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PAY-ROLL TAX ASSESSMENT REGULATIONS 2003 - NOTES

Notes

1 This reprint is a compilation as at 4 May 2012 of the Pay-roll Tax Assessment Regulations 2003 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 7, 8, 9, 10. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Citation

Gazettal

Commencement

Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Regulations 2003

27 Jun 2003 p. 2341‑80

1 Jul 2003 (see r. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 2003 p. 2383)

Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Amendment (2003) Regulations 2003

18 Jul 2003 p. 2844

18 Jul 2003

Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Amendment (2003) Regulations (No. 2) 2003

28 Nov 2003 p. 4778

28 Nov 2003

Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations 2004

25 Jun 2004 p. 2246‑7

1 Jul 2004 (see r. 2)

Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2004

7 Sep 2004 p. 3883‑4

7 Sep 2004

Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2004

5 Nov 2004 p. 4986‑7

5 Nov 2004

Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations 2005

19 Apr 2005 p. 1303‑4

1 Jul 2005 (see r. 2)

Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2006

2 May 2006 p. 1709‑10

2 May 2006

Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations 2006

2 May 2006 p. 1710‑11

1 Jul 2006 (see r. 2)

Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 2006

27 Jun 2006 p. 2306‑7

1 Jul 2006 (see r. 2)

Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2006

11 Jul 2006 p. 2546

11 Jul 2006

Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations (No. 5) 2006

22 Aug 2006 p. 3468‑9

22 Aug 2006

Reprint 1: The Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Regulations 2003 as at 13 Oct 2006 (includes amendments listed above)

Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations (No. 6) 2006

22 Dec 2006 p. 5806‑7

1 Jan 2007 (see r. 2 and Gazette 8 Dec 2006 p. 5369)

Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations 2007

15 May 2007 p. 2096

1 Jul 2007 (see r. 2)

Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations 2009

19 Jun 2009 p. 2252

r. 1 and 2: 19 Jun 2009 (see r. 2(a));
Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2009 (see r. 2(b))

Reprint 2: The Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Regulations 2003 as at 14 Aug 2009
(includes amendments listed above)

Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Amendment Act 2010 Part 3 assented to 25 Jun 2010 11

25 Jun 2010 (see s. 2(a))

Public Sector Reform (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2011 Pt. 6

11 Feb 2011 p. 502‑7

12 Feb 2011 (see r. 2(d))

Reprint 3: The Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Regulations 2003 as at 4 May 2012
(includes amendments listed above)

2 The Workplace Agreements Act 1993 expired 14 Sep 2003.

3 At the time of this reprint the Commissioner of Workplace Agreements does not exist.

4 Under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 the names of departments may be changed. At the time of this reprint the former Department of Consumer and Employment Protection is called the Department of Commerce.

5 Under the Alteration of Statutory Designations (DPI) Order 2009 a reference in a law to the Department of Planning and Infrastructure is to be read and construed as a reference to the Department of Transport, Department of Planning or Department of Regional Development and Lands, as the context requires.

6 The Office of Water Regulation was abolished with effect 1 Jan 2004 (see Notice in Gazette 6 Jan 2004 p. 41).

7 The Water Resources Legislation Amendment Act 2007 s. 223 reads as follows:


223. Agreements and instruments generally

(1) Any agreement or instrument (including subsidiary legislation) in force immediately before the transfer time —

(a) to which a former body was a party; or

(b) which contains a reference to a former body,

has effect after the transfer time, to the extent to which the agreement or instrument relates to the functions of a relevant successor to the former body, as if —

(c) the relevant successor were substituted for the former body as a party to the agreement or instrument; and

(d) any reference in the agreement or instrument to the former body were (unless the context otherwise requires) amended to be or include a reference to the relevant successor.

(2) This section does not apply to any agreement or instrument covered by another provision of this Part.


8 Under the Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes Administration) Act 1999 s. 7 these regulations are to be read and construed with any modifications referred to in subsection (1) of that section and, in particular, with the modifications set out in the Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes Administration) Regulations 2007. Regulation 14 and Pt. 5 Div. 3 of those regulations read as follows:


1. Citation

These regulations are the Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes Administration) Regulations 2007.

2. Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which the Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes) (Modification of Applied Laws (WA)) Notice 2007 comes into operation.

3. When certain modifications have effect

(1) The modifications prescribed in Part 2, Part 3, Part 5, Part 6 Division 2 and Part 7 have effect on and from 1 July 2003.

(2) The modifications prescribed in Part 4 have effect on and from 9 April 2006 and prevail over the modifications in the Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes Administration) Regulations 2002 Part 5 to the extent of any inconsistency.

Note: Modifications prescribed for the purposes of section 7(2) of the Act may be expressed to take effect from a date that is earlier than the date on which the modifications are published in the Gazette, see section 7(3) of the Act.

4. Modification of State taxing laws

(1) For the purposes of section 7(2) of the Act, each State taxing law is taken to be modified to the extent necessary to give effect to subregulation (2).

(2) If —

(a) a State taxing law applies, or could apply, to any extent, to or in relation to an event, state of affairs or transaction, and the corresponding applied law also applies, or could apply, to any extent, to or in relation to the same event, state of affairs or transaction; and

(b) a person is required or permitted, or could be required or permitted, to take an action under both the State taxing law and the corresponding applied law in relation to the event, state of affairs or transaction; and

(c) the person has taken the action in accordance with the corresponding applied law; and

(d) the Commissioner of State Revenue has sufficient information about the event, state of affairs or transaction to carry out his or her functions in relation to it under the State taxing law or the corresponding applied law or both, as the case requires,

then —

(e) the person is not required to take the action under the State taxing law; and

(f) the Commissioner may carry out his or her functions in relation to the event, state of affairs or transaction as if the person had taken whatever action is required or permitted under the State taxing law in relation to the event, state of affairs or transaction.

(3) The particular modifications set out in these regulations of certain State taxing laws have effect for the purposes of section 7(2) of the Act.

Part 5 — Pay‑roll tax

Division 3 — The Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Regulations 2003

35. Modification of the Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Regulations 2003

This Division sets out modifications of the Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Regulations 2003 in their application as a law of Western Australia.

36. Regulation 3A inserted

After regulation 3 the following regulation is inserted —


3A. Application of regulations in non‑Commonwealth places

(1) In this regulation —

applied Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Regulations means the Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Regulations 2003 of Western Australia in their application as a law of the Commonwealth in or in relation to Commonwealth places in Western Australia in accordance with the Commonwealth Act.

(2) In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —

(a) a reference to these regulations is to be read as a reference to these regulations in their application as a law of Western Australia; and

(b) a reference to the Act or the Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Act 2002 is to be read as a reference to that Act in its application as a law of Western Australia.

(3) These regulations are to be read with the applied Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Regulations as a single body of law.

”.


9 Under the Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes) Act 1998 s. 8(2) of the Commonwealth, these regulations are to be read and construed with any modifications referred to in subsection (1) of that section and, in particular, with the modifications set out in the Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes) (Modification of Applied Laws (WA)) Notice 2007. Clause 1‑5 and Pt. 5 Div. 3 of that notice read as follows:


1. Citation

This notice is the Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes) (Modification of Applied Laws (WA)) Notice 2007.

2. Commencement

This notice comes into operation on the day after the day on which it is registered under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 of the Commonwealth.

3. When certain modifications have effect

(1) The modifications prescribed in Part 2, Part 3, Part 5, Part 6 Division 2 and Part 7 have effect on and from 1 July 2003.

(2) The modifications prescribed in Part 4 have effect on and from 9 April 2006 and prevail over the modifications in the Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes) (Modification of Applied Laws (WA)) Notice 2002 Part 5 to the extent of any inconsistency.

Note: Modifications prescribed in a notice under section 8 of the Act may be expressed to take effect from a date that is earlier than the date on which the modifications are published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, see section 8(5) of the Act.

4. Definitions

In this notice —

applied WA law means the provisions of a State taxing law of Western Australia that apply or are taken to have applied in relation to Commonwealth places in Western Australia in accordance with the Commonwealth Mirror Taxes Act;

Commissioner of State Revenue means the Commissioner of State Revenue of Western Australia appointed in accordance with the Taxation Administration Act 2003 section 6 of Western Australia;

Commonwealth Mirror Taxes Act means the Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes) Act 1998 of the Commonwealth.

5. Modification of applied WA laws

(1) For the purposes of the Commonwealth Mirror Taxes Act section 8, each applied WA law is taken to be modified to the extent necessary to give effect to subclause (2).

(2) If —

(a) an applied WA law applies, or could apply, to any extent, to or in relation to an event, state of affairs or transaction, and the corresponding State taxing law also applies, or could apply, to any extent, to or in relation to the same event, state of affairs or transaction; and

(b) a person is required or permitted, or could be required or permitted, to take an action under both the applied WA law and the corresponding State taxing law in relation to the event, state of affairs or transaction; and

(c) the person has taken the action in accordance with the corresponding State taxing law; and

(d) the Commissioner of State Revenue has sufficient information about the event, state of affairs or transaction to carry out his or her functions in relation to it under the applied WA law or the corresponding State taxing law or both, as the case requires,

then —

(e) the person is not required to take the action under the applied WA law; and

(f) the Commissioner may carry out his or her functions in relation to the event, state of affairs or transaction as if the person had taken whatever action is required or permitted under the applied WA law in relation to the event, state of affairs or transaction.

(3) The particular modifications set out in this notice of certain applied WA laws have effect for the purposes of the Commonwealth Mirror Taxes Act section 8.

Part 5 — Pay‑roll tax

Division 3 — The applied Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Regulations 2003

36. Modification of the applied Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Regulations 2003

This Division sets out modifications of the Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Regulations 2003 of Western Australia in their application as a law of the Commonwealth in or in relation to Commonwealth places in Western Australia.

37. Regulation 3A inserted

After regulation 3 the following regulation is inserted —


3A. Application of regulations in Commonwealth places

(1) In this regulation —

corresponding Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Regulations means the Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Regulations 2003 of Western Australia in their application as a law of Western Australia.

(2) In these regulations —

(a) a reference to these regulations is to be read as a reference to these regulations in their application as a law of the Commonwealth in or in relation to Commonwealth places in Western Australia in accordance with the Commonwealth Mirror Taxes Act; and

(b) a reference to the Act or the Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Act 2002 is to be read as a reference to the Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Act 2002 of Western Australia in its application as a law of the Commonwealth in or in relation to Commonwealth places in Western Australia in accordance with the Commonwealth Mirror Taxes Act.

(3) These regulations are to be read with the corresponding Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Regulations as a single body of law.

(4) In addition to being modified as prescribed by the Commonwealth Places (Mirror Taxes) (Modification of Applied Laws (WA)) Notice 2007, these regulations are deemed to be further modified to any extent that is necessary or convenient to enable these regulations to operate effectively as a law of the Commonwealth.

”.

38. Glossary modified

The Glossary clause 1 is modified in paragraph (c) of the definition of industrial award by deleting “another State” and inserting instead —

“ a State other than Western Australia ”.


10 The amendments set out in the Pay-roll Tax Assessment Amendment Regulations 2010 have not been included in this reprint; equivalent amendments were made by the Pay-roll Tax Assessment Amendment Act 2010 Part 3.

11 The Pay-roll Tax Assessment Amendment Act 2010 s. 45 reads as follows:


45. Power to amend or repeal regulations unaffected

This Part does not prevent the Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Regulations 2003 from being amended or repealed under the Pay‑roll Tax Assessment Act 2002.




Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
actuarial determination Gl.
allowance period Gl.
averaging method Gl.
BK percentage Gl.
business journey Gl.
business kilometre Gl.
business night Gl.
continuous recording method Gl.
continuous recording period Gl.
dependant Gl.
education costs Gl.
employee Gl.
expense payment fringe benefit Gl.
industrial award Gl.
loan fringe benefit Gl.
portable long service leave fund Gl.
property fringe benefit Gl.
redundancy benefits scheme Gl.
remote area holiday transport Gl.
remote area housing fringe benefit Gl.
remote area housing loan Gl.
remote area housing rent Gl.
remote area residential property Gl.
remote area residential property option fee Gl.
remote area residential property repurchase consideration Gl.
residential fuel Gl.
residual fringe benefit Gl.
vehicle Gl.











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