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Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Act 1999
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C2004C03623
01 April 2002
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30 June 2003
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title [see Note 1]
2 Commencement [see Note 1]
3 States and Territories are bound
4 The Energy Grants (Credits) Scheme
5 Definitions
6 Metropolitan areas
6A Commissioner has general administration of this Act
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Part 2—Entitlement to fuel grants
6B Requirement for registration
7 Registration for entitlement to fuel grants
8 Refusal to register
8A Cancellation of registration
9 Vehicles of 20 tonnes or more
10 Vehicles of 4.5 tonnes or more, but less than 20 tonnes—general
10AA Vehicles of 4.5 tonnes or more, but less than 20 tonnes—primary producers
10AB Vehicles of 4.5 tonnes or more, but less than 20 tonnes—transporting passengers or goods solely for primary producers
10AC Vehicles of 4.5 tonnes or more, but less than 20 tonnes—buses using alternative fuel
10AD Vehicles of 4.5 tonnes or more—emergency vehicles
10AE Only one grant for a particular use of fuel
10A What operation of a vehicle constitutes a journey etc.
10B Working out eligible use of fuel
11 Amounts of fuel grants
12 Use of diesel or alternative fuel on or after 1 July 2003
13 Overlap with the Diesel Fuel Rebate Scheme
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Part 3—Payment of fuel grants
14 Grant periods
14A Advances on account of fuel grants
14B Guidelines for making advances
15 Claims for fuel grants
15AA Authority for third party to make claim under section 15
15A Further information
15B Assessment
15C Reliance by Commissioner on claim
15D Commissioner must give notice of an assessment
15E Amendment of assessment
15EA Request for amended assessment
15F Production of assessment is conclusive evidence
16 Payment of fuel grants
16A Recovery by set-off
16B Interest on underpaid grants
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Part 4—Record-keeping requirements
17 No entitlement to fuel grants unless record-keeping requirements met
18 Pre-claim record-keeping requirements
19 Post-claim record-keeping requirements
20 Records that are lost or destroyed
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Part 5—Disqualification for fraud
21 Disqualification of claimant for fraud
22 Disqualification for aiding and abetting fraud
23 Disqualification of body corporate—executive disqualified etc.
24 Disqualification of partnership—partner disqualified etc.
25 Disqualification of trust—trustee disqualified etc.
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Part 6—Contrived schemes etc.
26 Contrived schemes etc.
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Part 7—Civil penalties
27 Penalty for unpaid scheme debts
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Part 9—Information-gathering powers
41 Commissioner may obtain information and documents
42 Self-incrimination
43 Copies of documents
44 Commissioner may retain documents
45 Commonwealth bound by this Part
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Part 10—Protection of confidentiality of information
46 Protection of confidentiality of information
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Part 11—Access to premises
47 Access to premises etc.
48 Identity cards
49 Commonwealth bound by this Part
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Part 12—Power to stop and search vehicles
50 Power to stop and search vehicles
51 Identity cards
52 Self-incrimination
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Part 13—Special rules for certain entities
53 Treatment of partners
54 Treatment of unincorporated associations
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Part 14—Miscellaneous
55 Reviewable fuel grants decisions
56 Meaning of approved form
57 Application of the Criminal Code
58 Appropriation
59 Fuel grants to be treated as subsidies for the purposes of section 15-10 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
60 Address for service
61 Service of documents if entity absent from Australia or cannot be found
62 Authorised officers
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63 Regulations
Notes to the STYLEREF ShortT \* MERGEFORMAT Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Act 1999
