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COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING (TAX) ACT 2017 (NO. 110, 2017) - SECT 9

Individual transmitter amount cap

             (1)  For the purposes of this Act, the individual transmitter amount cap for a transmitter for the financial year beginning on 1 July 2017 is worked out using the following table:

 

Individual transmitter amount cap--financial year beginning on 1 July 2017

Item

Maximum power of the transmitter

Cap if transmitter operates in the AM band

Cap if transmitter operates in the FM band

Cap if transmitter operates in the VHF band

Cap if transmitter operates in the UHF band

1

Low

$40

$405

$18,661

$18,661

2

Medium

$365

$4,053

$186,611

$186,611

3

High

$3,648

$40,533

$1,866,114

$1,866,114

 

             (2)  For the purposes of this Act, the individual transmitter amount cap for a transmitter for:

                     (a)  the financial year beginning on 1 July 2018; or

                     (b)  a later financial year;

is the amount worked out using the following formula:

where:

"indexation factor " means the indexation factor for the financial year.

"previous individual transmitter amount cap " means the individual transmitter amount cap for the transmitter for the previous financial year.

Band

             (3)  For the purposes of this section, the band in which a transmitter operates is worked out using the following table:

 

Band

Item

A transmitter operates in this band ...

... if the transmitter operates in this frequency range

1

AM band

526.6 to 1606.5 kHz (inclusive)

2

FM band

87.5 to 108 MHz (inclusive)

3

VHF band

174 to 230 MHz (inclusive)

4

UHF band

520 to 694 MHz (inclusive)

 

Maximum power of transmitter

             (4)  For the purposes of this section, the maximum power of a transmitter is worked out using the following table:

 

Maximum power of transmitter

Item

The maximum power of a transmitter is ...

... if the transmitter operates in the AM band and, under the transmitter licence, the maximum power for the transmitter is ...

... if the transmitter operates in the FM band and, under the transmitter licence, the maximum power for the transmitter is ...

... if the transmitter operates in the VHF band and, under the transmitter licence, the maximum power for the transmitter is ...

... if the transmitter operates in the UHF band and, under the transmitter licence, the maximum power for the transmitter is ...

1

Low

n/a

not more than 150 Watts ERP

not more than 150 Watts ERP

not more than 600 Watts ERP

2

Medium

not more than 220 volts CMF

greater than 150 Watts ERP but not more than 15,000 Watts ERP

greater than 150 Watts ERP but not more than 15,000 Watts ERP

greater than 600 Watts ERP but not more than 60,000 Watts ERP

3

High

greater than 220 volts CMF

greater than 15,000 Watts ERP

greater than 15,000 Watts ERP

greater than 60,000 Watts ERP

 



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