Stamp Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1974 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

STAMP (No. 2).

No. 46 of 1974.

AN ACT to amend the Stamp Act, 1921-1974.

[Assented to 18th November, 1974.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Stamp Act aftladort eittaittoen.

Amendment Act (No. 2), 1974.

Rerint as

(2) In this Act the Stamp Act, 1921-1974 is approved for i reprint 27th

referred to as the principal Act.	August, 1968
as amended

The principal Act as amended by this Act may by A ofcts Nos.

(3) 54 1968,

/13 of 1969,

be cited as the Stamp Act, 19214974.	21 and 102 of 1970. 3 and 29 of 1971, 32 of 1972, 19 of
1973 and 9 of

No. 46] Stamp (No. 2). [1974.

Commence-

ment.	2. The provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such date as is, or on such dates as are, respectively, fixed by proclamation.
Section 52
amended.	3. Subsection (4) of section 52 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words "ad valorem"
where they occur

(a) in lines one and two; and

(b) in line five.

Section 54

amended.	4. Section 54 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words "six cents" in line one, the words "eight cents".
Section 58
amended.	5. Subsection (3) of section 58 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words "six cents" in line five, the words "eight cents".
Second
Schedule	6. The Second Schedule to the principal Act is amended as to the item headed "BILL OF EXCHANGE OR PROMISSORY NOTE" and the item headed "CHEQUE or ORDER payable on demand" respectively by substituting for the passage "0.06" under the column headed "Stamp Duty Payable" opposite the word "demand" being the last word in the items, the passage "0.08" in each case.
amended.
Second

Schedule	7. The Second Schedule to the principal Act is
further

amended.	further amended by substituting for the passage
"0.06" under the column headed "Stamp Duty Pay-
able" opposite the word "Commonwealth" being the last word in paragraph (1) of the item headed "BILL OF EXCHANGE of any other kind whatsoever, and PROMISSORY NOTE of any other kind whatso- ever", the passage "0.08".