Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Amendment Act 2002   No. 75, 2002           An Act to amend the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Act 1998, and for related purposes      
Contents 1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1 2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 2 3............ Schedule(s).......................................................................................... 2 Schedule 1—Amendment                                                                                                    3 Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Act 1998          3  
  Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Amendment Act 2002 No. 75, 2002  
   
An Act to amend the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Act 1998, and for related purposes [Assented to 12 September 2002] The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1  Short title
                   This Act may be cited as the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Amendment Act 2002.
2  Commencement
                   This Act is taken to have com menced on 5 February 1999, immediately after the commencement of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Act 1998.
3  Schedule(s)
                   Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
 
Schedule 1—Amendment
   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Act 1998 1  After section 5 Insert: 5A  Tax exempt bodies liable to pay charge
             (1)  A person who is the holder of a facility licence or a source licence is liable to pay the charge imposed by this Act:                      (a)  even if a provision of a Commonwealth law is expressed to exempt the person from taxes or charges, or specified taxes or charges; and                      (b)  even if that provision is expressed to prevail over other laws.              (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply if the relevant provision explicitly refers to this Act. (92/02)
       
[Minister’s second reading speech made in— House of Representatives on 21 March 2002 Senate on 20 June 2002]