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Act No. 53 of 1997 as amended, taking into account amendments up to Act No. 131 of 2000
An Act to impose a levy in connection with ensuring that standard telephone services, payphones and prescribed carriage services are reasonably accessible to all people in Australia
Administered by: Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
Start Date 01 Jul 1997
End Date 16 Nov 2009
Date of repeal 01 Jul 2015
Repealed by Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) Act 2015

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (UNIVERSAL SERVICE LEVY) ACT 1997



Compilation Information

Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997 Act No. 53 of 1997 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 30 January 2001
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 131 of 2000
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra



Long Title

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


TELECOMMUNICATIONS (UNIVERSAL SERVICE LEVY) ACT 1997
- SECT 1
Short title [see Note 1]

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

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (UNIVERSAL SERVICE LEVY) ACT 1997
- SECT 2
Commencement

This Act commences on 1 July 1997.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (UNIVERSAL SERVICE LEVY) ACT 1997
- SECT 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.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (UNIVERSAL SERVICE LEVY) ACT 1997
- SECT 4
Extension to external Territories

This Act extends to each external Territory referred to in  section 8B of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (UNIVERSAL SERVICE LEVY) ACT 1997
- SECT 5
Definition

In this Act:

participating person has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (UNIVERSAL SERVICE LEVY) ACT 1997
- SECT 6
Imposition of levy

If a participating person has a levy debit balance for a claim period because of section 20S of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999, levy is imposed on that balance.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (UNIVERSAL SERVICE LEVY) ACT 1997
- SECT 7
Amount of levy

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


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TELECOMMUNICATIONS (UNIVERSAL SERVICE LEVY) ACT 1997
- SECT 8
Participating person liable to pay levy

Levy imposed on a participating person's levy debit balance for a claim period is payable by the participating person.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (UNIVERSAL SERVICE LEVY) ACT 1997
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

Act


Number
and year


Date
of Assent


Date of commencement


Application, saving or transitional provisions


Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997


53, 1997


24 Apr 1997


1 July 1997



Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Amendment Act 1999


51, 1999


5 July 1999


1 July 1999


Sch. 1 (item 5)


Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Amendment Act 2000


131, 2000


13 Nov 2000


(a)


Sch. 1 (item 6)


(a)

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Section 2 of the Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Amendment Act 2000 provides as follows:

2 This Act commences, or is taken to have commenced, immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Amendment Act (No. 2) 2000.

Schedule 1 commenced on 1 July 2000.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted


Provision affected


How affected


Title


am. No. 51, 1999


S. 4


am. No. 51, 1999; No. 131, 2000


S. 5


am. No. 51, 1999; No. 131, 2000


S. 6


am. No. 51, 1999

rs. No. 131, 2000


S. 7


am. No. 131, 2000


S. 8


rs. No. 131, 2000


Table A

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.

Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Amendment Act 2000 (No. 131, 2000)

Schedule 1

6 Application

Despite the amendments made by this Schedule, 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 2000, as if those amendments had not been made.