ENERGY GRANTS (CLEANER FUELS) SCHEME REGULATIONS 2004

REGULATION 3A   EFFECT ON THE DUTY RATE OF PROPOSED EXCISE TARIFF ALTERATIONS  

3A(1)    
For the purposes of the definition of duty rate in regulation 3 , if an Excise Tariff alteration, proposed by a motion moved in the House of Representatives, relates to the excise duty rate for biodiesel, the alteration is taken to have effect as if:

(a) it is an amendment of the Act it proposes to alter; and

(b) that amendment is in force.

3A(2)    
However, the alteration does not have, and is taken never to have had, that effect unless, before whichever of the following first happens:

(a) the close of the session in which the Excise Tariff alteration is proposed;

(b) the expiration of 12 months after the Excise Tariff alteration is proposed;

one or more amendments of an Act come into force that have the effect proposed by the alteration.

3A(3)    
For the purposes of subregulation (2), Excise Tariff alteration is taken to have been proposed at the time the motion referred to in subregulation (1) was moved.