Customs Act 1966 (Cth)

Customs Act 1966

No. 28 of 1966

An Act to repeal section 141 of the Customs Act 1901-1965, and to amend that Act in relation to Decimal Currency.

[Assented to 24 May, 1966]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Customs Act 1966.

(2.) The Customs Act 1901-1965 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Act 1901-1966.

Commencement.

2.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2.) Section 3 of this Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

Duty on condensed articles.

3. Section 141 of the Principal Act is repealed.

Amendments in relation to decimal currency.

4. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule to this Act.

 

THE SCHEDULE Section 4.

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Amendments of the Principal Act in Relation to Decimal Currency

Provisions amended	Omit—	Insert—
Section 19..............................................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars
Section 24..............................................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars
Section 28..............................................................	Fifty pounds	One hundred dollars
Section 33..............................................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 37(3.)........................................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 40..............................................................	Fifty pounds	One hundred dollars
Section 40b(8.).....................................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 50(4.)........................................................	Five hundred pounds	One thousand dollars
Section 58..............................................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 59(1.)........................................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 59(2.)........................................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 60(1.)........................................................	Fifty pounds	One hundred dollars
Section 60(2.)........................................................	Fifty pounds	One hundred dollars
Section 60(3.)........................................................	Fifty pounds	One hundred dollars
Section 61..............................................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars
Section 62..............................................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars
Section 63..............................................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars
Section 64..............................................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 65(1.)........................................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars
Section 65(2.)........................................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars
Section 66..............................................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars
Section 67..............................................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars
Section 73..............................................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 74..............................................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 75..............................................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 92..............................................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars
Section 92a(1.).....................................................	Fifty pounds	One hundred dollars
Section 93..............................................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars
Section 103............................................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 113............................................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 114a(1.)...................................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 115............................................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 116............................................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars

The Schedule—continued

Provisions amended	Omit—	Insert—
Section118............................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 120...........................................	Fifty pounds	One hundred dollars
Section 123(1.)......................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 123(2.)......................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 124...........................................	Fifty pounds	One hundred dollars
Section 125...........................................	Fifty pounds	One hundred dollars
Section 159...........................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 176...........................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 183p..........................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 185...........................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 188...........................................	Fifty pounds	One hundred dollars
Section 191...........................................	Fifty pounds	One hundred dollars
Section 192...........................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 197...........................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars
Section 197a.........................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars
Section 202...........................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars
Section 210(2.)......................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars
Section 214(1.)......................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 228...........................................	One thousand pounds	Two thousand dollars
Section 232a.........................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 233(1.)......................................	Five hundred pounds	One thousand dollars
Section 233a.........................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 234...........................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 234a (1.)...................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars
Section 238...........................................	Ten pounds	Twenty dollars
Section 245...........................................	Five hundred pounds	One thousand dollars
Section 246...........................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 268...........................................	Twenty pounds	Forty dollars
Section 268a(3.)(a)................................	One hundred pounds	Two hundred dollars
Section 270(2.)......................................	Fifty pounds	One hundred dollars
Section 275a(2.)....................................	Five hundred pounds	One thousand dollars