Tobacco Charge Amendment Act 1982
No. 72 of 1982
An Act to amend the Tobacco Charge Act (No. 1) 1955
[Assented to 6 September 1982]
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 Amendment Act
(2) The Tobacco Charge Act (No. 1) 19551 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come into operation, or shall be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires, immediately after the commencement of the. Tobacco Charge (No. 1) Amendment Act 1982.
Regulations
3. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) “prescribing a rate of charge that is higher or lower than the rate specified in paragraph 5 (a)” and substituting “for the purposes of section 5 prescribing a rate of charge not exceeding 6 cents per kilogram”.
NOTE
1. No. 59, 1955, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 86, 1965; No 93, 1966; and No. 73, 1982.