Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY ACT 1997 No. 52 of 1997 - SECT 53

(1) The ACA may, by written instrument, make determinations fixing charges
for:

   (a)  services and facilities provided by the ACA; and

   (b)  any matter in relation to which expenses are incurred by the ACA
        under:

        (i)    this Act; or

        (ii)   the Telecommunications Act 1997; or

        (iii)  the Radiocommunications Act 1992; or

        (iv)   an instrument made under an Act referred to in subparagraph
               (ii) or (iii); and specifying the persons by whom, and the
               times when, the charges are payable.

(2) A charge fixed under subsection (1) must be reasonably related to the
expenses incurred or to be incurred by the ACA in relation to the matters to
which the charge relates and must not be such as to amount to taxation.

(3) This section does not apply to services or facilities that the ACA
provides under contract.

(4) A determination under subsection (1) is a disallowable instrument for the
purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation  Act 1901 .