Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997

Act No. 53 of 1997 as amended

Consolidated as in force on 1 September 1999

(includes amendments up to Act No. 51 of 1999)

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

1 Short title 

2 Commencement 

3 Act to bind Crown 

4 Extension to external Territories 

5 Definition 

6 Imposition of levy 

7 Amount of levy 

8 Carrier liable to pay levy 

Notes  

An Act to impose a levy in connection with ensuring that standard telephone services, payphones, prescribed carriage services and digital data services are reasonably accessible to all people in Australia

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1  Short title [see Note 1]

  This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997.

2  Commencement

  This Act commences on 1 July 1997.

3  Act to bind Crown

  This Act binds the Crown in right of each of the States, of the Australian Capital Territory, of the Northern Territory and of Norfolk Island.

4  Extension to external Territories

  This Act extends to each external Territory referred to in section 10 of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

5  Definition

  In this Act:

participating carrier has the same meaning as in section 16 of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

6  Imposition of levy

  If a participating carrier in relation to a financial year has a levy debit balance for the financial year because of section 68 of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999, levy is imposed on that balance.

7  Amount of levy

  The amount of a levy that this Act imposes on a levy debit balance for a financial year is equal to that balance.

8  Carrier liable to pay levy

  Levy imposed on a participating carrier’s levy debit balance is payable by the participating carrier.

Notes to the Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997

Note 1

The Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997 as shown in this consolidation comprises Act No. 53, 1997 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

Table of Acts

Table of Amendments

Table A

Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Amendment Act 1999
(No. 51, 1999)

Schedule 1

5  Application

Despite:

 (a) the amendments made by this Schedule; and

 (b) the repeal of Part 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 by the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Act 1999;

the Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997 continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to levy for a financial year that ended on or before 30 June 1999, as if those amendments had not been made and that repeal had not happened.