Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 3) Act 2012 (58 of 2012)

Schedule 2   Excise exemptions for certain blends of gaseous fuels and aviation fuels

Excise Act 1901

1   After subsection 77H(2)

Insert:

Blends of a relevant fuel that is not subject to remission

(2A) Goods that are the product of the blending of amounts of one kind of relevant fuel are taken not to be goods covered by paragraph 10(g) of the Schedule to the Excise Tariff Act 1921 if both of the following apply:

(a) none of the amounts of the relevant fuel are subject to a remission (either in full or in part) of excise duty or a duty of Customs;

(b) excise duty or a duty of Customs that is payable on the amounts of the relevant fuel has been paid.

Blends of LPG or liquefied natural gas that is subject to remission or not subject to duty

(2B) Goods that are the product of the blending of amounts of one kind of relevant fuel that is either LPG or liquefied natural gas are taken not to be goods covered by paragraph 10(g) of the Schedule to the Excise Tariff Act 1921 if, for each amount in the blend, either of the following applies to the amount:

(a) the amount is subject to a remission (whether in full or in part) of excise duty or a duty of Customs on the grounds that the amount is not used, or intended for use, in an internal combustion engine in either a motor vehicle or a vessel;

(b) the amount is not subject to excise duty or a duty of Customs because the amount was manufactured, produced or imported before 1 December 2011.