STATUTORY RULES.
1934. No. 127.
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REGULATIONS
UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1934.
(Twenty
third 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 Regulations
under the Customs Act 1901-1934.
Dated this tenth day of October, 1934.
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister
of State for Trade and Customs.
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Amendment of
Customs Regulations.
(Statutory Rules 1926, No. 203 as
amended to this date.)
1. Regulation 192 is cancelled and
the following substituted:—
Payment for Officers’ Services.
192. Importers of goods shall pay to
the Collector a charge of 3s. 6d. per hour or any portion of an hour for the
time an officer is employed during official hours at their request in the
inspection of goods at the owner’s warehouse. When the Collector so directs a
similar charge shall be made for any service rendered by an officer in the
importer’s interest and at the importer’s request. Provided that the charge for
an officer’s services outside official hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) shall be in
accordance with regulation 22.
4082.—10/14.9.1934.—Price 3d.
2. The
Schedule to the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting Form 9 and inserting
in lieu thereof the following form:—
Form 9.
Reg. 34.
Australian Customs.
COMBINED
CERTIFICATE OF VALUE AND OF ORIGIN TO BE WRITTEN, TYPEWRITTEN, OR PRINTED ON
INVOICES OF GOODS FOR EXPORTATION TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, FOR WHICH
ENTRY IS CLAIMED AT PREFERENTIAL TARIFF RATES.
I, (1) of (2) of (3) manufacturer/supplierof goods enumerated in this invoice
amounting to hereby
declare that I [(4) have the authority to make and sign this certificate on
behalf of the aforesaid manufacturer/supplierand that I] have the means
of knowing and I do further declare as follows: —
Value
(Para. 1 (b)is for
goods on consignment. Delete para. 1 (a) or 1 (b)
whichever is not applicable.)
1. (a) That this invoice is
in all respects correct and containsa true and
full statement of the price actually paid or to be paid for the said goods,
and the actual quantity and description thereof. | 1.(b) That this invoice is in
all respects correct and containsa
true and full statement as to the quantity and description of the goods and of
the price which would have had to be paid by a purchaser in Australia had the
goods been sold to an Australian importer instead of being consigned for sale
in Australia.
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(1) Here insert name and
description, viz., Manager, Chief Clerk, or as the case may be.
(2) Here insert name of firm or
company.
(3) Here insert name of city and
country.
(4) These words should be omitted
where the manufacturer or supplier himself signs the Certificate.
2. That no different
invoice of the goods mentioned in the said invoice has been or will be
furnished to any one; and that no arrangement or understanding affecting the
purchase price of the said goods has been or will be made or entered into
between, the said exporter and purchaser, or by any one on behalf of either of
them either by way of discount, rebate, compensation, or in any manner whatever
other than as fully shown on this invoice, or as follows:—(5)
(5) Here insert particulars of any
special arrangement.
3. That the domestic
values shown in the column headed “Current domestic Values in Currency of
Exporting Country” are those at which the above-mentioned firm or company is
supplying or would be prepared to supply to any and every purchaser for home
consumption in the country of exportation and at the date of exportation
identically similar goods in equal quantities, at (6) subject toper cent. cash discount, and that such
values include/exclude the cost of outside packages, if any, in which the goods
are sold in such country for domestic consumption.
(6) Here insert “warehouse,”
“factory,” or “port of shipment”
4. That the said
domestic value includes any duty leviable in respect of the goods before they
are delivered for home consumption, and that on exportation a drawback or
remission of duty amounting to has been/will be allowed by the revenue authorities in the country of exportation.
Origin.
This
part is for use only where goods are entitled to preferential tariff rates. | Goods
wholly produced or wholly manufactured in
the United Kingdom. 5. That
in regard to the articles in this invoice marked “A” in the column “Country
of Origin” the goods have been either wholly produced or wholly manufactured
in the United Kingdom. As to manufactured goods, such goods have been either
wholly produced or wholly manufactured in the United Kingdom from materials
in one or more of the following classes:— (i)
Materialswholly produced or
wholly manufactured in the United Kingdom or in Australia; (ii)
Imported unmanufactured raw materials; (iii)
Imported manufactured raw materials as determined bythe Minister for
Trade and Customs for the Commonwealth.
Seventy-five
per cent. qualification. 6. That in regard tothe
articles in this invoice marked “B” in the column “Country of Origin” not
less than 75 per centum of the factory or works cost of each such article in
its finished state is represented— (i)
by labour or material of the United Kingdom; or (ii)
by labour or material of the United Kingdom and labour or material of
Australia.
Twenty-five
per cent. qualification. 7. That
in regard to the items in this invoice marked “C” in the column “Country of
Origin” not less than 25 per centum of the factory or works cost of each such
article in its finished state is represented— (i)
by labour or material of the United Kingdom; or (ii)
by labour or material of the United Kingdom and labour or material of
Australia.
(Note.—Goods will not qualify for
preference under this category unless they are goods which are deemed to be
goods of a class or kind not commercially manufactured in Australia; a list
of such goods is given in Appendix C of Explanatory Memorandum on the preference.
The declarant’s attention is invited to paragraphs 19 (d)and
21 (c) of the Explanatory
Memorandum. In the case of goods of a class or kind not commercially produced
or manufactured in Australia in respect of which a 50 per cent. qualification
has been imposed pursuant to sub-section (2.)
of section 151a of the Customs
Act 1901-1934 (vide paragraph 19 (d) of Explanatory
Memorandum), the words and figures “50 per centum” should be inserted in
clause 7 of the certificate in lieu of the words and figures “25 per
centum”.) Final
process must be United Kingdom —all
goods 8. That
in regard to all of the goods marked “A”, “B”, or “C”, the final process of
manufacture of each and every article has been performed in the United
Kingdom. 9.That in the calculation of the
proportion of United Kingdom and Australian labour or material none of the
following items has been included or considered:—Cost of outside packages or
any cost of packing the goods thereinto; manufacturer’s or exporter’s profit
or profit or remuneration of any trader, agent, broker, or other person
dealing in the article in its finished condition; royalties; cost of carriage
or insurance or any other charge incurred subsequent to the completion of the
manufacture of the goods. 10.With regard to bottles, flasks, or
jars, being containers of goods mentioned in the invoice, that such bottles,
flasks, or jars are of United Kingdom or Australian manufacture, and if
purchased from bottle exchanges have distinctive marks or features which
enable me to certify to their United Kingdom or Australian origin. (Declarant should note that
bottles, flasks, and jars must be marked on invoice separately from the goods
they contain.) |
Dated
at this day of, 19 .
Signature....................
Witness....................
3. Form 50 in the
Schedule to the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting the word “sterling”
appearing in the declaration.
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