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Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Registration Fees) Act 2012 (No. 133).

Country/Territory
Australia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to impose, as taxes, fees for registering models of GEMS products under the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012, and for related purposes.
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Energy
Keyword
Ozone layer Monitoring Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Environmental standards Royalties/fees Registration Standards Protection of environment Energy conservation/energy production
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act, consisting of 9 sections establishes the imposition of registration fees. In particular, it specifies the following issues: 1) The GEMS Regulator may, by legislative instrument, specify fees (registration fees) for registration applications. 2) Registration fees specified under subsection (1) are imposed, and are so imposed as taxes. 3) Two or more registration fees may be specified for a single registration application. A legislative instrument made under subsection 8(1) may specify a registration fee: (a) by specifying an amount as the fee; or (b) by specifying a method for calculating the amount of the fee. In specifying the amount of a registration fee, or a method for calculating such an amount, for the purposes of subsection (1). GEMS Regulator may take into account only the following matters: (a) the cost of processing registration applications; (b) the cost of compliance monitoring (including testing) in relation to models of GEMS products, for the purposes of the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012.

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.gov.au