STATUTORY
RULES
1966 No.
15
REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS
ACT 1901-1965.*
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 1901-1965.
Dated this twenty-sixth day
of January, 1966.
CASEY
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
(Sgd.) KEN ANDERSON
Minister
of State for Customs and Excise.
Amendment of the
Customs Regulations
1. These Regulations shall come
into operation on the fourteenth day of February, 1966.
2. Regulation 93 of the Customs
Regulations is amended by omitting the scale of rent and charges in
sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following scale:—
Item No. | Goods | Rent for Week or Part of a
Week | Charge for Receipt and
Delivery |
$ | $ |
1 | Wines, spirits, and other
spirituous liquids (other than beer)—
|
(a) per tun,
puncheon, butt or pipe of more than 90 gallons....
| 0.28 | 1.10 |
(b)per hogshead of
more than 71 gallons but not more than 90 gallons..........................................................................
| 0.10 | 0.40 |
(c) per hogshead of
more than 40 gallons but not more than 71 gallons..........................................................................
| 0.10 | 0.30 |
(d)per barrel or
quarter cask of more than 20 gallons but not more than 40 gallons.............................................................
| 0.07 | 0.22 |
(e) per octave or
smaller package of not less than 9 gallons but not more than 20 gallons..............................................
| 0.05 | 0.15 |
(f) per package
containing less than 9 gallons.........................
| 0.03 | 0.05 |
* Notified in the Commonwealth
Gazette on 3 February 1966.
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, Nos. 49
and 163; 1938, No. 111; 1939, No. 157; 1940, Nos. 203
and 256; 1946, Nos. 127 and 161;
1947, Nos. 29, 83, 94 and 152; 1948, No.
156; 1949, Nos. 34, 78, 95 and 111; 1950, No.
17; 1951, Nos. 34, 38, 71, 99, 106, 109 and
159; 1952, No. 96; 1953, No. 102; 1954, No. 21; 1955, Nos. 15,
32 and 66; 1956, Nos. 71, 83, 91 and
127; 1957, Nos. 57 and 76; 1958, No. 86;
1959, No. 106; 1960, Nos. 29 and 70; 1961, Nos.
60 and 144; 1962, Nos. 102
and 103; 1963, No. 149; and 1964, No. 141.
4144/65.—Price
6d. (5c) 9/14.12.1965
Item No. | Goods | Rent for Week or Part of a
Week | Charge for Receipt and
Delivery |
2 | Beer—
| $ | $ |
(a) per hogshead......................................................................
| 0.08 | 0.25 |
(b) per
half-hogshead or barrel.................................................
| 0.05 | 0.18 |
(c) per case...............................................................................
| 0.05 | 0.10 |
3 | Tobacco, cigars, cigarettes
and snuff— |
(a)per package of
not less than 90 lb net weight....................
| 0.08 | 0.45 |
(b)per package of
not less than 40 lb net weight, but less than 90 lb net weight..........................................................................
| 0.06 | 0.38 |
(c) per package of
less than 40 lb net weight..........................
| 0.04 | 0.35 |
4 | Drugs (including medicinal opium),
per package......................... | 0.10 | 0.12 |
5 | Timber, for each 100 superficial feet or measurement of less than 100 superficial feet................................................................................ | 0,07 | 0.17 |
6 | Dutiable postal articles— |
(a) per package.........................................................................
| .. | 0.02 |
(b)for each 3 lb
net weight or part of 3 lb net weight.............
| 0.02 | .. |
7 | Motor cars— |
(a)for each ton by
weight or part of a ton...............................
| .. | 4.00 |
(b)for each 40
cubic feet or measurement of less than 40 cubic feet
| 0.25 | .. |
8 | Goods in respect of which
the Collector directs that special precautions be taken because of their
value, for every $200 or part of $200 in value | 0.18 | 0.10 |
9 | General merchandise— |
(a)per package, or
in the case of a group of packages bearing the same import mark or being in
the same consignment, per group of packages—
|
(i) where the weight or
aggregate of the weights, as the case may be, is more than 56 lb but not more
than 560 lb and the measurement or the aggregate of the measurements, as the
case may be, is more than 2 cubic feet but not more than 10 cubic feet..................................................
| 0.10 | 0.60 |
(ii) where the weight or
aggregate of the weights, as the case may be, is more than 28 lb but not more
than 56 lb and the measurement or the aggregate of the measurements, as the
case may be, is more than 1 cubic foot but not more than 2 cubic feet....................................................
| 0.05 | 0.40 |
(iii) where the weight or
aggregate of the weights, as the case may be, is not more than 28 lb and the
measurement or the aggregate of the measurements, as the case may be, is not
more than 1 cubic foot...................................
| 0.05 | 0.25 |
(b)other general
merchandise, for each 40 cubic feet or measurement of less than 40 cubic feet..................................................
| 0.25 | 0.80 |
By Authority: A. J. Arthur,
Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra