Commonwealth Vehicles (Registration and Exemption from Taxation) Amendments Regulations 1999 (No. 1) 1999 No. 106

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULE 1999 No. 106

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Finance and Administration

Commonwealth Vehicles (Registration and Exemption from Taxation) Act 1997

Commonwealth Vehicles (Registration and Exemption from Taxation) Amendments Regulations 1999 (No. 1)

The Commonwealth Vehicles (Registration and Exemption from Taxation) Act 1997 (the Act) establishes the register under which Commonwealth (Z plated) vehicles are registered.

Section 17 of the Act provides that the Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters that are required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed.

Section 9 of the Act provides that the fee for registration and the period of registration shall be prescribed.

The Commonwealth Vehicles (Registration and Exemption from Taxation) Regulations (the Regulations) prescribe the registration fee and the registration period for Commonwealth registered vehicles.

The Commonwealth Vehicles (Registration and Exemption from Taxation) Regulations (Amendment) changes the registration fee and the period of registration for Commonwealth Z plated vehicles. The new charges and period of registration will align those of Z plated vehicles with State and Territory equivalents.

The amendments state that:

*       the fee for registration will be equivalent to the fee that would be payable to the local State or Territory government for the registration of that vehicle;

*       the period of registration will be 1 year.

The Regulations commence on gazettal.