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Excise Tariff Amendment Bill (No.4) 1997
Date Introduced: 3 September 1997
House: House of Representatives
Portfolio: Industry, Science and Tourism
Commencement: Immediately following the commencement of the Excise
Tariff (Fuel Rates Amendments) Act 1997 which was introduced on 25
June 1997 and is yet to pass either the House or the Senate.
The Bill amends the Schedule to the Excise Tariff Act 1921 (the principal Act) to preserve increases in the rates of excise duty on certain petroleum products.
Higher rates of excise were imposed by the Excise Tariff Amendment Act (No.3) 1997 as part of the Commonwealth's safety net legislation passed to protect State and Territory revenues after the High Court's decisions invalidating or casting doubt on State and Territory franchise taxes.(1)
The excise measures provided for here are similar to those affecting rates of customs duty provided for in the accompanying Bills Digest.
Like the proposals contained in the Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No.4) 1997, the proposed measures are made necessary by the likely passage of the Government's fuel tax substitution proposals.
Item 1 amends the Schedule to the principal Act as it will stand after the passage of the Excise Tariff (Fuel Rates Amendments) Bill 1997. The latter Bill, amongst other things, retains the three-tiered excise tariff on petroleum products based on the intended use of those products.
Item 2 similarly increases rates of excise on certain petroleum products but in this case, for those products where the fuel has a lead content exceeding 13 milligrams per litre.
Item 3 applies the rates of increased duty only to those items which have cleared an excise collection point and entered home consumption after the date that this Act commences.
Bob Bennett
15 September 1997
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ISSN 1328-8091
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