BILL 12

An Act to Amend the
Gasoline and Motive Fuel Tax Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 Subsection 3(1) of the Gasoline and Motive Fuel Tax Act, chapter G-3 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is amended by striking out “14.5 cents” and substituting “10.7 cents”.

COMMENCEMENT

2 This Act shall be deemed to have come into force on October 4, 2006.

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Section 1

The existing provision is as follows:

3(1) Every consumer of gasoline shall pay to Her Majesty in right of the Province for the public use of the Government a tax of 14.5 cents on each litre of gasoline purchased or consumed by the consumer except aviation fuel.

Section 2

Commencement provision.