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
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 = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted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.