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NO NEW TAXES BILL 2006

Serial 48
No New Taxes Bill 2006
Mr Mills






A BILL
for

AN ACT
to freeze taxes and charges










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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

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Act No. [ ] of 2006

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AN ACT

[Assented to [ ] 2006]

[Second reading [ ] 2006]

The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the No New Taxes Act 2006.

2. Freezing of taxes and charges

(1) No new tax or charge (however described) may be imposed by a law of the Territory during the financial year ending on 30 June 2007.

(2) The amount of any tax or charge (however described) imposed by a law of the Territory must not be increased during the financial year ending on
30 June 2007.

(3) Subsection (2):

(a) does not prevent the reduction during that financial year of a tax or charge; and

(b) has effect despite any contrary provision in a law of the Territory (for example, a provision for the automatic adjustment of a tax or charge).

(4) This section does not apply to a tax or charge imposed for or by a municipal council or community government council constituted under the Local Government Act.

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