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2016-2017
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme
(Charges Imposition) Bill 2017
No. , 2017
(Attorney-General)
A Bill for an Act to impose, as taxes, charges in
relation to the Foreign Influence Transparency
Scheme, 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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Extension to external Territories ....................................................... 2
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Extraterritoriality ............................................................................... 2
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Imposition of charges ........................................................................ 2
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Amount of charges ............................................................................ 2
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Regulations ........................................................................................ 3
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A Bill for an Act to impose, as taxes, charges in
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relation to the Foreign Influence Transparency
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Scheme, 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 is the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme (Charges
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Imposition) Act 2017.
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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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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
At the same time as the Foreign Influence
Transparency Scheme Act 2017 commences.
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 Extension to external Territories
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This Act extends to every external Territory.
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4 Extraterritoriality
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This Act applies both within and outside Australia.
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5 Imposition of charges
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Charges payable in accordance with subsection 63(1) of the
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Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2017 are imposed.
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6 Amount of charges
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(1) The amount of the charge payable is the amount prescribed by the
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regulations.
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(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may do any or all
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of the following:
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(a) prescribe an amount or a method for working out an amount;
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Section 7
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(b) prescribe different amounts or methods for different
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circumstances;
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(c) prescribe a nil amount for prescribed circumstances.
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(3) The prescribed amount of a charge does not need to bear any
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relationship to the cost of providing any services in connection
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with the matter for which the charge is payable.
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7 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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