Principal Instrument Template

1 Name

This is the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Determination 2023 (No. 3).

This instrument commences at the start of the day after the day it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note: The Federal Register of Legislation may be accessed free of charge at www.legislation.gov.au.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 7(1) of the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Act 1983.

4 Amendments

The instrument that is specified in Schedule 1 is amended as set out in the applicable items in that Schedule.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Determination 2015 (F2015L00322)

1 After Part 2

Insert:

Part 3 Transitional arrangements relating to the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Determination 2023 (No. 3)

3.1 Definitions for Part 3

In this Part:

amendment day means the day on which the Amendment Determination commenced.

Amendment Determination means the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Determination 2023 (No. 3).

pre-amendment Determination means this Determination as in force immediately before the amendment day.

3.2 Transitional arrangements on or after commencement of the Amendment Determination

(1) Despite Part 2 of this Determination, if:

(a) transmitter licence tax is imposed on the issue of a transmitter licence; and

(b) the licence is issued on or after the amendment day; and

use the pre-amendment Determination to work out the amount of transmitter licence tax.

Note 1: If a licence is issued before the amendment day, the pre-amendment Determination is used to work out the amount of transmitter licence tax, whether or not the licence comes into force before 5 April 2024.

Note 2: If a licence is issued on or after the amendment day, and comes into force on or after 5 April 2024, this Determination as amended by the Amendment Determination is used to work out the amount of transmitter licence tax.

(2) Despite Part 2 of this Determination, if:

(a) transmitter licence tax is imposed on the anniversary of the day on which a transmitter licence came into force (anniversary day); and

(b) the anniversary day is on or after the amendment day but before 5 April 2024;

use the pre-amendment Determination to work out the amount of transmitter licence tax.

Note 1: If, for a transmitter licence, the anniversary day is before the amendment day, the pre-amendment Determination is used to work out the amount of transmitter licence tax.

Note 2: If, for a transmitter licence, the anniversary day is on or after 5 April 2024, this Determination as amended by the Amendment Determination is used to work out the amount of transmitter licence tax.

(3) Despite Part 2 of this Determination, if:

(a) transmitter licence tax is imposed on the holding of a transmitter licence; and

(b) the day on which the tax is payable is on or after the amendment day but before 5 April 2024;

use the pre-amendment Determination to work out the amount of transmitter licence tax.

Note 1: If tax is imposed on the holding of a transmitter licence on a particular day, and that day is before the amendment day, the pre-amendment Determination is used to work out the amount of transmitter licence tax.

Note 2: If tax is imposed on the holding of a transmitter licence on a particular day, and that day is on or after 5 April 2024, this Determination as amended by the Amendment Determination is used to work out the amount of transmitter licence tax.

Note 3: Subsections 6(5) and (6) of the Act impose tax on the holding of a licence.

2 Paragraph 204(a) of Schedule 1

Omit ‘earth station’, substitute ‘earth receive station’.

3 Item 205 of Schedule 1

Omit ‘earth station’ (wherever occurring), substitute ‘earth receive station’.

4 Part 2 of Schedule 2 (table 202)

Omit the table, substitute:

Table 202

Frequency range	Amount ($)
Frequency range	Area density
	Australia wide	High density	Medium density	Low density	Remote density
MHz
0–30	1.2317	1.2322	1.2340	1.2305	1.2285
>30–403	2.7823	1.0871	0.5371	0.1201	0.0598
>403–520	2.8545	2.1164	0.7327	0.1246	0.0000
>520–960	2.8545	1.5992	0.7327	0.1246	0.0621
>960–2 690	2.8502	0.6399	0.2963	0.1486	0.0740
GHz
>2.69–5.0	2.8471	0.5292	0.2148	0.1774	0.0885
>5.0–8.5	1.2019	0.2223	0.1037	0.0471	0.0228
>8.5–14.5	0.1059	0.0382	0.0090	0.0007	0.0003
>14.5–31.3	0.1059	0.0282	0.0062	0.0007	0.0003
>31.3–51.4	0.0289	0.0154	0.0033	0.0001	0.0001
>51.4-100	0.0029	0.0003	0.0003	0.0000	0.0000
>100	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000

5 Part 2A of Schedule 2 (table 206)

Omit the table, substitute:

Table 206

Frequency range	Amount ($)
Frequency range	Area density
	Australia wide	High density	Medium density	Low density	Remote density
MHz
0–30	0.1232	0.1232	0.1234	0.1230	0.1229
>30–403	0.2782	0.1087	0.0537	0.0120	0.0060
>403–520	0.2855	0.2116	0.0733	0.0125	0.0000
>520–960	0.2855	0.1599	0.0733	0.0125	0.0062
>960–2 690	0.2850	0.0640	0.0296	0.0149	0.0074
GHz
>2.69–5.0	0.2847	0.0529	0.0215	0.0177	0.0089
>5.0–8.5	0.1202	0.0222	0.0104	0.0047	0.0023
>8.5–14.5	0.0106	0.0038	0.0009	0.0001	0.0000
>14.5–31.3	0.0106	0.0028	0.0006	0.0001	0.0000
>31.3–51.4	0.0029	0.0015	0.0003	0.0000	0.0000
>51.4-100	0.0003	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
>100	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000

6 Part 3 of Schedule 2 (table 302)

Omit the table, substitute:

Table 302

Frequency range	Amount ($)
Frequency range	Area density
	Australia wide	High density	Medium density	Low density	Remote density
MHz
0–30	91.0688	91.1052	91.2409	90.9767	90.8327
>30–403	205.7120	80.3795	39.7104	8.8763	4.4206
>403–520	211.0516	156.4814	54.1736	9.2136	0.0000
>520–960	211.0516	118.2362	54.1736	9.2136	4.5890
>960–2 690	210.7351	47.3156	21.9063	10.9847	5.4731
GHz
>2.69–5.0	210.5029	39.1235	15.8799	13.1141	6.5467
>5.0–8.5	88.8633	16.4369	7.6651	3.4788	1.6840
>8.5–14.5	7.8321	2.8208	0.6682	0.0485	0.0232
>14.5–31.3	7.8321	2.0860	0.4588	0.0485	0.0232
>31.3–51.4	2.1358	1.1380	0.2474	0.0084	0.0042
>51.4-100	0.2111	0.0211	0.0211	0.0021	0.0021
>100	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000

7 Part 3A of Schedule 2 (table 305A, including the example)

Omit the table, substitute:

Table 305A

Column 1 State or territory of the licence	Column 2 Tax rate ($)
Australian Capital Territory	$1,268
New South Wales	$120,176
Northern Territory	$3,355
Queensland	$90,200
South Australia	$20,292
Tasmania	$483
Victoria	$103,239
Western Australia	$22,999

Example: A harmonised government spectrum area licence authorises the use, by transmitters, of 10 MHz in every part of South Australia. The base amount for the licence on 5 April 2024 is: 10 x 20,292 = $202,920.

8 Part 4 of Schedule 2 (table 402)

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Table 402

Frequency range	Amount ($)
Frequency range	Area density
		Australia wide	High density	Medium density		Low density	Remote density
MHz
0–30	22.7672		22.7763		22.8102	22.7442		14.4194
>30–403	51.4280		20.0949		9.9276	2.2191		0.7018
>403–520	52.7629		39.1203		13.5434	2.3034		0.0000
>520–960	52.7629		29.5590		13.5434	2.3034		0.7285
>960–2 690	1.2454		0.2796		0.1295	0.0649		0.0323
GHz
>2.69–5.0	1.2440		0.2312		0.0938	0.0775		0.0387
>5.0–8.5	0.5251		0.0971		0.0453	0.0206		0.0100
>8.5–14.5	0.0463		0.0167		0.0039	0.0003		0.0001
>14.5–31.3	0.0463		0.0123		0.0027	0.0003		0.0001
>31.3–51.4	0.0126		0.0067		0.0015	0.0000		0.0000
>51.4-100	0.0012		0.0001		0.0001	0.0000		0.0000
>100	0.0000		0.0000		0.0000	0.0000		0.0000

9 Part 5 of Schedule 2 (table 502)

Omit the table, substitute:

Table 502

Frequency range	Amount ($)
Frequency range	Area density
		Australia wide	High density	Medium density	Low density		Remote density
MHz
0–30	91.0688		91.1052	91.2409		90.9767	56.9441
>30–403	205.7120		80.3795	39.7104		8.8763	2.7713
>403–520	211.0516		156.4814	54.1736		9.2136	0.0000
>520–960	211.0516		118.2362	54.1736		9.2136	2.8769
>960–2 690	1.2454		0.2796	0.1295		0.0649	0.0323
GHz
>2.69–5.0		1.2440	0.2312	0.0938		0.0775	0.0387
>5.0–8.5		0.5251	0.0971	0.0453		0.0206	0.0100
>8.5–14.5		0.0463	0.0167	0.0039		0.0003	0.0001
>14.5–31.3		0.0463	0.0123	0.0027		0.0003	0.0001
>31.3–51.4		0.0126	0.0067	0.0015		0.0000	0.0000
>51.4-100		0.0012	0.0001	0.0001		0.0000	0.0000
>100		0.0000	0.0000	0.0000		0.0000	0.0000

10 Part 6 of Schedule 2 (table 602)

Omit the table, substitute:

Table 602

Frequency range	Amount ($)
Frequency range	Area density
		Australia wide	High density		Medium density		Low density	Remote density
MHz
0–30	0.6319		0.6321			0.6331	0.6312	0.6302
>30–70	1.4273		0.5577			0.2755	0.0616	0.0307
>70–399.9	1.4644		1.0857			0.3759	0.0639	0.0000
>399.9–960	1.4644		0.8204			0.3759	0.0639	0.0318
>960–2 690	1.4622		0.3283			0.1520	0.0762	0.0380
GHz
>2.69–5.0	1.4606			0.2715	0.1102		0.0910	0.0454
>5.0–8.5	0.6166			0.1140	0.0532		0.0241	0.0117
>8.5–14.5	0.0543			0.0196	0.0046		0.0003	0.0002
>14.5–31.3	0.0543			0.0145	0.0032		0.0003	0.0002
>31.3–51.4	0.0148			0.0079	0.0017		0.0001	0.0000
>51.4-100	0.0015			0.0001	0.0001		0.0000	0.0000
>100	0.0000			0.0000	0.0000		0.0000	0.0000

11 Part 7 of Schedule 2 (table 702)

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Table 702

Item	Service	Amount
1	Broadcasting licence, other than: (a) a broadcasting licence for a service operated in the frequency range 2.3 MHz – 26.1 MHz; and (b) a broadcasting licence to which another Part of this Schedule applies.	$41.86 per transmitter
2	Datacasting licence	$41.86 per transmitter
3	Licence that authorises the operation of point to point (5.8 GHz band) stations	$41.86 per pair of spectrum accesses
4	Licence that authorises the operation of point to point (self‑coordinated) stations	$239 per pair of spectrum accesses
5	Television outside broadcast network	$214,217
6	Television outside broadcast system (Australia wide density area)	$45,093
7	Television outside broadcast system (high density area)	$8,342
8	Television outside broadcast system (medium density area)	$3,889
9	Television outside broadcast system (low density area)	$1,767
10	Television outside broadcast system (remote density area)	$883
11	PABX cordless telephone service	$41.86
12	Subject to sub-item 702(2), PMTS Class B operated in the frequency range 935–960 MHz (paired)	$3,414,318 for each MHz on which the service may be operated
13	PMTS Class C	$41.86
14	Wireless audio system	$41.86

12 Part 8 of Schedule 2 (table 802)

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Table 802

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Significant urban area	FM/TV	AM
1	Melbourne	$7,737	$697
2	Sydney	$7,705	$693
3	Brisbane	$3,900	$351
4	Perth	$3,256	$293
5	Adelaide	$2,115	$190
6	Gold Coast – Tweed Heads	$1,115	$100
7	Newcastle – Maitland	$779	$70
8	Canberra – Queanbeyan	$721	$64
9	Sunshine Coast	$549	$49
10	Central Coast	$520	$47
11	Wollongong	$481	$43
12	Geelong	$444	$42
13	Hobart	$339	$41
14	Townsville	$286	$42
15	Cairns	$243	$42

13 Part 8A of Schedule 2 (table 802A)

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Table 802A

Frequency range	Amount ($)
Frequency range	Area density
	Australia wide	High density	Medium density	Low density	Remote density
MHz
0–30	1.2317	1.2322	1.2340	1.2305	1.2285
>30–403	2.7823	1.0871	0.5371	0.1201	0.0598
>403–520	2.8545	2.1164	0.7327	0.1246	0.0000
>520–960	2.8545	1.5992	0.7327	0.1246	0.0621
>960–2 690	2.8502	0.6399	0.2963	0.1486	0.0740
GHz
>2.69–5.0	2.8471	0.5292	0.2148	0.1774	0.0885
>5.0–8.5	1.2019	0.2223	0.1037	0.0471	0.0228
>8.5–17.3	0.1059	0.0382	0.0090	0.0007	0.0003
>17.3–31.3	0.0742	0.0198	0.0031	0.0003	0.0000
>31.3–51.4	0.0202	0.0108	0.0017	0.0001	0.0000
>51.4-100	0.0029	0.0003	0.0003	0.0000	0.0000
>100	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000

14 Part 9 of Schedule 2 (table 902)

Omit the table, substitute:

Table 902

Item	Station	Amount ($)
1	Amateur station	$51.36
2	Limited coast marine rescue station	$41.86
3	Limited coast non‑assigned station	$41.86
4	Outpost non‑assigned station	$41.86
5	Scientific non‑assigned station	$41.86
6	Ship station class B non‑assigned	$41.86
7	Ship station class C non‑assigned	$41.86
8	Sound outside broadcast station	$41.86
9	Temporary fixed link station	$2,331.90

15 Dictionary (definition of minimum annual amount)

Omit “$41.37”, substitute “$41.86”.