Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Act 2020 (Cth)

Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Act 2020

No. 48, 2020

An Act to impose a charge to support the funding of fixed wireless broadband and satellite broadband, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Definitions 4 Extension to external Territories 5 Act to bind Crown 6 Imposition of charge 7 Amount of charge 8 Person liable to pay charge 9 Annual chargeable premises amount 10 Annual base amount 11 Monthly base amount 12 Base component 13 Advice by the ACCC about base component 14 Annual administrative cost amount 15 Monthly administrative cost amount 16 Administrative cost component 17 Advice by the ACCC about administrative cost component 17A Combined component cap 18 Indexation factor 19 Disallowance of determinations 20 Transitional—reduction in total number of chargeable premises

Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Act 2020 No. 48, 2020

An Act to impose a charge to support the funding of fixed wireless broadband and satellite broadband, and for related purposes

[Assented to 25 May 2020]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act is the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Act 2020.

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 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. Sections 1 and 2 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 25 May 2020 2. Sections 3 to 20 At the same time as Schedule 4 to the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Act 2020 commences. 26 May 2020