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Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Act 2012

Compilation #3 | Effective 2018-06-19

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Part 1 — Preliminary

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Act 2012.

2 Commencement

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.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

4 Act to bind Crown

This Act binds the Crown in right of each of the States, of the Australian Capital Territory and of the Northern Territory. However, it does not bind the Crown in right of the Commonwealth.

Part 2 — Levy for the 2014-15 financial year and later financial years

4A Definitions

In this Part:

eligible levy period has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

levy amount has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

person has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Note: See also subsection 5(1) of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.

4B Extension to external Territories

(1) This Part extends to each external Territory referred to in subsection 10(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Note: See also Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999.section 7 of the

(2) The operation of this Act in relation to Norfolk Island is not affected by the amendments made by Territories Legislation Amendment Act 2016.Division 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the

4C Imposition of levy

If a person has a levy amount for an eligible levy period because of Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999, levy is imposed on that amount.section 50 of the

4D Amount of levy

The amount of a levy that this Part imposes on a levy amount for an eligible levy period is equal to that levy amount.

4E Person liable to pay levy

Levy imposed by this Part on a person’s levy amount for an eligible levy period is payable by the person.

Endnotes

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Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

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Misdescribed amendments

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Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history