2013 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

Ozone Protection and Synthetic 

Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) 

Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 

2013 

 

No.      , 2013 

 

(Environment) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Ozone Protection and 

Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Act 1995, 

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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Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Act 

1995

 

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A Bill for an Act to amend the Ozone Protection and 

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Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Act 1995, 

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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 Ozone Protection and Synthetic 

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Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) 

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Act 2013. 

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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 2013 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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Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import 

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Levy) Act 1995 

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1  Section 2A (heading) 

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Repeal the heading, substitute: 

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2A  Definition 

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2  Section 2A (definition of carbon unit) 

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Repeal the definition. 

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3  Section 2A (definition of fixed charge year) 

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Repeal the definition. 

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4  Section 2A (definition of flexible charge year) 

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Repeal the definition. 

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5  Section 2A (definition of issue) 

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Repeal the definition. 

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6  Section 2A (definition of per-tonne carbon price equivalent) 

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Repeal the definition. 

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7  Section 2A (definition of vintage year) 

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Repeal the definition. 

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8  Section 2B 

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Repeal the section. 

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9  Subsections 3A(7) and (8) 

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Repeal the subsections, substitute: 

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(7)  The amount of levy imposed by subsection (1) on a licensee in 

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respect of the import of an SGG in a quarter is the amount worked 

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out using the following formula: 

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Number of tonnes

Prescribed rate

of the SGG

 

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where: 

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prescribed rate means: 

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(a)  $165; or 

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(b)  if a lower amount is prescribed by the regulations--that 

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lower amount. 

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10  Subsection 3A(9) 

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Omit "carbon charge component of the amount of the". 

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11  Subsection 3A(10) 

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Repeal the subsection. 

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12  Paragraph 3A(13)(a) 

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Omit "the carbon charge component of the amount of". 

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13  Subsections 4A(5) and (6) 

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Repeal the subsections, substitute: 

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(5)  The amount of levy imposed by subsection (1) on a licensee in 

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respect of the import of SGG equipment during a quarter is the 

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amount worked out using the following formula: 

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Number of tonnes

 of the SGG

Prescribed rate

 contained in 

the equipment

 

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where: 

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prescribed rate means: 

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(a)  $165; or 

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(b)  if a lower amount is prescribed by the regulations--that 

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lower amount. 

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Amendments  Schedule 1 

   

 

 

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14  Application of amendments 

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The amendments of the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse 

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Gas (Import Levy) Act 1995 made by this Schedule apply in relation to 

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levy for: 

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(a)  the quarter beginning on 1 July 2014; and 

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(b)  each later quarter. 

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