Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Utilities and Services Amendment Ordinance 2001 (No. 1)1

No. 1 of 20012

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Ordinance under the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955.

Dated 26 July 2001

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

IAN MACDONALD

An Ordinance to amend the Utilities and Services Ordinance 1996

1 Name of Ordinance

  This Ordinance is the Utilities and Services Amendment Ordinance 2001 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  This Ordinance commences on gazettal.

3 Amendment of Utilities and Services Ordinance 1996

  Schedule 1 amends the Utilities and Services Ordinance 1996.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(section 3)

[1] Subsections 4 (1) and (2)

substitute

 (1) There is imposed on a person a fee in relation to:

 (a) the provision, by the Administrator, of a utility to the person; or

 (b) the use, by the person, of a service provided by the Administrator.

 (2) The fee is:

 (a) the fee that is:

 (i) determined by the Administrator, from time to time, to be the fee applicable to the utility or service; and

 (ii) notified in the Gazette; or

 (b) if no determination is made under subparagraph (a) (i) in respect of the utility or service, the fee or charge (if any) that is:

 (i) applicable to the utility or service under an applied law; and

 (ii) notified in the Gazette.

 (2A) A determination must specify the date on which the fee commences to apply, and may specify:

 (a) the manner in which the fee is to be paid; and

 (b) a date or period before the end of which the fee must be paid.

[2] Section 5

omit

[3] Section 6, heading

substitute

5 Tabling and disallowance of determination

1. This Ordinance amends Ordinance No. 4, 1996.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 2 August 2001.