Customs Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1958. No. 86.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1957.*

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 1901-1957.

Dated this 19th day of December, 1958.

W. J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd.) Denham Henty

Minister of State for Customs and Excise.

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Amendments of the Customs Regulations. 

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1959.

2. Regulation 54 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting the words “Eight shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Nine shillings and sixpence”.

3. Regulation 56 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “Eight shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Nine shillings and sixpence”.

4. Regulation 58 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting the words “Eight shillings” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “Nine shillings and sixpence”.

5. Regulation 61 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “Eight shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Nine shillings and sixpence”.

6. Regulation 76 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “Eight shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Nine shillings and sixpence”.

7. Regulation 93 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (2.) the words “Eight shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Nine shillings and sixpence”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 23rd Dec, 1958

  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; and 1957, Nos. 57 and 76.

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8. Regulation 111 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “Eight shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Nine shillings and sixpence”.

9. Regulation 147 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting the words “Eight shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Nine shillings and sixpence”.

10.—(1.) Regulation 159 of the Customs Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

“159.—(1.) Before a licence is granted, there is payable to the Collector by the applicant for the licence—

(a) in the case of an application by a sub-agent—a fee of One pound; or

(b) in the case of an application by a person other than a sub-agent—a fee of Five pounds.

“(2.) There is payable to the Collector, in respect of each licence in force on the first day of January in a year, by the person who holds the licence—

(a)in the case of a licence held by a person who is a sub-agent—a fee of One pound; or

(b)in the case of a licence held by a person who is not a sub-agent—a fee of Five pounds.

“(3.) A fee payable, in pursuance of the last preceding sub-regulation, on the first day of January in a year is payable on or before the first working day in January in that year.”.

(2.) The regulation inserted in the Customs Regulations by the last preceding sub-regulation applies in relation to—

(a) a licence granted on or after the first day of January, 1959; and

(b)a licence in force on the first day of January, 1959, or on any subsequent first day of January.

11. Regulation 192 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting the words “Eight shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “Nine shillings and sixpence”.

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By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.