Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Act 1995

Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Act 1995

No. 125, 1995

Compilation No. 10

Compilation date: 1 July 2026

Includes amendments: Act No. 68, 2025

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Act 1995 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 1 July 2026 (the compilation date).

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Contents

1 Short title

2 Commencement

2A Definitions

3 Interpretation

3A Manufacture levy—SGGs

4 Manufacture levy—substances other than SGGs

5 Regulations

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

An Act to impose levies on the manufacture of HCFCs, methyl bromide and SGGs under licences granted under the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989

1  Short title

  This Act may be cited as the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Act 1995.

2  Commencement

  This Act commences on 1 January 1996.

2A  Definitions

  In this Act:

amount includes a nil amount.

Import Levy Act means the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Act 1995.

Management Act means the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989.

medical equipment includes pharmaceutical equipment.

3  Interpretation

 (1) An expression used in this Act has the same meaning in this Act as it has in the Management Act.

 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), section 9 (references to scheduled substances and equipment) of the Management Act applies in relation to this Act in the same way as that section applies in relation to the Management Act.

 (3) In determining for the purposes of this Act whether a licence allows the licensee to carry out an activity, disregard any suspension of the licence.

Note: For the effect of a licence suspension, see subsection 19D(4) of the Management Act.

3A  Manufacture levy—SGGs

 (1) If:

 (a) a controlled substances licence allows the licensee to manufacture SGGs; and

 (b) the licensee manufactures an SGG during a reporting period during which the licence is in force;

levy is imposed on the licensee in respect of that manufacture.

Note: This subsection applies only in relation to the manufacture of SGGs that are bulk scheduled substances (see subsection 3(2) of this Act and subsection 9(1) of the Management Act).

 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the manufacture of an SGG in circumstances, or for a purpose, prescribed for the purposes of subsection 13(2) of the Management Act.

 (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the manufacture of an SGG that is to be used for a purpose prescribed by the regulations.

 (4) For the purposes of this section, if a licence is in force for only part of a particular reporting period, that part is taken to be a reporting period.

 (4A) Subsection (4B) applies for the purposes of:

 (a) this section and any other section of this or any other Act that relates to this section; and

 (b) any regulations made under this or any other Act that relate to this section.

 (4B) The quantity of an SGG that is taken to be manufactured is the quantity actually manufactured reduced by the heel allowance percentage for the SGG.

 (5) The amount of levy imposed by subsection (1) on a licensee in respect of the manufacture of an SGG in a reporting period is the amount worked out using the following formula:

where:

prescribed rate means the amount prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.

 (7) If:

 (a) levy is imposed by subsection (1) on a licensee in respect of the manufacture of an SGG; and

 (b) the CEO is satisfied that the SGG:

 (i) is to be used in medical equipment; or

 (ii) is to be used in the manufacture of medical equipment; or

 (iii) is to be used in equipment of a kind prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 13(4)(a) or (6)(a) of the Management Act; or

 (v) is to be used for a purpose prescribed by the regulations;

the CEO may, by written notice given to the licensee, determine that the licensee is exempt from the levy.

 (9) In making a determination under subsection (7), the CEO must have regard to such matters as are specified in the regulations.

 (12) Before the Governor‑General makes regulations for the purposes of a provision mentioned in column 1 of an item in the following table, the Minister must be satisfied of the matter, or one or more of the matters, mentioned in column 2 of that item.

4  Manufacture levy—substances other than SGGs

 (1) If:

 (a) a controlled substances licence allows the licensee to manufacture a substance or substances (other than an SGG); and

 (b) the licensee manufactures any such substance during a reporting period during which the licence is in force;

then levy is imposed on the licensee in respect of that manufacture.

Note: This subsection applies only in relation to the manufacture of scheduled substances (other than SGGs) that are bulk scheduled substances (see subsection 3(2) of this Act and subsection 9(1) of the Management Act).

 (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), if a licence is in force for only part of a particular reporting period, that part is taken to be a reporting period.

 (3A) For the purposes of this section, the quantity of a substance that is taken to be manufactured is the quantity of the substance that is actually manufactured reduced by the heel allowance percentage for the substance.

 (4) The amount of levy imposed by subsection (1) on a licensee in respect of the manufacture of a substance other than an SGG in a reporting period is the amount prescribed, or worked out in accordance with a method prescribed, by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection.

 (5) Before the Governor‑General makes regulations for the purposes of subsection (4), the Minister must be satisfied that the effect of this Act and the Import Levy Act will be to recover no more than the Commonwealth’s likely costs of the kind mentioned in paragraph 65D(a), (b), (c) or (ca) of the Management Act.

 (6) For the purposes of subsection (5), disregard any costs that are likely to be offset by fees charged under the Management Act or regulations made under it.

5  Regulations

  The Governor‑General may make regulations prescribing matters:

 (a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed by the regulations; or

 (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

Endnotes

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Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

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Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history