{"id":"C2004A05193","name":"Industrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—Excise) Act 1997","slug":"industrial-chemicals-registration-charge-excise-act-1997","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"101 of 1997","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":7767,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A05193-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Industrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—Excise) Act 1997","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS (REG CHARG—EXCISE BILL 1996\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—Excise) Act 1997\n\n \n\nNo. 101, 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—Excise) Act 1997\n\n \n\nNo. 101, 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 excise\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—Excise) Act 1997\n\nNo. 101, 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 excise\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—Excise) 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 excise 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 1977\n\nSenate on 16 June 1997]\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n(41/97)\n\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2139},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains its narrow, original purpose of imposing the registration charge specifically as a duty of excise. It has not expanded beyond this specific constitutional and taxation function."},"complexity_factors":["Extreme brevity (only 3 sections total)","Single operative provision (section 3) with no subsections beyond (1) and (2)","No definitions or interpretation section","Minimal cross-referencing (only to the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 and section 55 of the Constitution)","No exceptions, conditions, or procedural mechanics"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act makes the registration charge for businesses that import or manufacture industrial chemicals a duty of excise, formally imposing the fee described in section 80S of the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989. \n\nIt provides the constitutional basis for collecting those fees to fund the chemical-safety regulatory system; the 1989 Act sets the payment details."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-registration-charge-excise-act-1997","history":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-registration-charge-excise-act-1997/history","analysis":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-registration-charge-excise-act-1997/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-registration-charge-excise-act-1997/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-registration-charge-excise-act-1997/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/industrial-chemicals-registration-charge-excise-act-1997/documents"}}