Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2
3............ Definitions.......................................................................................... 2
4............ Act to bind Crown.............................................................................. 2
5............ Imposition........................................................................................... 3
6............ Rate of charge..................................................................................... 3
7............ Act does not impose a tax on property of a State................................ 3
Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Small-scale Technology Shortfall Charge) Act 2010
No. 71, 2010
An Act to impose small‑scale technology shortfall charge, and for related purposes
[Assented to 28 June 2010]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Small‑scale Technology Shortfall Charge) Act 2010.
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.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provision(s) | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. Sections 1 and 2 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 28 June 2010 |
| 2. Sections 3 to 7 | At the same time as Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Act 2010 commences. | 1 January 2011 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.
3 Definitions
An expression used in this Act and in the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 has the same meaning in this Act as it has in that Act.
4 Act to bind Crown
This Act binds the Crown in right of each of the States, of the Australian Capital Territory, of the Northern Territory and of Norfolk Island. However, it does not bind the Crown in right of the Commonwealth.
5 Imposition
The small‑scale technology shortfall charge that is payable under the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 is imposed by this section.
6 Rate of charge
The rate of charge is $65 per MWh.
7 Act does not impose a 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.
[Minister’s second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 12 May 2010
Senate on 15 June 2010]