Customs Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1936. No. 163.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1936.*

(Twenty-ninth Amendment.)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Customs Act 1901-1936.

Dated this twenty-second day of December, 1936.

GOWRIE

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

T. W. WHITE

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

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Amendment of the Customs Regulations. 

1. Regulation 34 is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “the British or other Preferential Tariff” and inserting in their stead the words “rates of duty lower than the Intermediate Tariff”;

(b) by inserting after the word “and” first time occurring the words “subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation”;

(c) by inserting after sub-regulation (2.) the following sub-regulation:—

(3.) In the case of goods for which the benefit of the Intermediate Tariff is claimed, the invoice shall have in addition to the declaration in Form 8 prescribed by sub-regulation (2.) of this regulation, a declaration written, typewritten or printed thereon, and duly signed and witnessed, that each article on the invoice is bona fide the produce or manufacture of the country specified on the invoice as its country of origin, provided, however, at the discretion of the Collector, this requirement may be waived in respect of—

(a) goods which are accompanied by a certificate of origin required for the purposes of any other Commonwealth Act or Regulation, or by other trustworthy documents in proof of origin;

(b) goods whose nature clearly establishes their origin; or

(c) goods which are imported within six months of this sub-regulation coming into force.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 23rd December, 1936.

  Statutory Rules 1926, No. 203, as amended by Statutory Rules 1927, Nos. 17, 95 and 121; 1928, Nos. 47, 57, 74 and 95; 1929, Nos. 25, 56 and 127; 1930, Nos. 91, 138 and 140; 1931, Nos. 16, 42 and 90; 1932, No. 90; 1933, Nos. 21, 105, 106 and 129; 1934, Nos. 109 and 127; 1935, Nos. 1, 41, 69 and 113; 1936, No. 49.

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