installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area means a resources installation, or a sea installation, that is attached to the seabed in the Joint Petroleum Development Area. Joint Petroleum Development Area has the same meaning as in the Petroleum (Timor Sea Treaty) Act 2003.
resources installation has the same meaning as in subsection 4(1) of the Customs Act 1901.
sea installation has the same meaning as in subsection 4(1) of the Customs Act 1901.
PASSENGER MOVEMENT CHARGE ACT 1978
- SECT 4
Travel involving intermediate destinations
- (1)
- For the purposes of this Act, if:
- (a)
- a person departs from Australia for an external Territory; and
- (b)
- the person is not ordinarily resident in that external Territory; and
- (c)
- the person intends, at the time of the departure, to depart from that external Territory for another country, or for an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area, within 3 months after the departure from Australia;
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the first-mentioned departure is taken to be a departure of the person from Australia for that other country or for that installation, as the case requires.
- (2)
- For the purposes of this Act (including subsection (1)), if:
- (a)
- a person departs from Australia for another country or for an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area; and
- (b)
- the person intends, at the time of the departure, to depart from that other country, or from an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area, for an external Territory within 7 days after the departure from Australia;
the first-mentioned departure is taken to be a departure from Australia for that external Territory.
- (3)
- For the purposes of this Act, if:
- (a)
- a person departs from an Indian Ocean Territory for another country or for an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area; and
- (b)
- the person intends, at the time of the departure, to depart from that other country, or from an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area, for a place in Australia other than that first-mentioned Indian Ocean Territory within 7 days after the first-mentioned departure;
the first-mentioned departure is taken not to be a departure from Australia for another country or for an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area.
- (4)
- For the purposes of this Act, if:
- (a)
- a person departs from a part of Australia other than an Indian Ocean Territory for another country or for an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area; and
- (b)
- the person intends, at the time of the departure, to depart from that other country, or from an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area, for an Indian Ocean Territory within 7 days after the first-mentioned departure;
the first-mentioned departure is taken not to be a departure from Australia for another country or for an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area.
PASSENGER MOVEMENT CHARGE ACT 1978
- SECT 5
Imposition of passenger movement charge
Charge, called passenger movement charge, is imposed in respect of the departure of a person from Australia:
- (a)
- for another country, after the commencement of this Act; or
- (b)
- for an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area, on or after 1 July 1995;
whether or not the person intends to return to Australia.
PASSENGER MOVEMENT CHARGE ACT 1978
- SECT 6
Rate of passenger movement charge
The rate of charge imposed by this Act in respect of the departure of a person from Australia is $38.
PASSENGER MOVEMENT CHARGE ACT 1978
Notes to the Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978
Note 1
The Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 118, 1978 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional
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provisions prior to 30 June 1998 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A. Table of Acts
Act
| Number
and year
| Date
of Assent
| Date of commencement
| Application, saving or transitional provisions
|
Departure Tax Act 1978
| 118, 1978
| 29 Sept 1978
| 24 Oct 1978 (see Gazette 1978, No. S216)
|
|
Departure Tax Amendment Act 1981
| 131, 1981
| 30 Sept 1981
| 1 Oct 1981
| S. 4
|
Departure Tax Amendment Act 1988
| 47, 1988
| 15 June 1988
| 1 July 1988
| —
|
Departure Tax Amendment Act 1991
| 77, 1991
| 25 June 1991
| 1 Aug 1991
| S. 4
|
Departure Tax Amendment Act 1993
| 96, 1993
| 22 Dec 1993
| 1 Jan 1994
| S. 4
|
Departure Tax Amendment Act 1994
| 146, 1994
| 8 Dec 1994
| 16 Dec 1994 (see s. 2)
| Ss. 3 and 9
|
Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Act 1995
| 64, 1995
| 30 June 1995
| 1 July 1995
| Sch. (item 2)
|
Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Act 1998
| 66, 1998
| 30 June 1998
| 1 Jan 1999
| Sch. 1 (item 2)
|
Timor Gap Treaty (Transitional Arrangements) Act 2000
| 25, 2000
| 3 Apr 2000
| Ss 4-6 and Schedule 2 (item 37): (a)
| Ss. 4-6
[see Table A]
|
Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Act 2001
| 79, 2001
| 30 June 2001
| 1 July 2001
| Sch. 1 (item 2) [see Table A]
|
Passenger Movement Charge (Timor Sea Treaty) Amendment Act 2003
| 11, 2003
| 2 Apr 2003
| 20 May 2002
| —
|
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(a) The Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978 was amended by Schedule 2 (item 37) only of the Timor Gap Treaty (Transitional Arrangements) Act 2000, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:
(2) Sections 3 to 7 and Schedules 1 and 2 (other than items 18 to 25 of Schedule 2) are taken to have commenced at the transition time. [see Table A]
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
|
Provision affected
| How affected
|
Title
| am. No. 146, 1994
|
S. 1
| am. No. 146, 1994
|
S. 3
| am. No. 146, 1994
|
| rs. No. 64, 1995
|
| am. No. 25, 2000; No. 11, 2003
|
S. 4
| rs. No. 64, 1995
|
| am. No. 11, 2003
|
S. 5
| am. No. 146, 1994
|
| rs. No. 64, 1995
|
| am. No. 11, 2003
|
S. 6
| am. No. 131, 1981; No. 47, 1988; No. 77, 1991; No. 96, 1993; No. 146, 1994 ; No. 66, 1998; No. 79, 2001
|
Table A
Table A
Application, saving or transitional provisions
Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Act 1998 (No. 66, 1998)
2 Application The amendment of the Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978 made by this Act applies in relation to the departure of a person from Australia on or after 1 January 1999.
Timor Gap Treaty (Transitional Arrangements) Act 2000 (No. 25, 2000)
4 The transition time In this Act:
transition time means 1.23 am Australian Central Standard Time on 26 October 1999.
Note: This time corresponds to the time in New York when the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1272 (1999), which established UNTAET and gave it responsibility for the administration of East Timor. In 2000 the text of the Resolution was available in the Library of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and accessible on the Internet through the Department's or the United Nations' world-wide web site.
Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Act 2001 (No. 79, 2001)
Schedule 1 2 Application
The amendment of section 6 of the Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978 made by this Schedule applies in relation to the departure of a person from Australia on or after 1 July 2001, unless:
- (a)
- the person departs using a ticket or equivalent authority; and
- (b)
- the ticket or authority was sold or issued before 1 July 2001.