Regulation 19. General principle. (COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTIMEDIA (UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROVISION) REGULATIONS 2002

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P.U.(A) 419/2002
COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTIMEDIA (UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROVISION) REGULATIONS 2002
PART V - COSTING OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROVISION

Regulation 19. General principle.

(1) The Commission shall pay the designated universal service provider from the USP Fund the net USP cost incurred in implementing the approved universal service plan in a universal service target.

[Am. P.U.(A) 402/2003]

(2) The net USP cost incurred in implementing the approved universal service plan in a universal service target is computed as avoidable cost as specified in column (1) of Table A of the Schedule less revenue foregone as specified in column (2) of Table A of the Schedule and less any advance payment made pursuant to regulation 12.

[Am. P.U.(A) 402/2003]

(3) The Commission shall issue such guidelines to clarify the components of avoidable cost and revenue foregone as specified in Table A of the Schedule and any matters related to them from time to time.

(4) The guidelines issued under subregulation (3) shall be published by the Commission in the manner it deems appropriate.

(5) For the purpose of these Regulations—

[Am. P.U.(A) 402/2003]

(a)

avoidable cost means the cost that a designated universal service provider would avoid if it had not been required to provide services in a universal service target; and

(b)

revenue foregone means the revenue that a designated universal service provider would forego if it had not been required to provide services in a universal service target.

(6) A universal service target shall be removed from the list of universal service targets when there is no net USP cost to be claimed for that universal service target by a designated universal service provider for three consecutive years.

[Ins. P.U.(A) 402/2003]