STATUTORY
RULES.
1952.
No. 114.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE
CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1951.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL
in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the
Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs
Act 1901-1951.
Dated this nineteenth
day
of December ,
1952.
W.J. McKell
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for
Trade and Customs.
Amendments
of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations.
First Schedule.
1. The First Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations
is amended by omitting items 4, 14 and 20.
Second Schedule.
2. The Second Schedule to the Customs (Prohibited Imports)
Regulations is amended—
(a)
by inserting after item 5a the
following item:—
“5b
| Confectionery—
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(a) which contains more than two per centum
of proof spirit; or
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(b) the consumption of which
would, in the opinion of the Minister, be injurious to the health of a person
consuming it”;
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(b)
by omitting item 8;
(c)
by omitting item 9a and inserting
in its stead the following item:—
“9a
| Foods and drinks for human consumption,
preparations, including essences and extracts, used in the manufacture or
preparation of foods and drinks for human consumption and medicines to be
taken orally by man, being foods, drinks, preparations and medicines which
contain glycol or a derivative of glycol”;
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(d)
by omitting item 14a and inserting
in its stead the following item:—
“14a
| Literature which, by words or picture
or partly by words and partly by picture, in the opinion of the Minister—
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(a)
unduly emphasizes matters of sex, horror or crime; or
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(b)
is likely to encourage depravity “
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;and
(e) by omitting
item 24.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on ,
1952.
Statutory Rules 1934, No. 152, as amended to date. For previous Customs
(Prohibited Imports) Regulations see footnote to Statutory Rules 1943,
No. 11; and see also Statutory Rules 1945, Nos. 34 and 144; 1946, Nos.
59, 77 and 169: 1947, Nos. 66, 81, 119 and 164: 1948, Nos. 35 and 145: 1949.
Nos. 18, 87 and 94: and 1951, Nos. 5, 75 and 141.
2977.—Price 3d. 10/18.8.1952.
Third Schedule.
3. The Third Schedule to
the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulations is amended—
(a)
by inserting after item 2 the following item:—
“2a
| Chloramphenicol,
dihydrostreptomycin, penicillin and streptomycin, their salts and any
preparation containing any of those substances or their salts
| The goods
shall be accompanied by a certificate, signed by or on behalf of the exporter
of the goods, certifying that the goods conform with the standard required by
the British Pharmacopoeia”;
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(b) by omitting paragraph (q)
from the second column of item 4a and
inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
“(q) any
preparation of morphine or its salts containing more than, or more than the
equivalent of, one-fifth per centum of anhydrous morphine and any preparation
of cocaine or its salts containing more than one-tenth per centum of cocaine;”;
(c)
by inserting after item 6a the
following item:—
“6b
| Insulated
electric conductors in the form of cable or flexible cord—
| 1. The
exterior of the cable or cord shall, at intervals of not more than one yard
along its lengths bear a legible and indelible mark or marks sufficient to
identify the manufacturer of the cable or cord
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(a)
designated, or, in the opinion of an officer, classifiable, as two hundred
and fifty volt grade or six hundred and sixty volt grade; and
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2. A tag or
label shall be attached to each coil or reel of cable or cord showing in
respect of the cable or cord—
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(b) of a
sectional area of one square inch or less
| (a) the name, registered trade name or
registered mark of the manufacturer;
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(b) its rated working voltage;
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(c) the sectional area of the
conductor;
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(d) the type of insulation and
protection; and
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(e) in the case of cable or cord
insulated other than with vulcanized rubber, vulcanized rubber compound or
Polyvinyl Chloride or Copolymer—
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(i) the insulation resistance per thousand yards at sixty
degrees Fahrenheit after twelve hours immersion in water, while still
immersed, and after one minute’s electrification at five hundred volts; and
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(ii) the
voltage test which the cable or cord is guaranteed to withstand
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3. The
importer of the cable or cord shall satisfy an officer that the cable or cord
complies with such of the conditions and requirements specified in any
Approval and Test Specification of the Standards Association of Australia as
are applicable to the cable or cord and relate to—
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(a) voltage tests;
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(b) minimum insulation resistance;
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(c) dimensions, resistances and types
of conductor; and
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(d) such other matters as an officer
directs
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4. In the
case of cable or cord to which no Approval and Test Specification of the
Standards Association of Australia applies, the importer of the cable or cord
shall obtain the consent in writing of the Minister to the importation of the
cable or cord”
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; and
(d)
by omitting items 14, 15 and 16.
By
Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth
Government Printer, Canberra.