CUSTOMS TARIFF (URANIUM CONCENTRATE EXPORT DUTY) ACT 1980 NO. 16, 1980 

CUSTOMS TARIFF (URANIUM CONCENTRATE EXPORT DUTY) ACT 1980 NO. 16, 1980 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.  Short title.  
2.  Commencement  
3.  Incorporation  
4.  Interpretation  
5.  Imposition of duty  
6.  Rate of duty  

CUSTOMS TARIFF (URANIUM CONCENTRATE EXPORT DUTY) ACT 1980 No. 16 of 1980
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Short title.

                      CUSTOMS TARIFF (URANIUM CONCENTRATE

                             EXPORT DUTY) ACT 1980

                                 No. 16 of 1980
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      An Act relating to an export duty on certain uranium concentrate

  BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title
  1. This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Uranium Concentrate Export
Duty) Act 1980.*1*

CUSTOMS TARIFF (URANIUM CONCENTRATE EXPORT DUTY) ACT 1980 No. 16 of 1980
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Commencement

  2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.*1*

CUSTOMS TARIFF (URANIUM CONCENTRATE EXPORT DUTY) ACT 1980 No. 16 of 1980
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Incorporation

  3. The Customs Act 1901 is incorporated and shall be read as one with this
Act.

CUSTOMS TARIFF (URANIUM CONCENTRATE EXPORT DUTY) ACT 1980 No. 16 of 1980
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Interpretation

  4. In this Act-

  "Alligator Rivers Region uranium concentrate" means natural uranium
concentrate (commonly called "yellowcake") produced from uranium ore obtained
in the region defined as the "Alligator Rivers Region" in the Environment
Protection (Alligator Rivers Region) Act 1978;

  "vessel" means a ship or aircraft.

CUSTOMS TARIFF (URANIUM CONCENTRATE EXPORT DUTY) ACT 1980 No. 16 of 1980
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Imposition of duty

  5. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), a duty of Customs is imposed on Alligator
Rivers Region uranium concentrate exported from Australia on or after the day
on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
  (2) Sub-section (1) does not apply to Alligator Rivers Region uranium
concentrate loaded onto a vessel before the day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent for export from Australia or to Alligator Rivers Region uranium
concentrate loaded onto a vessel on or after that day for export from
Australia as part of a consignment of Alligator Rivers Region uranium
concentrate for export from Australia the loading of which onto that vessel
commenced before that day.

CUSTOMS TARIFF (URANIUM CONCENTRATE EXPORT DUTY) ACT 1980 No. 16 of 1980
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Rate of duty

  6. (1) The rate of the duty of Customs imposed by this Act on Alligator
Rivers Region uranium concentrate exported from Australia is $0.11 per
kilogram of anhydrous triuranium octoxide contained in that concentrate.
  (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the weight, in kilograms, of
anhydrous triuranium octoxide contained in a quantity of Alligator Rivers
Region uranium concentrate shall be ascertained by multiplying by 1.1792 the
weight, in kilograms, established by means of an assay of that concentrate, of
the element uranium contained in that concentrate.

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NOTES

                                      NOTES

  1. Act No. 16, 1980; assented to 16 April 1980.