Customs Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia.

No. 129. Department of Trade and Customs,

Melbourne, 27th November, 1902.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901.

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IS Excellency the Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, by and with the advice of the Executive Council thereof, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Customs Act 1901, has been pleased to make the following Regulations, to take effect from the 1st day of December, 1902.

C. C. KINGSTON,

Minister for Trade and Customs.

Repeal.

1. Sub-sections 3 and 4 of Regulation 8 of the Regulations under the Customs Act 1901, published in the Gazette on the 29th day of August, 1902, are hereby repealed.

Licence Fees for Warehouses where the Whole or Half the Services of a Locker are not Required.

2. In Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart, Adelaide and Port Adelaide, Perth, and Fremantle, the annual fees to be charged for licences for warehouses where the whole or half the services of a locker are not required, shall be according to the following scale:—

For warehouses having a tonnage capacity under 250 tons.................................................................	£20
For warehouses having a tonnage capacity of 250 tons and under 500 tons......................................	£30
For warehouses having a tonnage capacity of 500 tons and under 1,000 tons..................................	£40
For warehouses having a tonnage capacity of 1,000 tons and over........................................................	£50

3. In places other than those above specified, the annual fees to be charged for licences for warehouses where the whole or half the services of a locker are not required shall be according to the above scale, but so that the amounts of the fees shall be three-fourths of the above amounts.

4. The tonnage capacity of each warehouse shall be calculated at the rate of 40 cubic feet to the ton, but so that not more than 10 feet above the level of each floor shall be included in the tonnage capacity.

5. The services of a locker when required shall be paid for at the rate of Two shillings per hour or part thereof.