Tobacco Charge
(No. 2) Amendment Act 1986
No.
85 of 1986
An
Act to amend the Tobacco Charge Act (No.
2) 1955, and for related purposes
[Assented to 25 June 1986]
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 Tobacco Charge (No. 2) Amendment Act
1986.
(2) The Tobacco Charge Act (No. 2) 19551 is in this Act referred
to as the Principal Act.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come into
operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3. After section 6 of the
Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Prescribed
amounts
“6a. Until regulations are made for the
purposes of section 5 of the Tobacco
Charge Act (No. 1) 1955, section 6 of this Act has effect as if—
(a)
the reference in paragraph 6 (a) to the amount that is prescribed for the
purposes of paragraph 5 (a) of the first-mentioned Act were a reference to 0.8
cents; and
(b)
the reference in paragraph 6 (b) to the amount that is prescribed for the
purposes of paragraph 5 (b) of the first-mentioned Act were a reference to 2.7
cents.”.
Application
of amendments
4. The amendment made by
section 3 applies in respect of Australian tobacco leaf that, on or after 1
April 1986, was or is purchased by a manufacturer to whom sub-section 5 (1) of
the Principal Act applies.
NOTE
1. No. 60, 1955,
as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 92, 1981; No. 74, 1982; and No.
97, 1985.
[Minister’s
second reading speech made in—
House
of Representatives on 17 April 1986
Senate
on 27 May 1986