Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PASSENGER MOVEMENT CHARGE ACT 1978 - SECT 4

             (1)  For the purposes of this Act, if:

                     (a)  a person departs from Australia for an external Territory; and

                     (b)  the person is not ordinarily resident in that external Territory; and

                     (c)  the person intends, at the time of the departure, to depart from that external Territory for another country, or for an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area , within 3 months after the departure from Australia;

the first‑mentioned departure is taken to be a departure of the person from Australia for that other country or for that installation, as the case requires.

             (2)  For the purposes of this Act (including subsection (1)), if:

                     (a)  a person departs from Australia for another country or for an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area ; and

                     (b)  the person intends, at the time of the departure, to depart from that other country, or from an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area , for an external Territory within 7 days after the departure from Australia;

the first‑mentioned departure is taken to be a departure from Australia for that external Territory.

             (3)  For the purposes of this Act, if:

                     (a)  a person departs from an Indian Ocean Territory for another country or for an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area ; and

                     (b)  the person intends, at the time of the departure, to depart from that other country, or from an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area , for a place in Australia other than that first‑mentioned Indian Ocean Territory within 7 days after the first‑mentioned departure;

the first‑mentioned departure is taken not to be a departure from Australia for another country or for an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area .

             (4)  For the purposes of this Act, if:

                     (a)  a person departs from a part of Australia other than an Indian Ocean Territory for another country or for an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area ; and

                     (b)  the person intends, at the time of the departure, to depart from that other country, or from an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area , for an Indian Ocean Territory within 7 days after the first‑mentioned departure;

the first‑mentioned departure is taken not to be a departure from Australia for another country or for an installation in the Joint Petroleum Development Area .