1996-97

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

Fuel Blending (Penalty Surcharge) Bill 1997

No.      , 1997

(Industry, Science and Tourism)

A Bill for an Act to impose a penalty surcharge on the blending of certain fuel

  
9709820—999/23.6.1997—(98/97)  Cat. No. 96 9258 4  ISBN 0644 505524

Contents
1	Short title	
2	Commencement	
3	Definitions	
4	Coverage of Act and binding of Crown	
5	Imposition of penalty surcharge	
6	By whom is penalty surcharge payable?	
7	Rate of penalty surcharge	

A Bill for an Act to impose a penalty surcharge on the blending of certain fuel
The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title
		This Act may be cited as the Fuel Blending (Penalty Surcharge) Act 1997.
2  Commencement
		This Act commences on the commencement of the Excise Tariff (Fuel Rates Amendments) Act 1997.
3  Definitions
	(1)	In this Act:
Administration Act means the Fuel (Penalty Surcharges) Administration Act 1997.
	(2)	Expressions used in this Act that are defined for the purposes of the Administration Act have the same meaning as in the Administration Act.
4  Coverage of Act and binding of Crown
	(1)	This Act does not extend to any of the External Territories.
	(2)	This Act binds the Crown in all of its capacities other than the Crown in right of Norfolk Island.
5  Imposition of penalty surcharge
	(1)	Penalty surcharge is imposed, after the commencement of this Act, on the blending of marked fuel and unmarked fuel if the mixture resulting from the blend is itself marked fuel.
	(2)	The penalty surcharge is imposed on all of the fuel in the blend.
6  By whom is penalty surcharge payable?
		Penalty surcharge on the blending of marked fuel and unmarked fuel is payable by the person owning the fuel immediately after its blending.
7  Rate of penalty surcharge
		The rate of penalty surcharge per litre of fuel on which the surcharge is imposed is twice the rate applicable to a litre of fuel of a kind classified to subparagraph 11(C)(2)(a) of the Schedule to the Excise Tariff Act 1921.