Exemptions Act, 2022 - Act 1083

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Preliminary Provisions

1. Object of this Act

2. Application

3. Definition of exemption

General Provisions

4. General responsibility

5. Responsibility of the Minister

6. Negotiation and approval of exemption

Covered Entities and Other Relevant Agencies

7. Procedure for granting exemption to covered entities

Privileged Persons

8. The President

9. Diplomats and diplomatic missions

10. Persons with disability

11. Religious organisations

12. Donor and charity organisations

Private Businesses

13. Free zone enterprises

14. General tax incentives

15. Special tax incentives for strategic investments

16. Procedure for granting special tax incentives

Personal Effects, Foodstuffs and Equipment for Trial

17. Baggage and effects

18. Foodstuffs

19. Equipment, replacement parts and others for production trial

Development Partner Projects

20. Executed treaties, agreements or conventions

21. Technical cooperation programmes or projects

22. Programmes or projects funded with grants

23. Concessional facility projects

24. Commercial Government projects

Security Transactions, Administrative Fees and Transnational Levies

25. Transactions by State security agencies

26. Administrative fees and other charges

27. Transnational levies

Miscellaneous Provisions

28. Monitoring and reporting of exemptions

29. Review of tax expenditure

30. Transfer of ownership of exempt item by holder of an exemption

31. Local content

32. Offences and penalties

33. Regulations

34. Interpretation

35. Consequential amendments

36. Repeals, savings and transitional provisions

SCHEDULE

Depreciation of Tax Liability

PURPOSE

AN ACT to amend the Exemptions Act, 2022 (Act 1083) to provide a waiver of customs duties and customs taxes in respect of the importation of fishing gear for agricultural purposes and for related matters.

DATE OF ASSENT

29th December, 2023.

ACT

1. Headnote before section 17 amended

The Exemptions Act, 2022 (Act 1083), referred to in this Act as the "principal enactment", is amended by the substitution for the headnote before section 17, of

"Personal Effects, Foodstuffs, Equipment for Trial and Fishing Gear"'

2. Section 19A inserted

The principal enactment is amended by the insertion after section 19, of

"Fishing gear

19A. Fishing gear imported for agricultural purposes and

(a) certified by the Minister responsible for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, and

(b) approved by the Minister

are exempt from customs duties and customs taxes.".

3. Section 34 of Act 1083 amended

The principal enactment is amended in section 34 by the insertion after the definition for "fee or charge", of

""fishing gear" includes fishing float;".