Export Charges (Imposition—General) Act 2015

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.

This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted.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.

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.

Subject to subsection (2), this Act does not extend to the external Territories.

If rules made for the purposes of paragraph 8(2)(a) of the Export Control Act 2020 extend that Act, or any provisions of that Act, to an external Territory, then this Act extends to that external Territory.

If rules made for the purposes of paragraph 8(2)(b) of the Export Control Act 2020 extend that Act, or any provisions of that Act, to an area adjacent to an external Territory, then this Act extends to that area.

If rules made for the purposes of paragraph 8(2)(c) of the Export Control Act 2020 extend that Act, or any provisions of that Act, to an area outside the Australian fishing zone in relation to which the Fisheries Management Act 1991 applies, under regulations made for the purposes of section 8 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991, then this Act extends to that area.

This Act does not impose a tax on property of any kind belonging to a State.

In this section:

The regulations may prescribe a charge in relation to the export of a kind of goods covered by the Export Control Act 2020.

The charges prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) are imposed as taxes.

Two or more charges may be prescribed in relation to the same kind of goods, and a single charge may be prescribed in relation to 2 or more kinds of goods.

This section imposes a charge only so far as that charge is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution.

The regulations may prescribe a charge for the purposes of subsection 7(1):

by specifying an amount as the charge; or

by specifying a method for calculating the amount of the charge.

Before the Governor‑General makes regulations for the purposes of subsection 7(1) prescribing a charge in relation to the export of a kind of goods, the Minister must be satisfied that the amount of the charge is set at a level that is designed to recover no more than the Commonwealth’s likely costs in connection with the export of the goods.

The regulations may prescribe a charge in relation to a matter relating to the export of a kind of goods if:

the export of goods of that kind is covered by the Export Control Act 2020; or

provision in relation to the matter is made under the Export Control Act 2020.

The charges prescribed for the purposes of 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 neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution.

The regulations may prescribe a charge for the purposes of subsection 11(1):

by specifying an amount as the charge; or

by specifying a method for calculating the amount of the charge.

Before the Governor‑General makes regulations for the purposes of subsection 11(1) prescribing a charge in relation to a matter, the Minister must be satisfied that the amount of the charge is set at a level that is designed to recover no more than the Commonwealth’s likely costs in connection with the matter.

required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or

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