Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Excise Charges Imposition) Act 2025

The regulations may prescribe a charge in relation to a prescribed matter connected with the administration of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 or regulations made under that Act.

Charges prescribed under subsection (1) are imposed as taxes.

Two or more charges may be prescribed in relation to the same matter, and a single charge may be prescribed in relation to 2 or more matters.

This section imposes a charge only so far as that charge is a duty of excise within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution.