . 22 60 Ship station, Class B, not included in item 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 61 Ship station, Class C . . . . . . . . . . . 170 62 Trunked land mobile service . . . . . . . . 1 000 per base transmitter active frequency