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a replacement plan.
virtual private network service has the meaning given in the Dictionary to the plan or in a corresponding provision of a replacement plan.
Note   In accordance with paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, other expressions in this Determination have the same meaning as in the Act, including:
 ACMA
 carriage service provider
          * number
 numbering plan
          * standard telephone service.
5 Amount of charge
 (1) The amount of charge imposed on a number held at the beginning of the census date is calculated in accordance with the following formula:
where:
AOC means, for the chargeable holding that includes the number, the amount calculated under subsection (2).
N means the quantity of numbers comprising the chargeable holding.
 (2) For subsection (1), the value of AOC for a chargeable holding is determined as follows:
 AOC = quantity of numbers  x  lesser of BNC amount and $100 000
where
BNC amount, for a chargeable holding, is the base number charge multiplied by:
 (a) the applicable multiplier; and
 (b) 10 to the power of (10 – number length).
base number charge means the amount of charge determined by solving the following equation using the method known as the Newton‑Raphson method:
           Revenue Target = the sum of (quantity of numbers x the lesser of (BNC amount or $100 000)) for each chargeable holding of every carriage service provider.
Note   Following its determination, the base number charge is published by the ACMA on its website (http://www.acma.gov.au).
chargeable holding means one number or a group of numbers held by a carriage service provider, all of which:
 (a) have the same amount of digits; and
 (b) are of the same service type.
      exempt service type, in relation to a number in a chargeable holding, means a number that, under section 6, is exempt from charge.
      multiplier means:
 (a) for a chargeable holding containing only normal service type numbers — 1;
 (b) for a chargeable holding containing only reduced service type numbers — 0.01;
 (c) for a chargeable holding containing only exempt service type numbers — 0.
      normal service type, in relation to a number in a chargeable holding, means a number that is not a reduced service type or an exempt service type.
      number length means the amount of digits in the number concerned.
      reduced service type, in relation to a number in a chargeable holding, means a number of any of the following kinds:
 (a) numbers specified for use with an incoming only international service;
 (b) numbers specified for use with an internal network service;
 (c) numbers specified for use with a testing service.
          Revenue Target, for a year, is:
 (a) $60 000 000; or
 (b) if:
 (i) the Budget