2013-2014 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax 

Repeal) Bill 2014 

 

No.      , 2014 

 

(Treasury) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to excise 

tariffs, and for related purposes 

   

   

 

 

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Contents 

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Short title ........................................................................................... 1

 

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Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

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Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2

 

Schedule 1--Amendments

 

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Excise Tariff Act 1921

 

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Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2014 

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A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to excise 

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tariffs, and for related purposes 

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The Parliament of Australia enacts: 

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1  Short title 

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  This Act may be cited as the Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon 

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Tax Repeal) Act 2014. 

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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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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 

Provision(s) 

Commencement 

Date/Details 

1.  Sections 1 to 3 

and anything in 

this Act not 

elsewhere covered 

by this table 

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 

 

2.  Schedule 1 

At the same time as Part 1 of Schedule 1 to 

the Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax 

Repeal) Act 2014 commences. 

1 July 2014 

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  Schedule(s) 

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  Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 

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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 

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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Amendments  Schedule 1 

   

 

 

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Schedule 1

--Amendments 

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Excise Tariff Act 1921 

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1  Subsection 3(1) (definition of per-tonne carbon price 

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equivalent) 

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Repeal the definition. 

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2  Subsection 5(1) (note) 

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Repeal the note, substitute: 

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Note: 

Section 6A effectively changes certain rates of duty that appear on the 

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face of the Schedule. 

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3  Sections 6FA, 6FB and 6FC 

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Repeal the sections. 

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4  Schedule (note 2 to Schedule heading) 

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Repeal the note, substitute: 

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Note 2:  Section 6A effectively changes certain rates of duty that appear on the face of this 

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Schedule, especially in items 1, 2, 3 and 5. 

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5  Schedule (table heading) 

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Repeal the heading, substitute: 

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Excise duties (subject to section 6A) 

 

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6  Schedule (cell at table subitem 

10.6, column headed "Rate 

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of Duty") 

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Repeal the cell, substitute: 

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$0.03556 per litre 

7  Schedule (cell at table subitem 

10.17, column headed "Rate 

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of Duty") 

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Repeal the cell, substitute: 

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$0.03556 per litre 

Schedule 1  Amendments 

   

 

 

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8  Application 

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The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to goods that 

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are entered for home consumption after the commencement of this item. 

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