Bill
Radiocommunications (Receiver Licence Tax) Amendment Bill 2020
passed, as at 2020-12-17. Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-08-27
- second reading — 2020-08-27
- second reading — 2020-11-11
- second reading — 2020-11-12
- third reading — 2020-11-12
- introduced — 2020-11-12
- second reading — 2020-11-12
- second reading — 2020-12-08
- third reading — 2020-12-08
- passed — 2020-12-08
- royal assent — 2020-12-17
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2020-08-27.
This bill would change how some receiver licence taxes are paid.
It would let the Australian Communications and Media Authority decide whether tax for licences over 12 months must be paid upfront or in yearly payments.
Licences not in a class set by the authority would keep the current payment rules.
- The bill amends the Radiocommunications (Receiver Licence Tax) Act 1983.
- It gives ACMA the power to set payment timing for certain receiver licences.
- It aligns payment arrangements with longer licence terms introduced by a related bill.
Holders of receiver licences under the Radiocommunications Act 1992 would be affected.
Sources
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