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RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (TEST PERMIT TAX) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1992 NO.381

Statutory Rules 1992 No. 381

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Transport and communications

Radiocommunications (Test Permit Tax) Act 1983

Radiocommunications (Test Permit Tax) Regulations (Amendment)

Section 9 of the Radiocommunications (Test Permit Tax) Act 1983 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations prescribing the amount of tax payable in respect of the grant of a test permit under section 10 of the Radiocommunications Act 1983. Section 7 of the Act stipulates that the amount of such tax is an amount to be ascertained in accordance with the regulations.

The amount of tax payable was previously $75. In accordance with decisions made by the Government in the Budget context, the amount of tax was increased by 1.2 per cent to $76 in line with inflation.

The amending Regulations commence on 1 December 1992.