Protection of the Sea (Imposition of Contributions to Oil Pollution Compensation Funds—General) Act 1993

1 Short title [see Note 1]

This Act may be cited as the Protection of the Sea (Imposition of Contributions to Oil Pollution Compensation Funds—General) Act 1993.

2 Commencement [see Note 1]

This Act commences, or is taken to have commenced, as the case requires, on the commencement of Chapter 1 of the Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Funds) Act 1993.

3 Application of the Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Funds) Act 1993

Sections 4 and 5 of the Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Funds) Act 1993 apply in relation to this Act in a corresponding way to the way in which they apply in relation to that Act.

4 Imposition of contributions

(1) Contributions payable under the Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Funds) Act 1993 are imposed.

This section imposes contributions only so far as those contributions are neither duties of customs nor duties of excise within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution.

5 Act does not impose tax on property of a State

This Act does not impose a tax on property of any kind belonging to a State.

(2) In this section, property of any kind belonging to a State has the same meaning as in section 114 of the Constitution.

Notes to the

Note 1

The Protection of the Sea (Imposition of Contributions to Oil Pollution Compensation Funds—General) Act 1993 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 40, 1993 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

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