Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment (Charge Amounts and Other Measures) Regulations 2021 (Cth)

Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment (Charge Amounts and Other Measures) Regulations 2021

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 10 June 2021

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Greg Hunt

Minister for Health and Aged Care

Contents

1Name

This instrument is the Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment (Charge Amounts and Other Measures) Regulations 2021.

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	1 July 2021.	1 July 2021

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Act 2016.

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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 1Amendments

Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Regulation 2016

1

Before section 1

Insert:

Part 1—Preliminary

2

Before section 5

Insert:

Part 2—Matters relating to imposition of charge and amount of charge

3

Paragraph 6(2)(a)

Omit “$11,570”, substitute “$12,010”.

4

Paragraph 6(2)(b)

Omit “$19,160” (wherever occurring), substitute “$19,230”.

5

Subparagraph 6(2)(c)(i)

Omit “$107”, substitute “$108”.

6

Before section 7

Insert:

Part 3—Application, saving and transitional provisions

7

At the end of the instrument

Add:

10Application provisions relating to the Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment (Charge Amounts and Other Measures) Regulations 2021

1. (1)

   The amendments of paragraphs 6(2)(a) and (b) made by the Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment (Charge Amounts and Other Measures) Regulations 2021 apply to charge on a licence for licence years that start on or after 1 July 2021.

2. (2)

   The amendment of subparagraph 6(2)(c)(i) made by the Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Amendment (Charge Amounts and Other Measures) Regulations 2021 applies to charge on a licence for licence years that end on or after 1 July 2021 but does not apply to the carrying out of an activity before 1 July 2021.