Ozone Protection (Licence Fees—Imports) Act 1989

No. 8 of 1989

An Act to provide for payment of fees in respect of import of scheduled substances under licences granted under the Ozone Protection Act 1989

[Assented to 16 March 1989]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Ozone Protection (Licence Fees—Imports) Act 1989.

Commencement

2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Interpretation

3. Expressions used in this Act have the same meanings as in the Ozone Protection Act 1989.

Licence fees

4. (1) Subject to subsection (2), there is payable to the Commonwealth by the licensee, in respect of each quarter during which a licence is in force, a fee calculated at the rate fixed by the regulations for scheduled substances imported by the licensee during that quarter.

(2) A fee is not payable under subsection (1) in respect of halons imported before the beginning of the first halon quota period.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), where a licence is in force for only part of a particular quarter, that part shall be taken to be a quarter.

Regulations

5. The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, fixing a rate for the purposes of subsection 4 (1).

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 10 November 1988

Senate on 25 November 1988]