SALES TAX (EXEMPTIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS) AMENDMENT (OFF-SHORE INSTALLATIONS) ACT 1982 NO. 64, 1982 SALES TAX (EXEMPTIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS) AMENDMENT (OFF-SHORE INSTALLATIONS) ACT 1982 NO. 64, 1982 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Short title. 2. Commencement 3. SALES TAX (EXEMPTIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS) AMENDMENT (OFF-SHORE INSTALLATIONS) ACT 1982 No. 64, 1982 - SECT 1 Short title. An Act to amend the Sales Tax (Exemptions and Classifications) Act 1935 (Assented to 16 June 1982) Short title, &c. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Sales Tax (Exemptions and Classifications) Amendment (Off-shore Installations) Act 1982. (2) The Sales Tax (Exemptions and Classifications) Act 1935 *1* is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. SALES TAX (EXEMPTIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS) AMENDMENT (OFF-SHORE INSTALLATIONS) ACT 1982 No. 64, 1982 - SECT 2 Commencement 2. This Act shall come into operation, or shall be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires, on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which the Off-shore Installations (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent. SALES TAX (EXEMPTIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS) AMENDMENT (OFF-SHORE INSTALLATIONS) ACT 1982 No. 64, 1982 - SECT 3 3. After section 6C of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted: Certain installations to be part of Australia ''6D. (1) For the purposes of this Act, an installation that- (a) becomes attached to the Australian seabed after the commencement of this sub-section; or (b) at the commencement of this sub-section, is attached to the Australian seabed, shall, subject to sub-section (2), be deemed to be part of Australia. ''(2) An installation that is deemed to be part of Australia by virtue of the operation of this section shall, for the purposes of this Act, cease to be part of Australia if- (a) the installation is detached from the Australian seabed, or from another installation that is attached to the Australian seabed, for the purpose of being taken to a place outside the outer limits of Australian waters (whether or not the installation is to be taken to a place in Australia before being taken outside those outer limits); or (b) after having been detached from the Australian seabed otherwise than for the purpose referred to in paragraph (a), the installation is moved for the purpose of being taken to a place outside the outer limits of Australian waters (whether or not the installation is to be taken to a place in Australia before being taken outside those outer limits). ''6E. (1) Where an overseas installation (not being an installation referred to in sub-section (2) ) becomes attached to the Australian seabed, the installation and any goods on the installation at the time when it becomes so attached shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been imported into Australia at the time when the installation becomes so attached. ''(2) Where an overseas installation- (a) is brought to a place in Australia; and (b) is to be taken from that place into Australian waters for the purpose of becoming attached to the Australian seabed, the installation and any goods on the installation at the time when it is brought to that place shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been imported into Australia at the time when the installation is brought to that place. Goods taken to installations ''6F. Where goods are taken from a place other than a place in Australia on to an Australian installation, the goods shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been imported into Australia upon being taken on to the installation. Export of off-shore installations ''6G. (1) Where an installation ceases to be part of Australia, the installation and any goods on the installation at the time when it ceases to be part of Australia shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been exported from Australia. ''(2) Where an installation is taken from a place in Australia into Australian waters for the purpose of becoming attached to the Australian seabed, the installation and any goods on the installation shall not be taken, for the purposes of this Act, to have been exported from Australia. Export of goods from off-shore installations ''6H. For the purposes of this Act, where goods are taken from an Australian installation for the purpose of being taken to a place outside Australia, the goods shall be deemed to have been exported from Australia at the time when they are so taken from the installation.''. SALES TAX (EXEMPTIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS) AMENDMENT (OFF-SHORE INSTALLATIONS) ACT 1982 No. 64, 1982 - NOTE NOTE 1. No. 60, 1935, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 41, 1936; No. 78, 1938; No. 32, 1939; Nos. 29 and 76, 1940; No. 32, 1941; No. 6, 1942; Nos. 35 and 44, 1943; No. 31, 1944; No. 36, 1945; Nos. 12 and 67, 1946; No. 65, 1947; No. 42, 1948; No. 54, 1949; No. 37, 1950; No. 42, 1951; No. 44, 1952; No. 53, 1953; No. 45, 1954; No. 5, 1956; No. 71, 1957; Nos. 17 and 92, 1959; Nos. 65 and 88, 1960; Nos. 1 and 76, 1961; No. 4, 1962; No. 44, 1963; No. 30, 1965; Nos. 26 and 62, 1966; Nos. 21, 29 and 80, 1967; No. 78, 1970; Nos. 67 and 87, 1972; Nos. 17 and 181, 1973; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20, 1974); No. 24, 1975; No. 175, 1976; No. 107, 1978; Nos. 3, 94 and 157, 1979; and No. 142, 1981.