Proposed Annual Carrier Licence Charge 2020–21 - consultation 15/2022

On 23 September 2022, the Minister for Communications approved the Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS) for the 2020–21 annual carrier licence charge. You can view the document on the CRIS page under 'Annual Carrier Licence Charge'.

On 29 September 2022, we made the Telecommunications Carrier Licence Charges (Annual Charges) Determination (No. 1) 2022 and Telecommunications Carrier Licence Charges (Specification of Costs by the ACMA) Determination (No. 1) 2022.

We received no submissions to this consultation.

The Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Act 1997 imposes an Annual Carrier Licence Charge (ACLC) on each carrier licence in force at the beginning of a financial year. The ACLC is calculated annually to recover certain telecommunications costs incurred by the ACMA, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications from carriers.

The ACMA is required to prepare a Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS) in accordance with the Australian Government Cost Recovery Guidelines and consult with the relevant stakeholders for the implementation of the proposed ACLC each year.