Excise Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Act 2011

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Excise Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Act 2011

Act No. 67 of 2011 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 1 July 2012
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 156 of 2011

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

The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
AttorneyGeneral’s Department, Canberra

 

 

Contents

1 Short title [see Note 1]

2 Commencement

3 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Excise Tariff Act 1921

Part 1—Amendments to commence on 1 December 2011

Part 2—Amendments to commence on 1 July 2012

Part 3—Amendments to commence on 1 July 2013

Part 4—Amendments to commence on 1 July 2014

Part 5—Amendments to commence on 1 July 2015

Part 6—Application of amendments

Notes

 

An Act to amend the law relating to excise on certain fuels, and for related purposes

1  Short title [see Note 1]

  This Act may be cited as the Excise Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Act 2011.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this Act 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

Provision(s)

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

29 June 2011

2.  Schedule 1, Part 1

1 December 2011.

However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if any of the following do not commence on or before 1 December 2011:

(a) Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Customs Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Act 2011;

(b) Schedule 1 to the Taxation of Alternative Fuels Legislation Amendment Act 2011;

(c) Schedule 1 to the Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Amendment Act 2011.

1 December 2011

3.  Schedule 1, Part 2

1 July 2012.

However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if the provision(s) covered by table item 2 do not commence at all.

1 July 2012

4.  Schedule 1, Part 3

1 July 2013.

However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if the provision(s) covered by table item 2 do not commence at all.

1 July 2013

5.  Schedule 1, Part 4

1 July 2014.

However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if the provision(s) covered by table item 2 do not commence at all.

1 July 2014

6.  Schedule 1, Part 5

1 July 2015.

However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if the provision(s) covered by table item 2 do not commence at all.

1 July 2015

7.  Schedule 1, Part 6

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

29 June 2011

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

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

3  Schedule(s)

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

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Excise Tariff Act 1921

Part 1—Amendments to commence on 1 December 2011

1  Subsection 3(1)

Insert:

liquefied petroleum gas means:

 (a) liquid propane; or

 (b) a liquid mixture of propane and butane; or

 (c) a liquid mixture of propane and other hydrocarbons that consists mainly of propane; or

 (d) a liquid mixture of propane, butane and other hydrocarbons that consists mainly of propane and butane.

2  Section 6G

Repeal the section, substitute:

6G  Duty payable on blended goods

 (1) Work out the duty payable under this Act on goods (the blended goods) that are classified to subitem 10.7, 10.11, 10.12 or 10.30 of the Schedule as follows:

Method statement

Step 1. Add up the amount of duty that would be payable on each constituent of the blended goods, that is classified to item 10 of the Schedule, if the constituent had not been included in the blended goods.

Step 2. Work out the volume, in litres, of the blended goods that is not attributable to those constituents or to water added to manufacture the blended goods.

Step 3. Multiply the result of step 2 by $0.38143.

Step 4. Total the results of steps 1 and 3.

Step 5. Subtract from the total any duty paid on a constituent of the blended goods that is classified to item 10 or 15 of the Schedule.

 (2) If a constituent of the blended goods was imported, assume for the purposes of subsection (1) that:

 (a) the constituent was manufactured in Australia when it was imported; and

 (b) if customs duty was paid on the constituent, there was a payment of excise duty equal to the lesser of the following amounts (or either of them if they are equal):

 (i) the amount of excise duty that would have been payable on the constituent had it been manufactured in Australia when it was imported;

 (ii) the amount of the customs duty paid.

3  Schedule (subparagraph (a)(i) of the cell at table item 10, column headed “Description of goods”)

Omit “and”, substitute “or”.

4  Schedule (after paragraph (d) of the cell at table item 10, column headed “Description of goods”)

Insert:

(da) liquefied petroleum gas;

(db) liquefied natural gas;

(dc) compressed natural gas;

5  Schedule (paragraph (i) of the cell at table item 10, column headed “Description of goods”)

Omit “, liquefied petroleum gas”.

6  Schedule (at the end of the cell at table item 10, column headed “Description of goods”)

Add:

(j) goods covered by section 77HA or 77HB of the Excise Act 1901

7  Schedule (after table subitem 10.18)

Insert:

 

10.19A

Liquefied petroleum gas, other than liquefied petroleum gas exempted from excise duty by section 77HB of the Excise Act 1901

$0.025 per litre

 

10.19B

Liquefied natural gas, other than liquefied natural gas exempted from excise duty by section 77HB of the Excise Act 1901

$0.0522 per kilogram

 

10.19C

Compressed natural gas, other than compressed natural gas exempted from excise duty by section 77HA of the Excise Act 1901

$0.0522 per kilogram


Part 2—Amendments to commence on 1 July 2012

8  Schedule (table subitems 10.19A, 10.19B and 10.19C)

Repeal the subitems, substitute:

 

10.19A

Liquefied petroleum gas, other than liquefied petroleum gas exempted from excise duty by section 77HB of the Excise Act 1901

$0.05 per litre

 

10.19B

Liquefied natural gas, other than liquefied natural gas exempted from excise duty by section 77HB of the Excise Act 1901

$0.1045 per kilogram

 

10.19C

Compressed natural gas, other than compressed natural gas exempted from excise duty by section 77HA of the Excise Act 1901

$0.1045 per kilogram


Part 3—Amendments to commence on 1 July 2013

9  Schedule (table subitems 10.19A, 10.19B and 10.19C)

Repeal the subitems, substitute:

 

10.19A

Liquefied petroleum gas, other than liquefied petroleum gas exempted from excise duty by section 77HB of the Excise Act 1901

$0.075 per litre

 

10.19B

Liquefied natural gas, other than liquefied natural gas exempted from excise duty by section 77HB of the Excise Act 1901

$0.1567 per kilogram

 

10.19C

Compressed natural gas, other than carbonrated compressed natural gas and compressed natural gas exempted from excise duty by section 77HA of the Excise Act 1901

$0.1567 per kilogram


Part 4—Amendments to commence on 1 July 2014

10  Schedule (table subitems 10.19A, 10.19B and 10.19C)

Repeal the subitems, substitute:

 

10.19A

Liquefied petroleum gas, other than liquefied petroleum gas exempted from excise duty by section 77HB of the Excise Act 1901

$0.10 per litre

 

10.19B

Liquefied natural gas, other than liquefied natural gas exempted from excise duty by section 77HB of the Excise Act 1901

$0.209 per kilogram

 

10.19C

Compressed natural gas, other than carbonrated compressed natural gas and compressed natural gas exempted from excise duty by section 77HA of the Excise Act 1901

$0.209 per kilogram


Part 5—Amendments to commence on 1 July 2015

11  Schedule (table subitems 10.19A, 10.19B and 10.19C)

Repeal the subitems, substitute:

 

10.19A

Liquefied petroleum gas, other than liquefied petroleum gas exempted from excise duty by section 77HB of the Excise Act 1901

$0.125 per litre

 

10.19B

Liquefied natural gas, other than liquefied natural gas exempted from excise duty by section 77HB of the Excise Act 1901

$0.2613 per kilogram

 

10.19C

Compressed natural gas, other than carbonrated compressed natural gas and compressed natural gas exempted from excise duty by section 77HA of the Excise Act 1901

$0.2613 per kilogram


Part 6—Application of amendments

12  Application of amendments

(1) The amendments of the Schedule to the Excise Tariff Act 1921 made by a Part of this Schedule apply to goods manufactured or produced in Australia on or after the day that Part commenced and goods for which all the following conditions are met:

 (a) the goods were manufactured or produced in Australia before that day;

 (b) on that day, the goods either:

 (i) were subject to the CEO’s control; or

 (ii) were in the stock, custody or possession of, or belonged to, a manufacturer or producer of the goods; and

 (c) no duty of excise had been paid on the goods before that day.

(2) This item has effect despite subsection 5(2) of the Excise Tariff Act 1921.

Notes to the Excise Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Act 2011

Note 1

The Excise Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Act 2011 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 67, 2011 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

Act

Number
and year

Date
of Assent

Date of commencement

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Excise Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Act 2011

67, 2011

29 June 2011

See s. 2(1)

 

Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Act 2011

156, 2011

4 Dec 2011

Schedule 2 (items 9–11): (a)

(a) Subsection 2(1) (item 3) of the Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Act 2011 provides as follows:

 (1) Each provision of this Act 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

Provision(s)

Commencement

Date/Details

3.  Schedule 2

Immediately after the commencement of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Excise Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Act 2011.

However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if section 3 of the Clean Energy Act 2011 does not commence on or before 1 July 2012.

1 July 2012

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

Schedule 1

 

Part 3

 

Item 9..................

am. No. 156, 2011

Part 4

 

Item 10.................

am. No. 156, 2011

Part 5

 

Item 11.................

am. No. 156, 2011

 

Overview

The Excise Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Act 2011 was enacted by the Australian Parliament to address the gap in the taxation of alternative fuels, which was previously inadequate to encourage the use of environmentally friendly fuels. The Act amends the Excise Tariff Act 1921 to introduce a new excise regime for certain alternative fuels, ensuring that these fuels are taxed in a manner that reflects their environmental benefits and their potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The policy objective of this Act is to support the transition towards a cleaner and more sustainable energy future by providing financial incentives for the use of alternative fuels through appropriate taxation measures. The Act introduces a phased approach to the taxation of alternative fuels, with the rates of excise duty increasing progressively over a four-year period, from 1 December 2011 to 1 July 2015. This approach allows for adjustments to be made based on market conditions and technological advancements in the alternative fuels sector.

Scope and Application

The Excise Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Act 2011 is a Commonwealth Act that amends the Excise Tariff Act 1921 to impose excise duties on certain alternative fuels produced or manufactured in Australia. The Act applies to entities and persons involved in the manufacture or production of specified alternative fuels, such as liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, and compressed natural gas. The amendments to the Excise Tariff Act 1921 apply to goods manufactured or produced in Australia on or after the specified commencement dates and also to goods that were manufactured or produced before the commencement date, provided certain conditions are met. The Act does not specify any exclusions or exemptions, and its application may be extended or restricted through subordinate instruments. The amendments to the Excise Tariff Act 1921 are set out in the Schedule to this Act, which is divided into six Parts, each with a different commencement date ranging from 1 December 2011 to 1 July 2015. The operation of these amendments may be affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section.

Key Provisions

The Excise Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Act 2011 (Cth) amends the Excise Tariff Act 1921 (Cth) to introduce excise duty on certain alternative fuels. Section 1 of the Act provides the short title, while section 2 details the commencement of the various amendments. The primary operative sections are found in Schedule 1, which amends the Excise Tariff Act 1921. These amendments are staggered, with different parts of Schedule 1 commencing on various dates from 1 December 2011 to 1 July 2015. Specifically, Part 1 introduces definitions and duties for liquefied petroleum gas, while subsequent parts incrementally increase the duty rates for liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, and compressed natural gas over the specified periods. The Act imposes specific obligations on parties involved in the production, importation, and sale of the affected fuels. Manufacturers and producers must ensure that excise duty is calculated and paid in accordance with the amended provisions of the Excise Tariff Act 1921. Importers of fuel constituents must also comply with the duty calculations as outlined in section 6G of the Excise Tariff Act 1921, which has been repealed and substituted with new duty calculation methods. Furthermore, entities must maintain accurate records of fuel production and importation to facilitate compliance with the new duty requirements. Breaching the provisions of the Excise Tariff Act 1921, as amended by this Act, can result in significant penalties. Offences under the Excise Act 1901 (Cth) include the evasion of excise duty, which is a criminal offence. The maximum penalty for evasion can be up to 10 years imprisonment, reflecting the seriousness with which the Australian Government treats non-compliance. Additionally, civil penalties may apply for failure to comply with record-keeping and reporting requirements, including fines up to $21,000 for individuals and higher amounts for corporations. These penalties underscore the importance of adherence to the new excise duty provisions for alternative fuels.

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