160BNotification of proposals when House of Representatives not sitting

160B  Notification of proposals when House of Representatives not sitting  (1) The Minister may, at any time when the Parliament is prorogued or the House of Representatives has expired by effluxion of time, has been dissolved or is adjourned otherwise than for a period not exceeding 7 days, make a notifiable instrument giving notice that is intended, within 7 sitting days of the House of Representatives after the date of registration of the instrument under the Legislation Act 2003, to propose in the Parliament an Excise Tariff or Excise Tariff alteration in accordance with particulars specified in the instrument and operating as from such time as is specified in the instrument, not being:  (a) in the case of an Excise Tariff or Excise Tariff alteration that could have the effect of making the duty payable by any person greater than the duty that would, but for that Excise Tariff or Excise Tariff alteration, be payable—a time earlier than the time of registration of the instrument under the Legislation Act 2003; or  (b) in any other case—a time earlier than 6 months before the time of registration of the instrument under the Legislation Act 2003.  (2) Where notice of intention to propose an Excise Tariff or an Excise Tariff alteration has been given in accordance with this section, the Excise Tariff or Excise Tariff alteration shall, for the purposes of this Act (other than section 114) and any other Act, be deemed to be an Excise Tariff or an Excise Tariff alteration, as the case may be, proposed in the Parliament.