Excise Act (No. 2) 1973 (Cth)

Excise Act (No. 2) 1973

No. 145 of 1973

 

AN ACT

To amend section 77b of the Excise Act 1901-1972, as amended by the Excise Act 1973.

[Assented to 22 November 1973]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Excise Act (No. 2) 1973.

(2) The Excise Act 1901-1972, as amended by the Excise Act 1973, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3) Sub-section 1(3) of the Excise Act 1973 is omitted.

(4) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Excise Act 1901-1973.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 22nd August, 1973.

 

Dutiable contents of vessels.

3. Section 77b of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) the words “two hundred and thirty-four litres” and substituting the words “two hundred and thirty-six and one-half litres”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) the words “one hundred and fifty-seven and one-half litres” and substituting the words “one hundred and sixty litres”;

(c) by omitting from paragraph (c) the words “one hundred and seventeen litres” and substituting the words “one hundred and nineteen and one-half litres”; and

(d) by omitting from paragraph (d) the words “seventy-six and one-half litres” and substituting the words “seventy-nine litres”.