1996-97-98
   The Parliament of the
   Commonwealth of Australia
   HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
   Presented and read a first time
   Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Bill 1998
   No. , 1998
   (Transport and Regional Development)
   A Bill for an Act to amend the Interstate Road Transport Charge Act
   1985, and for related purposes

   9804320--625/30.3.1998--(43/98)  Cat. No. 97 2865 1  ISBN 0644 519177

   Contents

   A Bill for an Act to amend the Interstate Road Transport Charge Act
   1985, and for related purposes

   The Parliament of Australia enacts:

      1 Short title

   This Act may be cited as the Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment
   Act 1998.

      2 Commencement

   This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

      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   repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned,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 of the Interstate Road Transport Charge Act 1985

   1 Subsection 5(1)

   Omit "applicable to motor vehicles or trailers of that kind under the
   Schedule", substitute "applicable under subsection (1A) or (1B), as the
   case may be".

   2 After subsection 5(1)

   Insert:

   (1A) If the registration is for 1 year, the amount of the charge is the
   amount applicable to motor vehicles or trailers of that kind under the
   Schedule.

   (1B) If the registration is for less than 1 year, the amount of the
   charge is the amount worked out using the formula:
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   where:

   charge for 1 year means the amount that would be the charge if the
   registration were for 1 year.

   period of registration means the number of days in the period of the
   registration.