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  • Date
    28 Jun 2000 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    29 Feb 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    , proposed
    Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2012
    and eight other Acts to align the self actuating system for the goods and services tax, the luxury car tax, the wine equalisation tax and fuel tax credits with the self assessment system for income tax;
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
    and
    Fuel Tax Act 2006
    to allow the Commissioner of Taxation to make a determination allowing a taxpayer to account for errors in relation to net amounts or net fuel amounts for prior tax and fuel tax return periods, providing the error is corrected during the relevant period of review;
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
    ,
    A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999
    and
    A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Act 1999
    to clarify the definition of ‘net amount’; and
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
    ,
    Fuel Tax Act 2006
    ,
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to make technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    24 Jun 2004 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to: allow certain small businesses and non-profit bodies the option to report and pay the goods and services tax (GST) on an annual basis; allow small businesses to undertake annual apportionment of input tax credits for certain acquisitions and importations used for partly creditable purposes; and remove the requirement for an entity to make an annual election to continue with the option to pay GST by instalments. Also contains application provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    11 May 2000 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasurer's portfolio 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    in relation to non-profit bodies; goods and services tax (GST) accounting for transactions between agents and principals; and the new uniform penalty regime introduced in the
    A New Tax System (Tax Administration) Bill (No. 2) 2000
    ;
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
    in relation to GST-free supplies; supplies involving non-residents; financial supplies; supplies of livestock or game; new residential premises; adjustments notes for overpaid GST; individuals and GST groups; second-hand goods; associates of GST branches and government related entities; turnover of gambling supplies; electronic lodgment of GST returns; timing of GST credit entitlement; government schools; GST religious groups; school tuckshops; inwards duty free shops; interaction with fringe benefits tax; mixed supply; reimported goods; reimbursement of partners; employers paying work-related expenses of employees; imported goods supplied in bond; and deceased estates;
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
    ,
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Transition) Act 1999
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    in relation to rules for calculating GST;
    A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999
    ,
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
    ,
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    ,
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    in relation to joint ventures;
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
    and
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Transition) Act 1999
    in relation to insurance;
    Taxation (Interest on Overpayments and Early Payments) Act 1983
    in relation to interest on overpayments of GST;
    Sales Tax Assessment Act 1992
    in relation to sales tax liability on certain alcoholic beverages held on 30 June 2000;
    A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999
    in relation to application of the Act to: superannuation funds; partnerships; and mutual organisations;
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Transition) Act 1999
    in relation to application of GST to rights; pre-paid funerals; alcoholic beverages; and input tax credits on motor vehicles;
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    in relation to joint and several liability of GST groups; and credits of representative members of GST groups;
    A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Act 1999
    in relation to producer rebates;
    A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999
    to apply the luxury car tax to campervans and motor homes;
    Customs Act 1901
    in relation to customs duty and GST on non-commercial low value postal importations; and
    A New Tax System (Ends of Sales Tax) Act 1999
    ,
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Transition) Act 1999
    and
    A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax and Luxury Car Tax Transition) Act 1999
    in relation to trading periods spanning midnight on 30 June 2000. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    01 Jun 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health 
    Summary
    Part of a package of six bills to establish a new national regulatory scheme for industrial chemicals, the bill: repeals the
    Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
    ,
    Industrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—Customs) Act 1997
    ,
    Industrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—Excise) Act 1997
    and
    Industrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—General) Act 1997
    ; makes consequential amendments to the
    Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994
    ,
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    and
    Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997
    ; and provides for transitional arrangements. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    13 Jun 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
    to: regulate cosmetics by enabling the minister to make standards for cosmetic products that are imported into, or manufactured in, Australia; create a criminal offence for importing or manufacturing in Australia a cosmetic that does not meet the standard; and makes minor technical changes. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    06 Jul 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
    to: provide that chemicals in products previously regulated by other Commonwealth agencies can be transferred to the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme; enable formal notification and assessment arrangements for ultra-violet filters in secondary sunscreen products; and enable summary assessment reports to be published online. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    31 Mar 2004 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
    in relation to: low regulatory concern chemicals, including new permit categories and exemptions, annual reporting and record keeping obligations; administrative processes for some permit renewals; and make miscellaneous and consequential amendments in relation to: the definition of “cosmetics”; inclusion of certain material on the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances; and mandatory company registration for chemical introducers. Also contains application, saving and transitional provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    11 Feb 2004 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Amendment Bill 2004, the bill amends the
    Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
    to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. Also contains an application provision. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    28 May 2003 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Ageing portfolio 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
    to: increase the maximum quantity of new industrial chemicals that a manufacturer or importer can introduce under the Commercial Evaluation Permit system from 2 000 to 4 000 kilograms; align the renewal deadline for the registration of introducers of industrial chemicals with the expiry date of registration (i.e. 31 August); require notification of non-renewal by 31 August; abolish the urgent handling fee and establish late renewal penalties for renewals received after the renewal deadline; and remove fees and charges provisions from the Act so that they may be specified in regulations. Also contains application and saving provisions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum