Commonwealth act

Wool Tax Act 1936

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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

23 of 1936

Collection

act

Plain English Summary

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The Wool Tax Act 1936 creates a statutory tax on wool grown in Australia and shorn on or after 1 July 1936. It fixes maximum per‑unit charges in a Schedule (in pre‑decimal currency) while allowing the Governor‑General to set the actual rate by regulation up to those ceilings. Read with the Wool Tax Assessment Act 1936, it establishes Commonwealth authority and administrative machinery to levy and collect a wool tax.

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Wool Tax Act 1936

WOOL TAX.

No. 23 of 1936.

An Act to impose a tax on Wool grown in Australia and shorn on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-six.

[Assented to 28th May, 1936.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows :—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Wool Tax Act 1936.

Incorporation.

The Wool Tax Assessment Act 1936 shall be incorporated and read as one with this Act.

Imposition of tax.

A tax is imposed on all wool—

(a) grown in Australia, and

(b) shorn on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-six.

Rate of tax.

The rates of the tax shall be as prescribed by the regulations, but shall not exceed the rates specified in the Schedule to this Act.

Regulations.

The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for prescribing the rates of the tax imposed on wool by this Act.

THE SCHEDULE.

RATES OF TAX.

	s.	d.
For each bale of wool................................	0	6
For each fadge or butt of wool..........................	0	3
For each bag of wool................................	0	1

Source text

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

1 Wool Tax Act 1936