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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
2019-2020-2021
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Offshore Electricity Infrastructure
(Regulatory Levies) Bill 2021
No. , 2021
(Industry, Science, Energy and Resources)
A Bill for an Act to impose offshore electricity
infrastructure levy, and for related purposes
No. , 2021
Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Regulatory Levies) Bill 2021
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Contents
Part 1--Preliminary
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 2
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Act to bind Crown ............................................................................. 2
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Act does not impose levy on property of a State ............................... 2
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Extension to external Territories ....................................................... 2
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Extra-territorial application ............................................................... 3
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Definitions ......................................................................................... 3
Part 2--Imposition and amount of levy
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Imposition of levy.............................................................................. 4
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Amount of levy .................................................................................. 4
Part 3--Regulations
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Regulations ........................................................................................ 5
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A Bill for an Act to impose offshore electricity
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infrastructure levy, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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Part 1--Preliminary
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1 Short title
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This Act is the
Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Regulatory
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Levies) Act 2021
.
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Part 1
Preliminary
Section 2
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
At the same time as the
Offshore Electricity
Infrastructure Act 2021
commences.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Act to bind Crown
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This Act binds the Crown in right of each of the States, of the
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Australian Capital Territory and of the Northern Territory.
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However, it does not bind the Crown in right of the
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Commonwealth.
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4 Act does not impose levy on property of a State
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(1) This Act does not impose a tax on property of any kind belonging
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to a State.
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(2) In this section,
property of any kind belonging to a State
has the
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same meaning as in section 114 of the Constitution.
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5 Extension to external Territories
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This Act extends to the following external Territories:
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(a) Norfolk Island;
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Preliminary
Part 1
Section 6
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(b) the Territory of Christmas Island;
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(c) the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands;
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(d) the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands;
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(e) the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands;
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(f) the Coral Sea Islands Territory.
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6 Extra-territorial application
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This Act extends to acts, omissions, matters and things outside
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Australia.
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7 Definitions
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In this Act:
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offshore electricity infrastructure levy
means levy imposed by
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section 8.
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offshore electricity infrastructure licence holder
means a person
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who is the holder of a licence (within the meaning of the
Offshore
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Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021
).
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offshore infrastructure activity
has the same meaning as in the
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Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021
.
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Registrar
has the same meaning as in the
Offshore Electricity
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Infrastructure Act 2021
.
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Regulator
has the same meaning as in the
Offshore Electricity
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Infrastructure Act 2021
.
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Part 2
Imposition and amount of levy
Section 8
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Offshore Electricity Infrastructure (Regulatory Levies) Bill 2021
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Part 2--Imposition and amount of levy
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8 Imposition of levy
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(1) Offshore electricity infrastructure levy is imposed on a person:
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(a) who is an offshore electricity infrastructure licence holder; or
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(b) who engages in an offshore infrastructure activity of a kind
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prescribed by the regulations.
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(2) The regulations may prescribe different kinds of offshore
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electricity infrastructure levy that are imposed on a person who is
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an offshore electricity infrastructure licence holder.
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(3) Without limiting subsection (2), an offshore electricity
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infrastructure levy imposed on a person who is an offshore
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electricity infrastructure licence holder may relate to:
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(a) a period during which the person holds the licence; or
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(b) a regulatory or compliance activity undertaken by the
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Commonwealth, the Regulator or Registrar that relates to the
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licence.
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9 Amount of levy
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The amount of offshore electricity infrastructure levy is the
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amount:
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(a) prescribed by the regulations; or
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(b) worked out in accordance with a method prescribed by the
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regulations.
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Regulations
Part 3
Section 10
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Part 3--Regulations
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10 Regulations
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The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters:
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(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
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(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or
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giving effect to this Act.
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