Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Amendment Regulations 2023
I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 22 August 2023
David Hurley
Governor‑General
By His Excellency’s Command
Ged Kearney
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Aged Care
Contents
1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1
3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1
4............ Schedules...................................................................................................................... 1
Schedule 1—Amendments 2
Part 1—Amendments 2
Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Regulations 2020 2
Part 2—Application of amendments 3
Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Regulations 2020 3
1 Name
This instrument is the Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Amendment Regulations 2023.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument 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 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. | 24 August 2023 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under the Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Act 2019.
4 Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Part 1—Amendments
Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Regulations 2020
1 Section 4 (after the heading)
Insert:
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) industrial chemical;
(b) introduce;
(c) registration year.
2 Subsection 5(2) (table)
Repeal the table (not including the note), substitute:
| Amount of registration charge |
| Item | If the value of the relevant industrial chemicals introduced by the person in the financial year preceding the registration year is … | The amount of charge for the registration year is … |
| 1 | $0 to $49,999 | nil |
| 2 | $50,000 to $74,999 | $65 |
| 3 | $75,000 to $99,999 | $80 |
| 4 | $100,000 to $249,999 | $205 |
| 5 | $250,000 to $499,999 | $400 |
| 6 | $500,000 to $2,999,999 | $2,430 |
| 7 | $3,000,000 to $4,999,999 | $4,065 |
| 8 | $5,000,000 or more | $32,405 |
Part 2—Application of amendments
Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Regulations 2020
3 At the end of the instrument
Add:
Part 3—Applicational, saving and transitional provisions
7 Application of amendments made by the Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Amendment Regulations 2023
(1) The amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Amendment Regulations 2023 apply in relation to the registration of a person for a registration year beginning on 1 September 2023 and later registration years.