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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
2019-2020
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Civil Aviation (Unmanned Aircraft Levy)
Bill 2020
No. , 2020
(Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications)
A Bill for an Act to impose unmanned aircraft levy,
and for related purposes
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Contents
Part 1--Preliminary
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Crown to be bound ............................................................................ 2
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Definitions ......................................................................................... 2
Part 2--Unmanned aircraft levy
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Imposition of levy.............................................................................. 4
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Amount of levy .................................................................................. 4
Part 3--Other matters
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Act does not impose levy on property of a State ............................... 5
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Regulations ........................................................................................ 5
No. , 2020
Civil Aviation (Unmanned Aircraft Levy) Bill 2020
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A Bill for an Act to impose unmanned aircraft levy,
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and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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Part 1--Preliminary
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1 Short title
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This Act is the
Civil Aviation (Unmanned Aircraft Levy) Act 2020
.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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Part 1
Preliminary
Section 3
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The later of:
(a) the start of the day after this Act receives
the Royal Assent; and
(b) the commencement of Schedules 1 and 2
to the
Civil Aviation Safety Amendment
(Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Model
Aircraft--Registration and
Accreditation) Regulations 2019
.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Crown to be bound
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This Act binds the Crown in each of its capacities.
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4 Definitions
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In this Act:
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model aircraft
has the same meaning as in the
Civil Aviation Safety
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Regulations 1998
.
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RPA
has the same meaning as in the
Civil Aviation Safety
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Regulations 1998
.
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unmanned aircraft levy
means unmanned aircraft levy payable:
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(a) on applying under the
Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998
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for registration of an aircraft (within the meaning of the
Civil
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Aviation Act 1988
) as an RPA or as a model aircraft; or
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Preliminary
Part 1
Section 4
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(b) on applying under the Part 101 Manual of Standards (within
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the meaning of the
Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998
)
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for permission to operate, or to conduct operations using, an
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RPA or model aircraft registered under a law of a foreign
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country.
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Part 2
Unmanned aircraft levy
Section 5
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Part 2--Unmanned aircraft levy
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5 Imposition of levy
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Unmanned aircraft levy is imposed.
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6 Amount of levy
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(1) The amount of the levy is the amount prescribed by the regulations.
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(2) The amount prescribed:
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(a) must not be more than $300; and
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(b) may be a nil amount.
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Other matters
Part 3
Section 7
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Part 3--Other matters
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7 Act does not impose levy on property of a State
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(1) This Act does not impose a tax on property of any kind belonging
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to a State.
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(2) In this section,
property of any kind belonging to a State
has the
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same meaning as in section 114 of the Constitution.
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(3) For the purposes of this section, assume that a reference in
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section 114 of the Constitution to a State includes a reference to the
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Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
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8 Regulations
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The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters:
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(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed by the
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regulations; or
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(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or
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giving effect to this Act.
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