Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If:
(a) a transmitter licence was issued to a person under section 100 or 102 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 before 1 July 2017; and
(b) the transmitter licence is associated with a commercial broadcasting licence; and
(c) the transmitter licence was in force at the start of 1 July 2017; and
(d) tax was imposed by subsection 6(1), (2) or (7) of the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Act 1983 on the issue of the transmitter licence; and
(e) the person has paid the tax;
the amount worked out using the following formula must be refunded by the ACMA on behalf of the Commonwealth:
where:
"days in period of transmitter licence" means the number of days in the period of the transmitter licence.
"days in post-1 July 2017 period" means the number of days in the period:
(a) beginning at the start of 1 July 2017; and
(b) ending at the end of the period of the transmitter licence.
(2) If:
(a) a transmitter licence was issued to a person under section 100 or 102 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 before 1 July 2017; and
(b) the transmitter licence is associated with a commercial broadcasting licence; and
(c) the transmitter licence was in force at the start of 1 July 2017; and
(d) tax was imposed by subsection 6(3) or (8) of the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Act 1983 on the issue of the transmitter licence during the financial year ending on 30 June 2017; and
(e) the person has paid the tax;
the amount worked out using the following formula must be refunded by the ACMA on behalf of the Commonwealth:
where:
"days in post-1 July 2017 period" means the number of days in the period:
(a) beginning at the start of 1 July 2017; and
(b) ending at the end of the anniversary of the day the transmitter licence came into force that occurs during the financial year ending on 30 June 2018.
"post-issue period" means the number of days in the period:
(a) beginning at the start of the day after the transmitter licence was issued; and
(b) ending at the end of the anniversary of the day the transmitter licence came into force that occurs during the financial year ending on 30 June 2018.
(3) For the purposes of this section, disregard:
(a) Division 6 of Part 3.3 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 ; and
(b) Part 10 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 ;
in working out the period of a transmitter licence.
Note 1: See subsection 103(2) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 , which deals with the duration of transmitter licences issued under section 100 of that Act.
Note 2: See subsection 103(4A) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 , which deals with the duration of transmitter licences issued under section 102 of that Act.