with other Government programs, such as Family Benefit Part A). We assume that, based on nbn’s forecast penetration rate and the ABS’ estimate of income distribution across Australia, that 204,600 households would be eligible for a subsidy. This RIS assumes that assessment of consumers’ claims is undertaken by the Government. If another body (such as the service provider) were to undertake this work, the Budget cost estimated in is affected?” would apply as “Who a compliance cost instead. $43,000 p.a. The compliance cost for the option would be ‘Delay’ identical to the preferred option, although would not impact on the entities involved until the funding arrangements were put in place. Enforcement and record keeping: As part of the arrangements, providers will need to determine how many eligible SIOs they operate and advise the ACMA. It is expected that providers will be aware of the number of nbn and nbn eligible SIOs they operate on a month to month basis, for comparable billing purposes. Likewise, providers already need to providers provide information to the ACMA for other telecommunications purpose (e.g. as part of carrier license Option 5: requirements). Nonetheless, we estimate that eligible Delay carriers may need to undertake some work to ensure that they are compliant with the charge requirements, particularly in determining whether SIOs they operate are eligible for the charge. We estimate that a regulatory officer in each provider would spend approximately .5 months undertaking this work, each year. $0 nbn has advised that there are no material ongoing compliance costs, relative to budget, even though additional resources may be required in administering the nbn charge. However, there are may be substantial transaction costs for nbn. Consequently, a off’ provision is ‘set proposed. Regulatory compliance costs for the five options explored in this document are set out below. The offsets referred to in this section refer to the proposed reforms to Parts 7 and 8 announced in the Government’s 2014 Policy Paper. The Department warrants that the regulatory costs imposed by the preferred option will be offset by regulatory savings from these reforms. Option 1: Do nothing Average Annual Regulatory Costs (from Business as usual)
with other Government programs, such as Family Benefit Part A). We assume that, based on nbn’s forecast penetration rate and the ABS’ estimate of income distribution across Australia, that 204,600 households would be eligible for a subsidy. This RIS assumes that assessment of consumers’ claims is undertaken by the Government. If another body (such as the service provider) were to undertake this work, the Budget cost estimated in “Who is affected?” would apply as a compliance cost instead. Option 5: Delay nbn and nbn comparable providers $43,000 p.a. The compliance cost for the ‘Delay’ option would be identical to the preferred option, although would not impact on the entities involved until the funding arrangements were put in place. Enforcement and record keeping: As part of the arrangements, providers will need to determine how many eligible SIOs they operate and advise the ACMA. It is expected that providers will be aware of the number of eligible SIOs they operate on a month to month basis, for billing purposes. Likewise, providers already need to provide information to the ACMA for other telecommunications purpose (e.g. as part of carrier license requirements). Nonetheless, we estimate that eligible carriers may need to undertake some work to ensure that they are compliant with the charge requirements, particularly in determining whether SIOs they operate are eligible for the charge. We estimate that a regulatory officer in each provider would spend approximately .5 months undertaking this work, each year. nbn $0 nbn has advised that there are no material ongoing compliance costs, relative to budget, even though additional resources may be required in administering the charge. However, there are may be substantial transaction costs for nbn. Consequently, a ‘set off’ provision is proposed. Regulatory compliance costs for the five options explored in this document are set out below. The offsets referred to in this section refer to the proposed reforms to Parts 7 and 8 announced in the Government’s 2014 Policy Paper. The Department warrants that the regulatory costs imposed by the preferred option will be offset by regulatory savings from these reforms. Option 1: Do nothing Average Annual Regulatory Costs (from Business as usual)
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