43DConcession orders

43D Concession orders

[Section 43D Inserted by No. 5 of 2013, s. 17, Applied:01 Jun 2013]

(1)  The Minister, by order, may determine –

(a) the class or classes of persons, members of which are to be eligible persons; and

(b) the concessions in relation to those user costs that are payable by members of the class of eligible persons specified in the order; and

(c) that authorised retailers are required to provide those concessions to those persons.

(2)  A concession specified in a concession order may be expressed –

(a) as a pro rata reduction of the user cost to which it applies; or

(b) as an amount that is payable in respect of, or that is to be deducted from, the user cost to which the order applies in relation to a particular period; or

(c) in any other manner.

(3)  Without limiting the subject matter or content of a concession order, a concession order may –

(a) be of general or limited application; and

(b) differ according to differences in time, place or circumstance; and

(c) be expressed to apply subject to conditions specified in the order; and

(d) specify the manner in which an application for the granting of a concession in relation to a particular user cost may be made.

(4)  If a concession order applies in relation to a user cost, an authorised retailer –

(a) to which the order applies; and

(b) that imposes the user cost on an eligible person to whom the order applies –

must provide the concession to the eligible person.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.

(5)  A concession order takes effect –

(a) on the date that notice of the making of the order is published in the in accordance with the ; or