Fuel Tax Act 2006

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1‑A Preliminary

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1‑5 Short title

1‑10 Commencement

1‑15 States and Territories are bound by the fuel tax law

This Act may be cited as the Fuel Tax Act 2006.

This Act commences on 1 July 2006.

The *fuel tax law binds the Crown in right of each of the States, of the Australian Capital Territory and of the Northern Territory. However, it does not make the Crown liable to be prosecuted for an offence.

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2‑A Overview and purpose of the fuel tax law

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2‑1 Overview and purpose of the fuel tax law

This Act provides a single system of fuel tax credits. Fuel tax credits are paid to reduce or remove the incidence of fuel tax levied on taxable fuels, ensuring that, generally, fuel tax is effectively only applied to:

Liability for fuel tax currently arises under the Excise Act 1901, the Excise Tariff Act 1921, the Customs Act 1901 and the Customs Tariff Act 1995.

The administrative aspects of this Act (such as your rights, obligations and payment arrangements) are aligned as closely as possible to the administrative aspects of other indirect taxes (primarily, the GST), and other taxes administered by the Commissioner, to reduce your compliance costs.

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3‑A Explanation of the use of defined terms

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3‑1 When defined terms are identified

3‑5 When terms are not identified

3‑10 Identifying the defined term in a definition