Second Reading Speeches

Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Excise) Amendment Bill 2014

Type
Government
Portfolio
Agriculture
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Part of a package of five bills to provide for a regulatory framework (which reflects and replaces the

Quarantine Act 1908
), the bill amends the
Quarantine Charges (Imposition—Excise) Act 2014
to: amend the short title of the Act to
Biosecurity Charges Imposition (Excise) Act 2014
; and continue recovery of costs for biosecurity services, as duties of excise, for prescribed matters associated with the administration of the proposed
Biosecurity Act 2014
.

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