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2016-2017-2018
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Road Vehicle Standards Charges
(Imposition--General) Bill 2018
No. , 2018
(Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities)
A Bill for an Act to impose, as taxes, charges in
relation to matters connected with the
administration of the Road Vehicle Standards Act
2018 or the Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential
and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018, so far as
those charges are neither duties of customs nor
duties of excise, and for related purposes
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Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition--General) Bill 2018
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Contents
Part 1--Preliminary
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Short title ........................................................................................... 2
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Commencement ................................................................................. 2
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Act binds the Crown .......................................................................... 3
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Extraterritorial application ................................................................. 3
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Act does not impose tax on property of a State ................................. 3
Part 2--Charges
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Imposition of charges ........................................................................ 4
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Matters relating to amount of charges ............................................... 4
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Exemptions from charges .................................................................. 4
Part 3--Miscellaneous
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Regulations ........................................................................................ 5
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A Bill for an Act to impose, as taxes, charges in
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relation to matters connected with the
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administration of the Road Vehicle Standards Act
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2018 or the Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential
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and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018, so far as
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those charges are neither duties of customs nor
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duties of excise, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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Part 1 Preliminary
Section 1
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Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition--General) Bill 2018
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Part 1--Preliminary
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1 Short title
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This Act is the Road Vehicle Standards Charges (Imposition--
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General) Act 2018.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 and
2 and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
2. Sections 3 to 9
The later of:
(a) the start of the day after this Act receives
the Royal Assent; and
(b) immediately after the commencement of
section 3 of the Road Vehicle Standards
Act 2018.
However, the provisions do not commence
at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b)
does not occur.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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Preliminary Part 1
Section 3
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Act binds the Crown
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This Act binds the Crown in each of its capacities.
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4 Extraterritorial application
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This Act extends to acts, omissions, matters and things outside
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Australia (within the meaning of the Road Vehicle Standards Act
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2018).
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5 Act does not impose tax on property of a State
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(1) This Act does not impose a tax on property of any kind belonging
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to a State.
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(2) In this section, property of any kind belonging to a State has the
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same meaning as in section 114 of the Constitution.
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Part 2 Charges
Section 6
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6 Imposition of charges
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(1) A regulation may prescribe a charge in relation to a prescribed
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matter connected with the administration of the Road Vehicle
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Standards Act 2018 or the Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential
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and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018.
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(2) The charges prescribed under subsection (1) are imposed as taxes.
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(3) Two or more charges may be prescribed in relation to the same
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matter, and a single charge may be prescribed in relation to 2 or
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more matters.
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(4) This section imposes a charge only so far as that charge is neither a
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duty of customs nor a duty of excise within the meaning of
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section 55 of the Constitution.
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7 Matters relating to amount of charges
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A regulation may prescribe a charge under subsection 6(1):
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(a) by specifying an amount as the charge; or
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(b) by specifying a method for calculating the amount of the
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charge.
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8 Exemptions from charges
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A regulation may provide for exemptions from a charge prescribed
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under subsection 6(1).
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Miscellaneous Part 3
Section 9
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Part 3--Miscellaneous
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9 Regulations
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The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters:
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(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
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(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or
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giving effect to this Act.
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