Fee Units Act 1997 (Tas)

Fee Units Act 1997

An Act to provide for the introduction of a fee units system in legislation [Royal Assent 11 December 1997]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fee Units Act 1997 .

2. Commencement This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed.

3. Interpretation (1) In this Act – CPI figure for Hobart means the Consumer Price Index: All Groups Index Number for Hobart published by the Australian Statistician under the authority of the Census and Statistics Act 1905 of the Commonwealth; disallowed or rescinded means – (a) disallowed in accordance with section 47 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1931 ; or (b) rescinded in accordance with section 9 of the Subordinate Legislation Committee Act 1969 ; enactment means an Act, but does not include – (a) a regulation, rule or by-law unless it is – (i) made by the Governor; or (ii) made by a person or body other than the Governor and is required by law to be approved, confirmed or assented to by the Governor; or (b) any other instrument of a legislative character unless it is – (i) made under the authority of an Act; and (ii) declared by the Minister under subsection (2) to be an enactment for the purposes of this Act; fee means a fee or charge that is payable under any enactment; goods and services tax means the GST as defined in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth; Head of an Agency means – (a) a Head of a State Service Agency; and (b) a chief executive officer within the meaning of the Government Business Enterprises Act 1995 ; (2) The Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, may declare an instrument of a legislative character to be an enactment for the purposes of this Act.