Customs duties amendment (1843) (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO SEPTIIVIO,

VICTORIA] REGINA].

1•••••••■

No. I.

An Act to impose certain Duties on Impor- ted Spirituous Liquors, and on Wine and Tobacco.

HEREAS it is expedient to increase the amount of Duties

payable on imported spirituous liquors; and whereas it is Preamble.

advisable that various Acts now in force relating to this subject should be repealed, in order that their several provisions should be embodied in one Act; Be it therefore enacted, by His Excellency

7th Vict. No. 1. 1843.

the Governor of Western Australia, by and with the advice and consent

Part of the 5th Wm. IV,	of the Legislative Council thereof, that so much of an Act passed in the
No. 2.	fifth year of the Reign of King William the Fourth, No. 3, intituled "An Act to impose certain Duties on imported spirituous liquors," as

2nd Vict. No. 2, and 4 & relates to the amount of such duties, and an Act passed in the second

5 Viet. No. 1 repealed.

year of Her present Majesty, No. 2, intituled "An Act to amend an Act intituled 'An Act to impose certain Duties on imported spiritu- ous liquors," and an Act passed in the fourth and fifth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, No. 1, intituled "An Act to revise, re- new, and amend an Act intituled 'An Act to impose certain Duties on imported spirituous liquors,' " be and the same are hereby repealed from and after the passing of this Act, except so far as the continu- ance of any of them may be necessary for carrying on or giving ef- fect to any proceedings at law or in equity pending at the time of passing this Act, or for enforcing any cause of action or suit, or any right of contract then pending.

Rats of duties. II. AND be it therefore enacted, that from and after the passing

of this Act, the following duties shall be imposed and levied,—that

is to say,—

British spirits es a gallon. 1st, On spirits imported into the said Colony being the production and manufacture of any part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of any of the Colonies or Dependencies of the same, a Duty of six shillings for each and every Imperial gallon not exceeding the strength of hydrometer proof, and in the same proportion for like spirits of greater strength.

Foreign spirits from uni- 2nd. On spirits of Foreign production and manufacture imported

ted Kingdom or British

Colonies 8s. a gallon.	into the said Colony from any part of the United Kingdom, or
from any bonded warehouse in any of the British Colonies or Dependencies, a Duty of eight shillings for each and every Im- perial gallon not exceeding the strength of hydrometer proof, and in the same proportion for like spirits of greater strength.
Foreign spirits from a 3rd.
foreign place 10s. a gal-	On spirits of Foreign production and manufacture imported into the said Colony from any Foreign place a Duty of ten shillings for each and every Imperial gallon not exceeding the strength of hydrometer proof, and in the same proportion for like spirits of greater strength.
lon.

4th. On all wines imported into this Colony a Duty of fifteen pounds for every hundred pounds according to their value.

Wines 15 per cent.

Tobacco 100 per cent. 5th. On all sorts of tobacco imported into this Colony a Duty of one hundred pounds for every hundred pounds according to its value.

1843.                  7th Viet. No. 1;

III.	PROVIDED nevertheless, that the Duties chargeable under	Act to apply to all spirits
already imported which

this Act shall be taken to apply to all spirits already imported, and	remain in bond after 1st
which shall remain in any bonded warehouse after the first day of	August.
August next.

IV. AND be it enacted, that the Duties aforesaid shall be collec- Duties to be collected

ted in the manner pointed out by the provisions of an Act for the	under the Customs Act.
general regulation of the Customs of this Colony.

V. AND be it enacted, that this Act may be amended or repealed Act may be amended.

by any Act to be passed during this present Session.

"JOHN HUTT,"

GOVERNOR.

Passed the Council

6th, July, 1843. 5

EDWARD C. SOUPER,

Acting Clerk of the Council.

Printed by authority of the Government, by E. Stirling, Perth.