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As at 19 May 2014
Introduced 15 May 2014
Enacted 19 May 2014
Stage Enacted
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Cheque Duty Repeal Bill (previously part of the Budget Measures (Miscellaneous Fiscal Matters) Bill)

Enacted as the Cheque Duty Repeal Act 2014 on 19 May 2014.

Stage before Parliament Date
Introduction 15 May 2014
First reading 16 May 2014
Second reading 16 May 2014

Committee of the whole House

  • Note: Bill split *
 16 May 2014
Third reading 16 May 2014
Assent 19 May 2014

* The Budget Measures (Miscellaneous Fiscal Matters) Bill was split on 16 May 2014 by Supplementary Order Paper No 451 into three bills:

  • Cheque Duty Repeal Bill
  • Climate Change Response (Unit Restriction) Amendment Bill
  • Dumping and Countervailing Duties Amendment Bill
Related announcements Date
Budget 2014 annoucements 15 May 2014
Budget bill tabled – repeal of cheque duty 15 May 2014
Cheque duty repealed 15 May 2014
Budget tax bills enacted 21 May 2014
Related publications Date
Bill as introduced 14 May 2014
Departmental disclosure statement 16 May 2014
Regulatory impact statement - Review of cheque duty 14 May 2014
Media statement - Cheque duty to be abolished in July (PDF 98 KB) 14 May 2014
Fact sheet - Repeal of cheque duty (PDF 157 KB) 14 May 2014
Supplementary Order Paper No 451 15 May 2014
Cheque Duty Repeal Act 2014 19 May 2014
Tax Information Bulletin – Vol 26 No 6 July 2014