Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH INSURANCE LEVY ASSESSMENT AMENDMENT ACT 1978 No. 90 of 1978 - SECT 5

5. (1) Section 251V of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting ''or'' at the end of paragraph (c) of sub-section (1);

   (b)  by adding at the end of sub-section (1) the following word and
        paragraph:

''; or (e) during the whole of that period the person was-

        (i)    the head of a diplomatic mission, or the head of a consular
               post, established in Australia;

        (ii)   a member of the staff of a diplomatic mission, or a member of
               the consular staff of a consular post, established in
               Australia; or

        (iii)  a member of the family of a person referred to in sub-paragraph
               (i) or (ii), being a member who forms part of the household of
               that person,

and was not an Australian citizen and was not ordinarily resident in
Australia.''; and

   (c)  by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:

''(1A) In this section-

   (a)  expressions that are defined by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic
        Relations referred to in the
        Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967 have the same respective
        meanings as in that Convention; and

   (b)  expressions that are defined by the Vienna Convention on Consular
        Relations referred to in the
        Consular Privileges and Immunities Act 1972 have the same respective
        meanings as in that Convention.''.

(2) The amendments made by sub-section (1) apply to assessments in respect of
income of the year of income commencing on 1 July 1978 and to assessments in
respect of income of all subsequent years of income.
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