Customs Tariff (Uranium Concentrate Export Duty) Act 1980

Customs Tariff (Uranium Concentrate Export Duty) Act 1980

Act No. 16 of 1980 as amended

[Note: This Act is repealed by Act No. 133 of 1994]

This compilation was prepared on 20 March 2001
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 133 of 1994

The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney‑General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

1 Short title [see Note 1]...........................

2 Commencement [see Note 1].......................

2A General administration of Act.......................

3 Incorporation.................................

4 Interpretation.................................

5 Imposition of duty..............................

6 Rate of Duty.................................

Notes 

An Act relating to an export duty on certain uranium concentrate

1  Short title [see Note 1]

  This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Uranium Concentrate Export Duty) Act 1980.

2  Commencement [see Note 1]

  This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

2A  General administration of Act

  The Comptroller‑General of Customs has the general administration of this Act.

3  Incorporation

  The Customs Act 1901 is incorporated and shall be read as one with this Act.

4  Interpretation

  In this Act:

Alligator Rivers Region uranium concentrate means natural uranium concentrate (commonly called yellowcake) produced from uranium ore obtained in the region defined as the Alligator Rivers Region in the Environment Protection (Alligator Rivers Region) Act 1978.

vessel means a ship or aircraft.

5  Imposition of duty

 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a duty of Customs is imposed on Alligator Rivers Region uranium concentrate exported from Australia on or after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to Alligator Rivers Region uranium concentrate loaded onto a vessel before the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent for export from Australia or to Alligator Rivers Region uranium concentrate loaded onto a vessel on or after that day for export from Australia as part of a consignment of Alligator Rivers Region uranium concentrate for export from Australia the loading of which onto that vessel commenced before that day.

6  Rate of Duty

 (1) The rate of the duty of Customs imposed by this Act on Alligator Rivers Region uranium concentrate exported from Australia is $1.30 per kilogram of anhydrous triuranium octoxide contained in that concentrate.

 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the weight, in kilograms, of anhydrous triuranium octoxide contained in a quantity of Alligator Rivers Region uranium concentrate shall be ascertained by multiplying by 1.1792 the weight, in kilograms, established by means of an assay of that concentrate, of the element uranium contained in that concentrate.

Notes to the Customs Tariff (Uranium Concentrate Export Duty) Act 1980

Note 1

The Customs Tariff (Uranium Concentrate Export Duty) Act 1980 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 16, 1980 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

(a) Section 2 of the Customs Tariff (Uranium Concentrate Export Duty) Amendment Act 1987 provides as follows:

 2 This Act shall be deemed to have commenced at the hour of 8 o’clock in the evening by standard time in the Australian Capital Territory on 19 August 1986.

(b) Section 2 of the Customs Tariff (Uranium Concentrate Export Duty) Amendment Act 1988 provides as follows:

 2 This Act shall be deemed to have commenced at the hour of 8 o’clock in the evening by standard time in the Australian Capital Territory on 15 September 1987.

(c) Section 2 of the Customs Tariff (Uranium Concentrate Export Duty) Amendment Act 1989 provides as follows:

 2 This Act shall be taken to have commenced at the hour of 8 pm by standard time in the Australian Capital Territory on 23 August 1988.

Table of Amendments