EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

BUSINESS FRANCHISE (TOBACCO AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS) (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1988

(ORDINANCE NO. 37 OF 1988)

The Business Franchise (Tobacco and Petroleum Products) Ordinance 1984 provides for the issue of licences to carry on the business of selling tobacco and petroleum products, and for other purposes.

The Business Franchise (Tobacco and Petroleum Products) (Amendment) Ordinance 1988 gives effect to an undertaking given to the Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances arising from its examination of the Business Franchise (Tobacco and Petroleum Products) (Amendment) Ordinance (No. 2) 1987.

Details of the Ordinance are as follows.

Section 1 cites the short title of the Ordinance as the Business Franchise (Tobacco and Petroleum Products) (Amendment) Ordinance 1988.

Section 2 amends section 36G of the Business Franchise (Tobacco and Petroleum Products) Ordinance 1984 by removing the discretion relating to the issue of a copy of an exemption certificate that has been lost or destroyed and providing that at the request of a person to whom an exemption certificate has been issued the Commissioner will be obliged to issue a copy of that certificate to that person.

ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR THE ARTS AND TERRITORIES