DEPARTURE TAX COLLECTION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1985 NO. 8 DEPARTURE TAX COLLECTION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1985 NO. 8 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Commencement 2. Exempt persons 1985 No. 8 DEPARTURE TAX COLLECTION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 1 Commencement 1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 15 February 1985. 1985 No. 8 DEPARTURE TAX COLLECTION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 2 Exempt persons 2. Regulation 11 of the Departure Tax Collection Regulations is amended- (a) by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1) the following paragraphs: "(n) a person who- (i) is an Australian citizen; (ii) is a traditional inhabitant in relation to Australia; and (iii) is travelling in connection with the performance of traditional activities; (o) a person who- (i) is a citizen of Papua New Guinea whose continued presence in Australia is not subject to any limitation as to time imposed by law; (ii) is a traditional inhabitant in relation to Papua New Guinea; and (iii) is travelling in connection with the performance of traditional activities; (p) a person who- (i) is a citizen of Papua New Guinea; (ii) is a traditional inhabitant in relation to Papua New Guinea; (iii) entered a part of Australia that is in the Protected Zone or in an area in the vicinity of the Protected Zone in connection with the performance of traditional activities; (iv) has not remained in Australia otherwise than in connection with the performance of traditional activities; (v) has not, during the person's visit, entered a part of Australia other than a part of Australia that is in the Protected Zone or in an area in the vicinity of the Protected Zone; and (vi) is not a person in respect of whom a declaration is in force under sub-section 8 (2) of the Migration Act 1958."; and (b) by omitting sub-regulation (2) and substituting the following sub- regulation: "(2) In this regulation- 'area in the vicinity of the Protected Zone' means an area in respect of which a notice is in force under sub-section 5 (5A) of the Migration Act 1958; 'prescribed voyage', in relation to a person, means a voyage undertaken by the person from a place outside Australia to a final destination outside Australia, being a voyage in the course of which the person- (a) has stopped over, or is scheduled to stop over, more than once at a place or places in Australia; and (b) has not returned, or is not scheduled to return, more than once to the place where the person commenced the voyage; 'Protected Zone' means the zone established under Article 10 of the Torres Strait Treaty, being the area bounded by the line described in Annex 9 to that treaty; 'Torres Strait Treaty' means the Treaty between Australia and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea that was signed at Sydney on 18 December 1978, being the treaty a copy of which is set out in the Schedule to the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984; 'traditional activities' has the same meaning as in the Torres Strait Treaty; 'traditional inhabitants' has the same meaning as in the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.". - NOTES 1985 No. 8*1* DEPARTURE TAX COLLECTION REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT) *1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 14 February 1985. *2* Statutory Rules 1978 No. 194 as amended by 1978 No. 273; 1979 No. 167; 1983 No. 245.