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Western Australia
Gene Technology Amendment Bill 2005
CONTENTS
1. Short title 1
2. Commencement 2
3. The Act amended 2
4. Section 72A amended 2
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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Gene Technology Amendment Bill 2005
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Gene Technology Act 2005 to impose certain
charges referred to in section 72A of that Act to the extent that any
such charge may be a tax.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
1. Short title
This is the Gene Technology Amendment Act 2005.
page 1
Gene Technology Amendment Bill 2005
s. 2
2. Commencement
(1) If this Act receives the Royal Assent before the Gene
Technology Act 2005 receives the Royal Assent, this Act comes
into operation immediately after the Gene Technology Act 2005
5 receives the Royal Assent.
(2) If this Act receives the Royal Assent after the Gene Technology
Act 2005 receives the Royal Assent, this Act is deemed to have
come into operation immediately after the Gene Technology
Act 2005 received the Royal Assent.
10 3. The Act amended
The amendments in this Act are to the Gene Technology
Act 2005* unless otherwise indicated.
[* Bill currently in Parliament.]
4. Section 72A amended
15 After section 72A(2) of the Gene Technology Act 2005 the
following subsections are inserted --
"
(3) The amount of the charge prescribed for a financial
year may be in the nature of a tax and not be related to
20 the cost of providing any service.
(4) To the extent that a charge referred to in subsection (3)
may be a tax, this section imposes the tax.
".
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