Bass Strait
Freight Adjustment Levy Act 1984
No. 25 of 1984
An Act to impose
a levy upon certain crude oil
[Assented to 26 April 1984]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the
Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as
follows:
Short
title
1. This Act may be cited
as the Bass Strait Freight Adjustment
Levy Act 1984.
Commencement
2. This Act shall be
deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 1984.
Collection
Act to be read with this Act
3. The Bass Strait Freight Adjustment Levy
Collection Act 1984 shall be incorporated and read as one with this Act.
Interpretation
4. In this Act, unless the
contrary intention appears—
“adjustment
levy” means the levy imposed by this Act;
“Australian
installation” means an installation (within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901)that is deemed to be part of Australia by virtue of the operation
of section 5 of the Customs Tariff Act
1982.
Imposition
of levy
5. A levy is imposed on
unstabilized crude petroleum oil produced at an Australian installation in the
Gippsland Basin in Bass Strait.
Rate
of levy
6. The rate of adjustment
levy is $1.26 per kilolitre.
By
whom levy is payable
7.