Excise
Amendment Act 1981
No.
65 of 1981
An
Act to amend the Excise Act 1901
[Assented to 12 June 1981]
[Date of commencement 10 July 1981]
BE IT ENACTED by
the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Australia, as follows:
Short
title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Excise Amendment Act 1981.
(2) The Excise Act 19011 is in this Act referred to as the
Principal Act.
Time
for commencing action
2. (1) Section 114 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a)
by omitting from sub-section (1) “six months” and substituting “12 months”; and
(b)
by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) “6 months” and substituting “12 months”.
(2) The amendment made by
paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) applies in relation to any Excise Tariff or
Excise Tariff alteration proposed in the Parliament after 23 February 1981.
(3) The amendment made by
paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) applies in relation to any notice of intention
to propose an Excise Tariff or an Excise Tariff alteration published after 23
February 1981.
Formal
amendments
3. The Principal Act is
amended as set out in the Schedule.
SCHEDULE Section 3
FORMAL
AMENDMENTS
Provision | Amendment |
Section 60......... | Omit
“Australia” (wherever occurring), substitute “the Commonwealth”.
|
Section 77l....... | Omit
“Minister for National Development” (wherever occurring), substitute “Minister
for National Development and Energy”.
|
Section 77n....... | Omit
“Minister for National Development” (wherever occurring), substitute “Minister
for National Development and Energy”.
|
Section
80 | Omit
“Australia” (wherever occurring), substitute “the Commonwealth”.
|
NOTE
1.