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A Bill for an Act to amend the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Act 1983, and for related purposes
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Introduced HR 02 Dec 2004

Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Bill 2004
First Reading

Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Bill 2004
First Reading

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2004

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Bill 2004

No. , 2004

(Communications, Information Technology and the Arts)

A Bill for an Act to amend the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Act 1983, and for related purposes

Contents

1       Short title 1

2       Commencement 1

3       Schedule(s) 2

Schedule 1--Amendments       3

Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Act 1983       3

Schedule 2--Transitional provisions       4

A Bill for an Act to amend the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Act 1983, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title
        This Act may be cited as the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Act 2004.

2 Commencement
       (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

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Provision(s)

Commencement

Date/Details

1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table

The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.


2. Schedules 1 and 2

At the same time as section 6 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2004 commences.


Note:       This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.

       (2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.

3 Schedule(s)
        Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1--Amendments

Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Act 1983

1 Paragraph 6(5)(b)

Omit "ACA", substitute "ACMA".

2 Subsection 6(9)

Omit "ACA", substitute "ACMA".

3 Paragraph 6(11)(b)

Omit "ACA", substitute "ACMA".

4 Subsection 7(1)

Omit "ACA", substitute "ACMA".

5 Subsection 7(3)

Omit "ACA", substitute "ACMA".

Schedule 2--Transitional provisions

1 Definitions

In this Schedule:

Imposition Act means the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Act 1983.

transition time means the commencement of this Schedule.

2 Continued effect of election notices

A notice that was given to the ACA before the transition time under paragraph 6(5)(b) or 6(11)(b) of the Imposition Act as then in force has the same effect after the transition time as it would have had if the amendments of that paragraph made by Schedule 1 to this Act had not been made.

3 Continued effect of form approvals

An approval made by the ACA under subsection 6(9) of the Imposition Act that was in force immediately before the transition time has effect on and after the transition time as if it were an approval under that subsection as amended by Schedule 1 to this Act.

4 Continued effect of amount determinations

A determination made by the ACA under subsection 7(1) of the Imposition Act that was in force immediately before the transition time has effect on and after the transition time as if it had been made by the ACMA under that subsection as amended by Schedule 1 to this Act.