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ROAD CHARGES LEGISLATION REPEAL AND AMENDMENT BILL 2008

2008
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Road Charges Legislation Repeal and
Amendment Bill 2008
No. , 2008
(Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government)
A Bill for an Act to repeal and amend the law
relating to road charges, and for related purposes
i Road Charges Legislation Repeal and Amendment Bill 2008 No. , 2008
Contents
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Short title ............................................................................................ 1
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Commencement .................................................................................. 1
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Schedule(s) ......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Repeal of the Road Transport Charges
(Australian Capital Territory) Act 1993
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Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Act 1993
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Schedule 2--Amendme nts relating to the repeal of the Road
Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory)
Act 1993
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Road Transport Reform (Heavy Vehicles Registration) Act 1997
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Schedule 3--Amendme nt of the Fuel Tax Act 2006
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Fuel Tax Act 2006
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Road Charges Legislation Repeal and Amendment Bill 2008 No. , 2008 1
A Bill for an Act to repeal and amend the law
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relating to road charges, 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 Road Charges Legislation Repeal and
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Amendment Act 2008.
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2 Commence ment
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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 on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
2. Schedules 1
and 2
Immediately before the co mmencement of
Schedule 1 to the Interstate Road Transport
Charge Amendment Act (No. 2) 2008.
3. Schedule 3
1 January 2009.
1 January 2009
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be
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expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
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(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not
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part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or
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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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Repeal of the Road Transport Charges (Australian Cap ital Territory) Act 1993
Schedule 1
Road Charges Legislation Repeal and Amendment Bill 2008 No. , 2008 3
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Schedule 1
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Repeal of the Road Transport
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Charges (Australian Capital Territory)
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Act 1993
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Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Act
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1993
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1 The whole of the Act
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Repeal the Act.
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Schedule 2 A mendments relating to the repeal of the Road Transport Charges
(Australian Cap ital Territory) Act 1993
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Schedule 2
--
Amendments relating to the
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repeal of the Road Transport Charges
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(Australian Capital Territory) Act 1993
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Road Transport Reform (Heavy Vehicles Registration) Act
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1997
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1 Paragraphs 9(c), 10(1)(g) and 17(2)(f)
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Repeal the paragraphs.
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2 Section 30
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Repeal the section.
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Amend ment of the Fuel Tax Act 2006 Schedule 3
Road Charges Legislation Repeal and Amendment Bill 2008 No. , 2008 5
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Schedule 3
--
Amendment of the Fuel Tax Act
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2006
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Fuel Tax Act 2006
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1 Subsection 43-10(3)
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Omit "road user charge, determined by the
*
Transport Minister",
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substitute "
*
road user charge for the fuel".
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2 Subsection 43-10(5)
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Repeal the subsection.
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3 Subsection 43-10(6)
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Omit "road user charge", substitute "
*
road user charge".
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4 At the end of section 43-10
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Add:
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Meaning of road user charge
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(7) The road user charge for taxable fuel means the following rate (as
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indexed in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of
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subsection (8)):
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(a) if no rate has been prescribed by the regulations for the
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purposes of this definition--21 cents for each litre of the
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fuel;
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(b) otherwise--the rate prescribed by the regulations for the
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purposes of this definition.
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(8) The regulations may prescribe a method for indexing the
*
road user
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charge.
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5 Section 110-5
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Insert:
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road user charge has the meaning given by section 43-10.
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6 Section 110-5 (definition of Transport Department)
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Schedule 3 A mendment of the Fuel Tax Act 2006
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Repeal the definition.
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7 Section 110-5 (definition of Transport Minister)
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Repeal the definition.
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8 Section 110-5 (definition of Transport Secretary)
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Repeal the definition, substitute:
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Transport Secretary means the Secretary of the Department
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administered by the Minister who administers the Motor Vehicle
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Standards Act 1989.
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9 Application
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The amendments made by this Schedule apply to taxable fuel acquired
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or manufactured in, or imported into, Australia on or after 1 January
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2009.
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