Commonwealth legislation

Wool Tax (No. 4) Regulations

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

171 of 1980

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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These regulations set the specific tax rates for wool sold in Australia under the Wool Tax Act (No. 4) 1964.

What it does:

Fixes the wool tax rate at 0.5% for wool falling under paragraph 5(1)(a) of the parent Act
Fixes a higher rate of 2.5% for wool falling under paragraph 5(1)(b) of the parent Act

Who it affects: Wool producers, brokers, and dealers who are required to pay wool tax under the 1964 Act.

Why it matters: While the parent Act creates the legal framework for wool taxation, these regulations determine the actual percentages that industry must pay. The preamble notes that the Governor-General must consider recommendations from the Wool Council of Australia before setting these rates, ensuring industry input into the tax level.

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Statutory Rules

1980 No. 171

REGULATIONS UNDER THE WOOL TAX ACT (No. 4) 19641

WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 6 (3) of the Wool Tax Act (No. 4) 1964 that, before making regulations under that section prescribing a rate of tax, the Governor-General shall take into consideration any recommendations with respect to that rate made to the Minister by the Wool Council of Australia:

NOW THEREFORE I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and after taking into consideration the recommendations with respect to that rate of tax made to the Minister by the Wool Council of Australia, hereby make the following Regulations under the Wool Tax Act (No. 4) 1964.

Dated this eighteenth day of June 1980.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOHN HOWARD

Treasurer

WOOL TAX (No. 4) REGULATIONS

Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Wool Tax (No. 4) Regulations.

Interpretation

In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Wool Tax Act (No. 4) 1964.

Prescribed percentage

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 5 (1) (a) of the Act, 0.5 per cent is prescribed.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph 5 (1) (b) of the Act, 2.5 per cent is prescribed.

Note: NOTE

Note: 1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 25 June 1980.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

1 Wool Tax (No. 4) Regulations