Export Charges (Imposition—General) Act 2015

No. 95, 2015

Compilation No. 1

Compilation date: 28 March 2021

Includes amendments up to: Act No. 16, 2020

Registered: 15 April 2021

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Export Charges (Imposition—General) Act 2015 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 28 March 2021 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Legislation Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

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Self‑repealing provisions

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Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Act binds the Crown

4 Extension of this Act to external Territories and other areas

6 Act does not impose tax on property of a State

Part 2—Charges in relation to the export of certain goods

7 Imposition of charges

8 Matters relating to amount of charges

10 Exemptions from charges

Part 3—Charges in relation to certain matters relating to the export of certain goods

11 Imposition of charges

12 Matters relating to amount of charges

14 Exemptions from charges

Part 4—Miscellaneous

15 Regulations

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

An Act to impose, as taxes, charges relating to the export of goods, so far as those charges are neither duties of customs nor duties of excise, and for related purposes

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Short title

  This Act may be cited as the Export Charges (Imposition—General) Act 2015.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3  Act binds the Crown

  This Act binds the Crown in each of its capacities.

4  Extension of this Act to external Territories and other areas

 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act does not extend to the external Territories.

 (2) If rules made for the purposes of paragraph 8(2)(a) of the Export Control Act 2020 extend that Act, or any provisions of that Act, to an external Territory, then this Act extends to that external Territory.

 (3) If rules made for the purposes of paragraph 8(2)(b) of the Export Control Act 2020 extend that Act, or any provisions of that Act, to an area adjacent to an external Territory, then this Act extends to that area.

 (4) If rules made for the purposes of paragraph 8(2)(c) of the Export Control Act 2020 extend that Act, or any provisions of that Act, to an area outside the Australian fishing zone in relation to which the Fisheries Management Act 1991 applies, under regulations made for the purposes of section 8 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991, then this Act extends to that area.

6  Act does not impose tax on property of a State

 (1) This Act does not impose a tax on property of any kind belonging to a State.

 (2) In this section:

property of any kind belonging to a State has the same meaning as in section 114 of the Constitution.

Part 2—Charges in relation to the export of certain goods

7  Imposition of charges

 (1) The regulations may prescribe a charge in relation to the export of a kind of goods covered by the Export Control Act 2020.

 (2) The charges prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) are imposed as taxes.

 (3) Two or more charges may be prescribed in relation to the same kind of goods, and a single charge may be prescribed in relation to 2 or more kinds of goods.

 (4) This section imposes a charge only so far as that charge is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution.

8  Matters relating to amount of charges

 (1) The regulations may prescribe a charge for the purposes of subsection 7(1):

 (a) by specifying an amount as the charge; or

 (b) by specifying a method for calculating the amount of the charge.

 (2) Before the Governor‑General makes regulations for the purposes of subsection 7(1) prescribing a charge in relation to the export of a kind of goods, the Minister must be satisfied that the amount of the charge is set at a level that is designed to recover no more than the Commonwealth’s likely costs in connection with the export of the goods.

10  Exemptions from charges

  The regulations may provide for exemptions from a charge prescribed for the purposes of subsection 7(1).

Part 3—Charges in relation to certain matters relating to the export of certain goods

11  Imposition of charges

 (1) The regulations may prescribe a charge in relation to a matter relating to the export of a kind of goods if:

 (a) the export of goods of that kind is covered by the Export Control Act 2020; or

 (b) provision in relation to the matter is made under the Export Control Act 2020.

 (2) The charges prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) are imposed as taxes.

 (3) Two or more charges may be prescribed in relation to the same matter, and a single charge may be prescribed in relation to 2 or more matters.

 (4) This section imposes a charge only so far as that charge is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution.

12  Matters relating to amount of charges

 (1) The regulations may prescribe a charge for the purposes of subsection 11(1):

 (a) by specifying an amount as the charge; or

 (b) by specifying a method for calculating the amount of the charge.

 (2) Before the Governor‑General makes regulations for the purposes of subsection 11(1) prescribing a charge in relation to a matter, the Minister must be satisfied that the amount of the charge is set at a level that is designed to recover no more than the Commonwealth’s likely costs in connection with the matter.

14  Exemptions from charges

  The regulations may provide for exemptions from a charge prescribed for the purposes of subsection 11(1).

Part 4—Miscellaneous

15  Regulations

  The Governor‑General may make regulations prescribing matters:

 (a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or

 (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

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Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

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Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

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The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.

Editorial changes

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Misdescribed amendments

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If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the abbreviation “(md not incorp)” is added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history