{"id":"C2004A05192","name":"Industrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—Customs) Act 1997","slug":"industrial-chemicals-registration-charge-customs-act-1997","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"100 of 1997","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":7766,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A05192-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Industrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—Customs) Act 1997","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS (REG CHARGE—CUSTOMS BILL1996\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nIndustrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—Customs) Act 1997\n\n \n\nNo. 100, 1997\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nIndustrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—Customs) Act 1997\n\n \n\nNo. 100, 1997\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nAn Act to impose a charge on the registration of certain importers and manufacturers of certain industrial chemicals, so far as that charge is a duty of customs\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Short title..................................1\n\n2 Commencement..............................2\n\n3 Imposition of charge............................2\n\n \n\n![](image.003.png)\n\nIndustrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—Customs) Act 1997\n\nNo. 100, 1997\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nAn Act to impose a charge on the registration of certain importers and manufacturers of certain industrial chemicals, so far as that charge is a duty of customs\n\n[Assented to 30 June 1997]\n\nThe Parliament of Australia enacts:\n\n1  Short title\n\n  This Act may be cited as the Industrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—Customs) Act 1997.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This Act commences on the commencement of Part 3A of the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989.\n\n3  Imposition of charge\n\n (1) Registration charge payable in accordance with section 80S of the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 is imposed.\n\n (2) This section imposes charge only so far as that charge is a duty of customs within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution.\n\n \n\n \n\n[Minister’s second reading speech made in—\n\nHouse of Representatives on 26 March 1997\n\nSenate on 16 June 1997]\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n(43/97)\n\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1795},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains its original narrow purpose of imposing the registration charge solely as a duty of customs under section 55 of the Constitution, exactly as enacted."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections total","No definitions or substantive rules contained within the Act itself","Complete dependence on external legislation (Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989) for operative effect","Single constitutional limitation clause restricting application to customs duties"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does**\nThis Act imposes a registration charge (fee) on businesses that import or manufacture industrial chemicals.\n\n**Why this separate law exists**\nThe Australian Constitution (section 55) requires that any tax on imported goods—called a **duty of customs**—must be set out in its own separate law. This Act exists purely to satisfy that constitutional rule. The actual details of the charge—how much it costs, who exactly pays it, and when—are contained in the *Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989*.\n\n**Who it affects**\nCompanies that import or manufacture industrial chemicals and must register under Australia's chemical notification scheme.\n\n**How it works**\n- The Act formally \"imposes\" the charge that section 80S of the 1989 Industrial Chemicals Act describes\n- It only applies to the extent the charge qualifies as a customs duty under the Constitution\n- You cannot understand this Act without reading the 1989 Act alongside it"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-registration-charge-customs-act-1997","history":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-registration-charge-customs-act-1997/history","analysis":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-registration-charge-customs-act-1997/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-registration-charge-customs-act-1997/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-registration-charge-customs-act-1997/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-registration-charge-customs-act-1997/documents"}}