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Biosecurity Charges Imposition (General) Act 2015
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7 Imposition of charges
(1) A regulation may prescribe a charge in relation to a prescribed matter connected with the administration of the Biosecurity Act 2015. (2) The charges prescribed under subsection (1) are imposed as taxes. (3) Two or more charges may be prescribed in relation to the same matter, and a single charge may be prescribed in relation to 2 or more matters. (4) This section imposes a charge only so far as that charge is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution.