INCOME TAX (BEARER DEBENTURES) ACT 1971

SECTION 1  

1   SHORT TITLE  
This Act may be cited as the Income Tax (Bearer Debentures) Act 1971.

SECTION 2  

2   COMMENCEMENT  
This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

SECTION 3  

3   INTERPRETATION  
In this Act, the Assessment Act means the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936-1971.

SECTION 4  

4   INCORPORATION  
The Assessment Act is incorporated and shall be read as one with this Act.

SECTION 5  

5   IMPOSITION OF TAX  
The tax known as income tax, to the extent that it is payable in accordance with section 126 of the Assessment Act, is imposed, and shall be levied and paid, upon interest to which that section applies.

SECTION 6  

6   RATE OF TAX  


The rate of tax imposed by this Act on an amount of interest is 45%.

SECTION 7   TEMPORARY BUDGET REPAIR LEVY  

7(1)    
This section applies to amounts of interest paid or credited in a temporary budget repair levy year.

7(2)    
Increase the rate of tax mentioned in section 6 by 2 percentage points.

7(3)    
In this section:

temporary budget repair levy year
has the same meaning as in section 4-11 of the Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997.