Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Act 1998
No. 44, 1998
An Act to amend the Interstate Road Transport Charge Act 1985, and for related purposes
Contents
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2............ Commencement..................................................................................
3............ Schedule(s)..........................................................................................
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Interstate Road Transport Charge Act 1985
Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Act 1998
No. 44, 1998
An Act to amend the Interstate Road Transport Charge Act 1985, and for related purposes
[Assented to 17 June 1998]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Act 1998.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Interstate Road Transport Charge Act 1985
1 Subsection 5(1)
Omit “applicable to motor vehicles or trailers of that kind under the Schedule”, substitute “applicable under subsection (1A) or (1B), as the case may be”.
2 After subsection 5(1)
Insert:
(1A) If the registration is for 1 year, the amount of the charge is the amount applicable to motor vehicles or trailers of that kind under the Schedule.
(1B) If the registration is for less than 1 year, the amount of the charge is the amount worked out using the formula:
where:
charge for 1 year means the amount that would be the charge if the registration were for 1 year.
period of registration means the number of days in the period of the registration.
[Minister's second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 2 April 1998
Senate on 25 May 1998]
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