Airport Tax (Amendment) Act, 2013                    Act 858

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.          Section 1 of Act 209 amended

2.          Section 8 of Act 209 amended

3.          Act 638 repealed

THE EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY -EIGHTH

ACT

OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA
ENTITLED

AIRPORT TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2013 (858)

AN ACT to amend the Airport Ta)C Act, 1963 (Act 209) to provide for the allocation of all airport taxes collected to the Ghana Airports Company Limited and to provide for related matters.

DATE OF ASSENT: 23rdMay, 2013.

PASSED by Parliament and assented to by the President:

Section 1 of Act 209 amended

1. The Airport Tax Act, 1963 (Act 209) referred to in this Act as the principal enactment is amended in section 1 by the substitution for subsection (2) of

"(2) The Commissioner-General shall pay to the Ghana Airports Company Limited one hundred percent of the payments made under subsection (1)."

Section 8 of Act 209 amended

2. The principal enactment is amended in section 8 by the insertion of a new definition after "Commissioner" of

""Ghana Airports Company Limited" means the Ghana Airports Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1963 (Act 179) as a limited liability company with the
Government of Ghana as the sole shareholder;".

Act 638 repealed

3. The Airport Tax (Amendment) Act, 2003 (Act 638) is repealed.

Date of Gazette notification: 23rd May, 2013.