Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 40.120

  (1)   If:

  (a)   some (but not all) of a * spectrum licence you * hold is assigned or resumed; and

  (b)   your original licence is replaced by one or more other spectrum licences (possibly including a modified version of your original licence); and

  (c)   the replacement licences together cover exactly the same rights as were covered by your original licence just after the assignment or resumption;

this Division applies as if your original licence (as it existed just after the assignment or resumption) had been split into the replacement licences.

Example:   MGP Communications Ltd buys a spectrum licence on 1   July 2003 for $5 million. The licence specifies areas A, B, C and D. The company assigns the spectrum relating to area C. Area C represents 20% of the market value of the overall licence. $1m of the adjustable value is allocated to it and $4m is allocated to the remaining licence.

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority adjusts the licence to specify only areas A and B, and issues a new licence specifying area D.

  Area D represents 25% of the market value of the spectrum remaining in the licence. The adjustable value of the new licence is therefore $1m and the adjustable value of the original (modified) licence is $3m.

  (2)   If a * spectrum licence you * hold is replaced by 2 or more spectrum licences (possibly including a modified version of your original licence) that together cover exactly the same rights as your original licence, this Division applies as if the original licence had been split into the replacement licences.