2010
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)
(Treasurer)
Payroll Tax Amendment Bill 2010

A Bill for
An Act to amend the Payroll Tax Act 1987

    

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1	Name of Act
This Act is the Payroll Tax Amendment Act 2010.
2	Commencement
This Act commences on the day after its notification day.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Legislation amended
This Act amends the Payroll Tax Act 1987.
4	New part 6
insert
Part 6	Validation
102	Validation of payroll tax amounts and rates for the 2001‑2002 financial year
The Taxation Administration (Payroll Tax) Revocation and Determination 2000 (DI2000-190) (the determination), purported to be signed by the Treasurer and dated 4 June 2000, is taken to be, and always have been, valid as if—
	(a)	the amount of $950 000 in the determination, schedule 2 (Payroll Tax Rate for the 2001-2002 Financial Year) had been replaced with the amount of $1 250 000; and
	(b)	a valid instrument determining the amounts and rates for the Act, sections 10 to 13 and section 16, stated in the determination, and modified by paragraph (a) had been properly—
	(i)	made under the Taxation Administration Act 1999, section 139; and
	(ii)	notified in the Gazette under the Subordinate Laws Act 1989, section 6 (1) (a); and
	(iii)	laid before the Legislative Assembly under the Subordinate Laws Act 1989, section 6 (1) (c).
Note	The Subordinate Laws Act 1989 was repealed on 12 September 2001 by A2001-15.
103	Expiry—pt 6
This part expires on the day it commences.
Note	If a law validates something that is or may otherwise be invalid, the validating effect of the law does not end merely because of the repeal of the law (see Legislation Act, s 88 (1)).

Endnotes
1	Presentation speech
	Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on	2010.
2	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on	2010.
3	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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