Customs Regulations 1909 (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1910. No. 55.

 

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this thirty-first day of May, One thousand nine hundred and ten.

DUDLEY,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command.

FRANK G. TUDOR,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

CUSTOMS REGULATIONS.

Regulations 26 (1) and 94 (1) of the Customs Regulations 1909 (Statutory Rules 1909, No. 126) are hereby amended as under:—

Regulation 26 (1)—

“Cigarettes............................................................... 20 lbs. net weight”

to read

“Cigarettes................................................................ 15 lbs. net weight.”

After Regulation 94. (1)the following to be inserted:—

“Provided that in cases where labour for the receipt and delivery of goods is not provided by the Customs, but by the importer at his own expense, the charges under the heading of ‘Receipt and Delivery’ shall be one-half of those prescribed in the above scale.”

 

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