Contents

1............ Short title [see Note 1]....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1].............................................................. 1

4............ Travel involving intermediate destinations......................................... 2

5............ Imposition of passenger movement charge......................................... 3

6............ Rate of passenger movement charge................................................... 3

Notes                                                                                                                                               5

 

Notes to the Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978

Note 1

The Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 118, 1978 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 30 June 1998 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Departure Tax Act 1978	118, 1978	29 Sept 1978	24 Oct 1978 (see Gazette 1978, No. S216)
Departure Tax Amendment Act 1981	131, 1981	30 Sept 1981	1 Oct 1981	S. 4
Departure Tax Amendment Act 1988	47, 1988	15 June 1988	1 July 1988	--
Departure Tax Amendment Act 1991	77, 1991	25 June 1991	1 Aug 1991	S. 4
Departure Tax Amendment Act 1993	96, 1993	22 Dec 1993	1 Jan 1994	S. 4
Departure Tax Amendment Act 1994	146, 1994	8 Dec 1994	16 Dec 1994 (see s. 2)	Ss. 3 and 9
Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Act 1995	64, 1995	30 June 1995	1 July 1995	Sch. (item 2)
Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Act 1998	66, 1998	30 June 1998	1 Jan 1999	Sch. 1 (item 2)
Timor Gap Treaty (Transitional Arrangements) Act 2000	25, 2000	3 Apr 2000	Ss 4-6 and Schedule 2 (item 37): (a)	Ss. 4-6 [see Table A]
Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Act 2001	79, 2001	30 June 2001	1 July 2001	Sch. 1 (item 2) [see Table A]
Passenger Movement Charge (Timor Sea Treaty) Amendment Act 2003	11, 2003	2 Apr 2003	20 May 2002	--
Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Act 2008	58, 2008	30 June 2008	1 July 2008	Sch. 1 (item 2) [see Table A]

(a)     The Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978 was amended by Schedule 2 (item 37) only of the Timor Gap Treaty (Transitional Arrangements) Act 2000, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   Sections 3 to 7 and Schedules 1 and 2 (other than items 18 to 25 of Schedule 2) are taken to have commenced at the transition time. [see Table A]

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Title......................................	am. No. 146, 1994
S. 1......................................	am. No. 146, 1994
S. 3......................................	am. No. 146, 1994
	rs. No. 64, 1995
	am. No. 25, 2000; No. 11, 2003
S. 4......................................	rs. No. 64, 1995
	am. No. 11, 2003
S. 5......................................	am. No. 146, 1994
	rs. No. 64, 1995
	am. No. 11, 2003
S. 6......................................	am. No. 131, 1981; No. 47, 1988; No. 77, 1991; No. 96, 1993; No. 146, 1994 ; No. 66, 1998; No. 79, 2001; No. 58, 2008

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Act 1998 (No. 66, 1998)

2  Application

The amendment of the Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978 made by this Act applies in relation to the departure of a person from Australia on or after 1 January 1999.

Timor Gap Treaty (Transitional Arrangements) Act 2000 (No. 25, 2000)

4  The transition time

                   In this Act:

transition time means 1.23 am Australian Central Standard Time on 26 October 1999.

Note:          This time corresponds to the time in New York when the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1272 (1999), which established UNTAET and gave it responsibility for the administration of East Timor. In 2000 the text of the Resolution was available in the Library of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and accessible on the Internet through the Department's or the United Nations' world‑wide web site.

Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Act 2001 (No. 79, 2001)

Schedule 1

2  Application

The amendment of section 6 of the Passenger Movement Charge Act 1978 made by this Schedule applies in relation to the departure of a person from Australia on or after 1 July 2001, unless:

                     (a)  the person departs using a ticket or equivalent authority; and

                     (b)  the ticket or authority was sold or issued before 1 July 2001.

Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Act 2008 (No. 58, 2008)

Schedule 1

2  Application

The amendment made by item 1 applies in relation to the departure of a person from Australia on or after 1 July 2008, unless:

                     (a)  the person departs using a ticket or equivalent authority; and

                     (b)  the ticket or authority was sold or issued before 1 July 2008.