Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1987No. 62, 1987 - SECT 55

55. (1) Section 6B of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from subsections (1), (2), (5), (8) and (9) "Governor-
General" and substituting "Prime Minister"; and

   (b)  by adding at the end the following subsection:

"(11) A power conferred on the Prime Minister by this section may be exercised
on the Prime Minister's behalf by the Treasurer, where the Treasurer is
authorised by the Prime Minister to do so.".

(2) An appointment, direction or determination by the Governor-General under
section 6B of the Principal Act that was in force immediately before the
commencement of this section shall, after that commencement, be deemed to be
an appointment, direction or determination by the Prime Minister under section
6B of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.