Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Act 2020 (47 of 2020)

Schedule 4   Funding of fixed wireless broadband and satellite broadband

Telecommunications Act 1997

5   After subsection 72(2A)

Insert:

Failure to pay funding charge

(2B) The ACMA may cancel a carrier licence held by a carrier if the carrier fails to pay in full any funding charge on or before the date on which the funding charge becomes due and payable. For this purpose, funding charge means charge imposed by the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Act 2020.