Sussan Ley (Farrer, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That this bill be now read a second time.

The Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Charge (Excise) Bill 2020 is the final bill being introduced to provide a framework for the Commonwealth to recover costs for administering the measures in the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Bill 2020 (the principal bill).

The Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Charge (Excise) Bill 2020 will impose charges only when they are considered a duty of excise. The key provisions of the bill mirror those in the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Charge (General) Bill 2020 and have the same operative function and effect.

The bill does not itself set the amount of the charges and will not impose any financial impacts. The amounts recovered by charges, and the persons liable or exempt from paying them, will be set in regulations made under this bill.

Debate adjourned.

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