A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

S 1-2(2) repealed by No 154 of 1999, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 11 November 1999. S 1-2(2) formerly read:

(2)
However, if, before the day on which this Act would (but for this subsection) commence under subsection (1), there have not been appropriated, for the purposes of the programs referred to in the second column of an item in the table:

(a) in respect of the financial year starting on 1 July 2000 - the amount referred to in the third column of that item; and

(b) in respect of the financial year starting on 1 July 2001 - the amount referred to in the fourth column of that item; and

(c) in respect of the financial year starting on 1 July 2002 - the amount referred to in the fifth column of that item; and

(d) in respect of the financial year starting on 1 July 2003 - the amount referred to in the sixth column of that item;

this Act commences on, and tax is not payable under the *GST law until, the day on which the last of those amounts to be appropriated for those purposes has been appropriated under an Act.

Amounts to be appropriated
Program	Financial years
		2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04
		($ million)	($ million)	($ million)	($ million)
1	Book industry assistance plan	60	60	60	60
2	Supported Accommodation Assistance Program	15	15	15	15
	Total	75	75	75	75