Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00735:clause:1_21b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00735
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 21B
Character Range: 143497–144934

21B  Purposes of Universal Service Account

 (1) Amounts standing to the credit of the Universal Service Account may be expended:
 (a) in payment of any amounts payable under section 21C; and
 (b) in payment of any refunds under section 20ZE; and
 (c) in refunding any amounts paid into the Universal Service Account in error; and
 (d) in making distributions in accordance with section 21D; and
 (e) in reimbursing the Commonwealth for:
 (i) the costs or expenses incurred by the Commonwealth or the ACA in administering the Telecommunications (Universal Service Levy) Act 1997 and this Division during any period; and
 (ii) without limiting subparagraph (i), costs or expenses incurred in connection with recovering levy; and
 (iii) costs incurred by the Commonwealth during the period in collecting, compiling, analysing and publishing information about the operation of that Act and this Division.

 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(e), the Minister administering the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 may, from time to time, determine the amount of a reimbursement to be made to the Commonwealth in relation to a period on such basis as he or she thinks appropriate.

 (3) Despite subsection (2), the total of the amounts reimbursed under paragraph (1)(e) must not exceed the total of the amounts paid into the Universal Service Account under paragraph 21A(b) (including any interest earned on those amounts).