Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01661:reg:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01661
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 4857–7829

9  Method of ascertaining carrier licence charge – other carrier licences
       1.       This section applies to a carrier licence that is not an exempt carrier licence.
       2.       The amount of carrier licence charge imposed on a carrier licence in relation to a carrier named in column 2 of the table in Schedule 1 is equal to the sum of the amounts ascertained using the formulas in subsections (3) to (5), as applicable.
          Note: The formula in subsection (3) applies to all the carriers named in column 2 of Schedule 1. In addition, the formula in subsection (4) applies to all the carriers named in column 2 of Schedule 2 (carriers who were also qualifying retail carriage service providers during the 2022-2023 financial year), and the formula in subsection (5) applies to all the carriers named in column 2 of Schedule 3.

       1.
          The amount for the purposes of this subsection is ascertained using the formula:

      where:

      MCA (maximum charge amount, excluding costs relating to the CSPA and the MBA) is $29,480,166.
          Note: This amount is the total sum of the amounts determined under subsection 15(1) of the Act as specified in the following instruments, excluding costs relating to the CSPA and the MBA:
             1.         the Telecommunications Carrier Licence Charges (Specification of Costs by the ACMA) Determination 2024, made by the ACMA under paragraphs 15(1)(a), (c) and (ca) of the Act (excluding the portion of the amount determined by the ACMA under paragraph 15(1)(a) that relates to the CSPA);
             2.        the 2024 Determination under Paragraph 15(1)(b), made by the ACCC under paragraph 15(1)(b) of the Act (excluding the portion of the amount that relates to the MBA); and
             3.         the Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) (Paragraph 15(1)(d)) Determination 2024, made by the Minister under paragraph 15(1)(d) of the Act.

      OTC (other telecommunications costs) is $220,203.
          Note: This amount relates to costs that:
            (a) are part of the proportion of the ACMA's costs for the 2022-2023 financial year that is attributable to the ACMA's telecommunications functions and powers; and
            (b) have been recovered from telecommunications charges (other than annual carrier licence charges).
          The amount determined to be the proportion of the ACMA's costs for the 2022-2023 financial year that is attributable to the ACMA's telecommunications functions and powers is $13,860,811 — see section 6 of the Telecommunications Carrier Licence Charges (Specification of Costs by the ACMA) Determination 2024). This figure includes the CSPA costs.

      ER (eligible revenue), for the carrier, is the amount mentioned in column 4 of the row in the table in Schedule 1 in which the carrier's name appears in column 2.
          Note: This amount is the eligible revenue of the carrier for the 2022-23 eligible revenue period as assessed