2010-2011-2012-2013 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water Efficiency Labelling and 

Standards (Registration Fees) Bill 2013 

 

No.      , 2013 

 

(Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to impose, as taxes, fees for 

applying for registration of WELS products for the 

purposes of the WELS scheme, and for related 

purposes 

   

   

   

 

 

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Contents 

Part 1--Preliminary

 

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

 

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Commencement ................................................................................. 2

 

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Act binds the Crown .......................................................................... 2

 

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Application of this Act ....................................................................... 2

 

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Act does not impose tax on property of a State ................................. 2

 

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Definitions ......................................................................................... 2

 

Part 2--Registration fees

 

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Imposition of registration fees ........................................................... 3

 

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Matters relating to amount of fees ..................................................... 3

 

Part 3--Miscellaneous

 

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Regulations ........................................................................................ 4

 

 

 

 

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A Bill for an Act to impose, as taxes, fees for 

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applying for registration of WELS products for the 

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purposes of the WELS scheme, and for related 

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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 may be cited as the Water Efficiency Labelling and 

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Standards (Registration Fees) Act 2013. 

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Part 1  Preliminary 

   

 

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2  Commencement 

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  This Act commences on the day after this Act receives the Royal 

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Assent. 

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3  Act binds the Crown 

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  This Act binds the Crown in each of its capacities. 

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4  Application of this Act 

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  This Act applies to a registration application made: 

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(a)  in or outside Australia; and 

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(b)  on or after 15 September 2013. 

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5  Act does not impose tax 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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6  Definitions 

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(1)  In this Act: 

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registration application means an application, made under the 

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Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 or a 

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corresponding State-Territory law, for registration of a WELS 

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product (including renewal of registration). 

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registration fees: see subsection 7(1). 

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(2)  Other expressions used in this Act that are defined in the Water 

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Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 have the same 

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meanings as they have in that Act. 

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Registration fees  Part 2 

   

 

Section 7 

 

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7  Imposition of registration fees 

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(1)  The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify fees 

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(registration fees) for registration applications. 

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(2)  Registration fees are imposed, and are so imposed as taxes. 

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(3)  Two or more registration fees may be specified for a single 

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registration application. 

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(4)  Before making an instrument under subsection (1), the Minister 

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must give a draft of the instrument to each participating State or 

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Territory. 

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Note: 

See also subsection 26(8) of the Water Efficiency Labelling and 

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Standards Act 2005. 

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8  Matters relating to amount of fees 

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(1)  A legislative instrument made under subsection 7(1) may specify a 

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registration fee: 

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(a)  by specifying an amount as the fee; or 

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(b)  by specifying a method for calculating the amount of the fee. 

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(2)  Before making the instrument, the Minister must be satisfied that it 

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sets fees at a level that is designed to recover no more than the 

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likely cost of administering the WELS scheme (including the 

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corresponding State-Territory laws) and this Act. 

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Part 3  Miscellaneous 

   

 

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9  Regulations 

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  The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters 

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necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving 

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effect to this Act. 

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