Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Amendment Regulations 2023 (Cth)

Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Amendment Regulations 2023

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 22 August 2023

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Ged Kearney

Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Aged Care

Contents

1Name

This instrument is the Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Amendment Regulations 2023.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	24 August 2023

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. (2)

   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Act 2019.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1AmendmentsPart 1Amendments

Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Regulations 2020

1

Section 4 (after the heading)

Insert:

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) industrial chemical;

(b) introduce;

(c) registration year.

2

Subsection 5(2) (table)

Repeal the table (not including the note), substitute:

Amount of registration charge
Item	If the value of the relevant industrial chemicals introduced by the person in the financial year preceding the registration year is …	The amount of charge for the registration year is …
1	$0 to $49,999	nil
2	$50,000 to $74,999	$65
3	$75,000 to $99,999	$80
4	$100,000 to $249,999	$205
5	$250,000 to $499,999	$400
6	$500,000 to $2,999,999	$2,430
7	$3,000,000 to $4,999,999	$4,065
8	$5,000,000 or more	$32,405

Part 2Application of amendments

Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Regulations 2020

3At the end of the instrument

Add:

Part 3—Applicational, saving and transitional provisions

7Application of amendments made by the Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Amendment Regulations 2023

1. (1)

   The amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Amendment Regulations 2023 apply in relation to the registration of a person for a registration year beginning on 1 September 2023 and later registration years.