2002
   The Parliament of the
   Commonwealth of Australia
   HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
   Presented and read a first time
   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges)
   Amendment Bill 2002
   No. , 2002
   (Health and Ageing)
   A Bill for an Act to amend the Australian Radiation Protection and
   Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Act 1998, and for related purposes

   Contents

   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges)
   Act 1998 3

   A Bill for an Act to amend the Australian Radiation Protection and
   Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Act 1998, and for related purposes

   The Parliament of Australia enacts:

      1 Short title

   This Act may be cited as the Australian Radiation Protection and
   Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Amendment Act 2002.

      2 Commencement

   This Act is taken to have commenced on 5 February 1999, immediately
   after the commencement of the Australian Radiation Protection and
   Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Act 1998.

      3 Schedule(s)

   Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
   repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned,
   and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to
   its terms.

        Schedule 1--Amendment

   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges)
   Act 1998

   1 After section 5

   Insert:

      5A Tax exempt bodies liable to pay charge

   (1) A person who is the holder of a facility licence or a source
   licence is liable to pay the charge imposed by this Act:

   (a) even if a provision of a Commonwealth law is expressed to exempt
   the person from taxes or charges, or specified taxes or charges; and

   (b) even if that provision is expressed to prevail over other laws.

   (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the relevant provision explicitly
   refers to this Act.