OZONE PROTECTION AND SYNTHETIC GREENHOUSE GAS (MANUFACTURE LEVY) ACT 1995
Compilation Information
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Act 1995 Act No. 125 of 1995
This compilation was prepared on 11 December 2003
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 125 of 2003
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra
Long Title
An Act to impose a levy on the manufacture of HCFCs, methyl bromide and SGGs under licences granted under the
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989 OZONE PROTECTION AND SYNTHETIC GREENHOUSE GAS (MANUFACTURE LEVY) ACT 1995
- SECT 1
Short title [see Note 1]
This Act may be cited as the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Act 1995.
OZONE PROTECTION AND SYNTHETIC GREENHOUSE GAS (MANUFACTURE LEVY) ACT 1995
- SECT 2
Commencement
This Act commences on 1 January 1996.
OZONE PROTECTION AND SYNTHETIC GREENHOUSE GAS (MANUFACTURE LEVY) ACT 1995
- SECT 3
Interpretation
Expressions used in this Act have the same meanings as in the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989.
OZONE PROTECTION AND SYNTHETIC GREENHOUSE GAS (MANUFACTURE LEVY) ACT 1995
- SECT 4
Manufacture levy
- (1)
- If:
(a) a controlled substances licence allows the licensee to manufacture a substance or substances; and
(b) the licensee manufactures any such substance during a quarter during which the licence is in force;
then levy is imposed on the licensee in respect of that manufacture at the rate prescribed by the regulations.
- (2)
- Subsection (1) does not apply to the manufacture of an SGG in circumstances that are prescribed for the purposes of subsection 13(1A) of the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989.
- (3)
- For the purposes of subsection (1), if a licence is in force for only part of a particular quarter, that part is taken to be a quarter.
- (4)
- The rate of levy prescribed by the regulations cannot exceed:
(a) for HCFCs—$3,000 per ODP tonne; and
(b) for SGGs—$165 per tonne; and
(c) for methyl bromide—$135 per tonne.
Note: For the purposes of paragraph (a), the method of calculating ODP tonnes is set out in section 10 of the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989.
OZONE PROTECTION AND SYNTHETIC GREENHOUSE GAS (MANUFACTURE LEVY) ACT 1995
- SECT 5
Regulations
The Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of section 4.
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Notes to the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Act 1995
Note 1
The Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Act 1995 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 125, 1995 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Acts
Act
| Number
and year
| Date
of Assent
| Date of commencement
| Application, saving or transitional provisions
|
Ozone Protection (Licence Fees—Manufacture) Act 1995
| 125, 1995
| 2 Nov 1995
| 1 Jan 1996
| —
|
Ozone Protection (Licence Fees—Manufacture) Amendment Act 2003
| 125, 2003
| 5 Dec 2003
| 5 Dec 2003
| —
|
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
|
Provision affected
| How affected
|
Title
| rs. No. 125, 2003
|
S. 1
| am. No. 125, 2003
|
S. 3
| am. No. 125, 2003
|
S. 4
| rs. No. 125, 2003
|
S. 5
| am. No. 125, 2003
|