Statute Stocktake (Regulatory and Other Laws) Act 2009 (111 of 2009)

Schedule 1   Amendments

Part 3   Amendments relating to digital data services

Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

86   Subsections 20J(1) to (3)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

(1) Within the period of 45 days after the end of a claim period, or such other period as is determined in writing by the Minister, a carrier or carriage service provider who is a universal service provider for the claim period may give to the ACMA a claim for a levy credit for that period.

(2) A person’s levy credit for a claim period is the total of all amounts of universal service subsidy to which the person is entitled for the period.

(3) A claim must be in a form approved in writing by the ACMA, and must include details of:

(a) the provider’s entitlement to universal service subsidy for the claim period; and

(b) how that entitlement has been worked out.

The claim must include such other information (if any) as is required by the approved form.