Commodity Levies Act 1990

Levy orders

4: Governor-General may impose levy

You could also call this:

"The Governor-General can make a law to charge a fee on certain goods."

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The Governor-General can impose a levy on a commodity. You need to know that this happens when a Minister recommends it. The Governor-General does this by making an Order in Council. The Governor-General's order is a type of law called secondary legislation, which you can read about in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. This order must be confirmed by an Act of Parliament, which is explained in subpart 3 of Part 5 of the Legislation Act 2019. This is how the order becomes official. The levy is paid to a body corporate, and this can happen from time to time, as long as the Governor-General follows section 5.

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3: Act binds the Crown, or

"The government must follow this law's rules too"

5: Restrictions on making of orders, or

"Rules for Ministers to make levy orders"

Part 1Levy orders

4Governor-General may impose levy

Subject to section 5, the Governor-General may from time to time, on the recommendation of a Minister, by Order in Council impose on a commodity a levy payable to a body corporate.
An order under this section—
is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements); and
must be confirmed by an Act (see subpart 3 of Part 5 of the Legislation Act 2019).

Notes

Section 4(2): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).