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GENE TECHNOLOGY AMENDMENT BILL 2005

                      Western Australia


     Gene Technology Amendment Bill 2005

                        CONTENTS


1.     Short title                          1
2.     Commencement                         2
3.     The Act amended                      2
4.     Section 72A amended                  2




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                      LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY



      Gene Technology Amendment Bill 2005


                               A Bill for


An Act to amend the Gene Technology Act 2005 to impose certain
charges referred to in section 72A of that Act to the extent that any
such charge may be a tax.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

1.      Short title
        This is the Gene Technology Amendment Act 2005.




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     Gene Technology Amendment Bill 2005



     s. 2




     2.             Commencement
          (1)       If this Act receives the Royal Assent before the Gene
                    Technology Act 2005 receives the Royal Assent, this Act comes
                    into operation immediately after the Gene Technology Act 2005
 5                  receives the Royal Assent.
          (2)       If this Act receives the Royal Assent after the Gene Technology
                    Act 2005 receives the Royal Assent, this Act is deemed to have
                    come into operation immediately after the Gene Technology
                    Act 2005 received the Royal Assent.

10   3.             The Act amended
                    The amendments in this Act are to the Gene Technology
                    Act 2005* unless otherwise indicated.
                    [* Bill currently in Parliament.]

     4.             Section 72A amended
15                  After section 72A(2) of the Gene Technology Act 2005 the
                    following subsections are inserted --
                "
                    (3)   The amount of the charge prescribed for a financial
                          year may be in the nature of a tax and not be related to
20                        the cost of providing any service.
                    (4)   To the extent that a charge referred to in subsection (3)
                          may be a tax, this section imposes the tax.
                                                                                      ".




 


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