Bills Digest No. 202 1997-98
Stevedoring Levy (Imposition) Bill 1998
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CONTENTS
Passage History
Purpose
Background
Main Provision
Endnotes
Contact Officer & Copyright Details
Passage History
Date Introduced: 8 April 1998
House: House of Representatives
Portfolio: Workplace Relations and Small Business
Commencement: At the same time as the Stevedoring Levy (Collection)
Act 1998.
Purpose
The Bill imposes the levy to fund
a stevedoring redundancy scheme to be administered in the Workplace Relations
and Small Business portfolio in concert with the Maritime Industry Finance
Company (MIFCo).
Background
The present Bill is introduced in conjunction with the
Stevedoring Levy (Collection) Bill 1998. Background to the Government's
proposal appears in the accompanying Digest.
Main Provision
Clause 5 of this Bill imposes the levy. The maximum
rate of levy is set at $20 per container and $10 per vehicle. These rates
may, however, be varied by regulation.
The Minister has announced that the initial rates of
levy will be $12 per container and $6 per vehicle.(1)
Endnotes
- Parliamentary Debates, 8 April 1998, 2727.
Bob Bennett
12 May 1998
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