CUSTOMS TARIFF.
No. 22 of 1950.
An Act relating to Duties of Customs.
[Assented to 11th November, 1950.]
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent
Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff 1950.
(2.) The Customs
Tariff 1933–1949 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act,
may be cited as the Customs Tariff 1933–1950.
Amendment
of Tariff.
2.The
Schedule to the Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule to this Act
and duties of Customs are hereby imposed in accordance with the first-mentioned
Schedule as amended by the last-mentioned Schedule.
Time
of imposition of duties.
3.—(1.) The time of the imposition of the duties of
Customs (not being duties of Customs the time of the imposition of which is
fixed by the next succeeding sub-section) imposed by this Act is the twelfth
day of May, One thousand nine hundred and fifty, at nine o’clock in the
forenoon, reckoned according to standard time in the Australian Capital
Territory, and this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation at that
time.
(2.) The time of the imposition of the duties of
Customs imposed by this Act and set out in the column headed “Intermediate
Tariff” in the Schedule to this Act, upon any goods which are specified in, and
are the produce or manufacture of any British or foreign country specified in,
a Proclamation issued on or after the eleventh day of May, One thousand nine
hundred and fifty, and prior to the date on which this Act receives the Royal
Assent, applying or varying the application of the rates of duty so set out to those
goods, is the time and date specified in that Proclamation.
Validation
of Proclamations.
4.—(1.) Every Proclamation issued on or after the
eleventh day of May, One thousand nine hundred and fifty, and prior to the date
on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, applying or varying the
application of rates of duty set out in the column headed “Intermediate Tariff”
in the Schedule to this Act to goods which are specified in and are the produce
or manufacture of any British or foreign country specified in, the
Proclamation, and every Proclamation issued during that period revoking or
varying any such Proclamation, shall be deemed to have been lawfully made.
(2.) The power conferred by sub-section (3.) of
section nine a of the Principal
Act to issue a Proclamation revoking or varying a Proclamation issued in
pursuance of sub-section (1.) of that section includes a power to revoke or
vary any Proclamation referred to in the last preceding sub-section.
THE SCHEDULE. Section
2.
——
Amendments of the Schedule to the Principle Act.
Import Duties.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
DIVISION IV.—AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND
GROCERIES. |
78. By omitting the
whole of paragraph (3) of sub-item (h)
and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
“(3)
Kernels n.e.i.---------------------------------- per
lb.
| 4½d. | 8d. | 9d.” |
DIVISION VI.—METALS AND MACHINERY. |
143a.
By omitting the whole item. |
161. By omitting the
whole of sub-item (a) and
inserting in its stead the following sub-item:—
|
“(a)
Agricultural, horticultural and viticultural machinery and implements,
n.e.i.; cane loaders cane unloaders and cane harvesters ; channel-making
graders; garden and field rollers; garden hose reels; horse road rollers and
machines; lawn sweepers; road scoops and scrapers; scoops; stump extractors; fibre
scutching machines; milking machines; potato raisers or diggers; potato
sorters; root cutters pulpers and graters; straw stackers; sub-surface
packers ad val.
| 5 per cent. | 27½ per cent. | 27½ per cent.” |
By
adding a new sub-item (d) as follows:—
|
“(d)
Garden and field spraying machines not, including spray pumps operated by
hand or foot------- ad val.
| 5 per cent. | 25 per cent. | 27½ per cent.” |
176. By adding a new sub-item (t) as follows:— |
“(t) Homogenising machines------------------- ad val.
| 27½per
cent. | 50 per cent. | 57½ per cent”. |
185. By omitting the
whole of sub-item (b) and
inserting in its stead the following sub-item:—
|
“(b)
Screws for wood not elsewhere specified- ad
val.
| 10 per cent. | 40 per cent. | 45 per cent.” |
206. By adding a new sub-item (g) as follows:— |
“(g) Lanterns,
acetylene gas, of the type ordinarily used in lighthouse services as an aid
to navigation ad val.
| Free | 12½ per cent. | 45 per cent.” |
208. By adding a new
sub-item (j) as follows :— “(j) Metal hinges—
|
(1) Wholly of brass, bronze, or gunmetal ad val.
| 27½ per cent. | 50 per cent. | 50 per cent.” |
(2) Other------------------------------------------- ad
val.
| 27½ per cent. | 50 per cent. | 57½ per cent.” |
By
adding a new sub-item (m) as
follows:—
|
“ (m)
Tinned steel milk transport cans having a capacity of not less than 2 gallons
but not exceeding a capacity of 15 gallons------------------ ad
val.
| 20 per cent. | 35 per cent. | 57½per cent.” |
The Schedule—continued.
Import Duties—continued.
Tariff
Items. | British
Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate
Tariff. | General
Tariff. |
DIVISION VIII.—EARTHENWARE, CEMENT, CHINA, GLASS, AND STONE. |
262. By omitting the while of sub-item (c) and inserting in its stead the
following sub-item:—
|
“(c)
Slabs, scantlings, or blocks, sawn on one or two faces, n.e.i.—
|
(1) Marble--------------------------------------- ad
val.
| 17
½ per cent. | 25
per cent. | 30
per cent. |
(2) Other than marble------------------------ ad val.
| 17
½ per cent. | 30
per cent. | 30
per cent.” |
By omitting the whole of sub-item (d) and inserting in its stead the
following sub-item:—
|
“(d) Slabs, scantlings,
or blocks, sawn on one or more faces and one or more edges or ends—
|
(1) Marble--------------------------------------- ad
val.
| 20
per cent. | 27
½ per cent. | 35
per cent. |
(2) Other than marble------------------------ ad val.
| 20
per cent. | 35
per cent. | 35
per cent.” |
By omitting the whole of sub-item (e) and inserting in its stead the
following sub-item:—
|
“(e)
Dust and chips—
|
(1) Marble--------------------------------------- ad
val.
| 10
per cent. | 17
½ per cent. | 22
½ per cent. |
(2) Other than marble------------------------ ad val.
| 10
per cent. | 22
½ per cent. | 22
½ per cent.” |
DIVISION IX.—DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. |
281. By omitting the whole of paragraph (4) of
sub-item (a) and inserting in
its stead the following paragraph:—
|
“(4) Arsenic trioxide-------------------------------------- per
ton
| Free | £2 | £3” |
DIVISION XV.—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. |
366. By adding a new sub-item (c) as follows:— |
“(c)
Accordions but not including piano accordions
ad val. | Free | 12
½ per cent. | 17
½per cent.” |
DIVISION XVI.—MISCELLANEOUS. |
429. By omitting the whole item and inserting
in its stead the following item:—
|
“429. Tanning materials, viz.:—
|
(a) Wattle bark extract------------------------ ad val.
| 10
per cent. | 10
per cent. | 22
½ per cent. |
(b) Valonia, raw and
extracts thereof--------------
| Free | Free | Free” |
447. By omitting the whole item and inserting
in its stead the following item:—
|
“447. Ferrous alloys not processed beyond the
ingot Stage, viz.:—
|
(a) Ferro-manganese--------------------------- ad val.
| Free | 12
½ per cent. | 12
½ per cent. |
(b) Ferro-chromium; ferro-silicon;
ferro-silico-manganese; ferro-molybdenum
| Free | Free | Free |
(c) N.E.I.----------------------------------------------------
| Free | Free | Free” |
450. By adding a new item as follows :— |
“450. Corundum and emery, natural, being
abrasive media, viz.:—
|
Crude, unground;
powdered or granulated, in packages containing 5 lb. or over--------------------------
| Free | Free | Free” |