Customs Tariff 1970 (Cth)

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Customs Tariff

No. 36 of 1970

An Act relating to Duties of Customs.

[Assented to 23 June 1970]

BE it enacted by the Queen’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 1970.

(2.) The Customs Tariff 1966–1969 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 1966–1970.

Commencement.

2. Except as provided otherwise, this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the ninth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine.

Amendments having effect from 9 June, 1969.

3. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the First Schedule to this Act.

 

Amendments having effect from 1 July, 1969.

4.—(1.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the last preceding section, is amended by adding at the end of section 17a the following sub-section:—

“(12.) If, in column 4 in Part V. of the Fifth Schedule, the letter ‘(H)’ is specified in relation to a rate of duty—

(a) that rate of duty shall, in respect of goods entered for home consumption on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one, and before the date specified in the next succeeding paragraph, be read as a reference to that rate reduced by one-quarter;

(b)that first-mentioned rate of duty shall, in respect of goods entered for home consumption on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-three, and before the date specified in the next succeeding paragraph, be read as a reference to that rate reduced by one-half;

(c) that first-mentioned rate of duty shall, in respect of goods entered for home consumption on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-five, and before the date specified in the next succeeding paragraph, be read as a reference to that rate reduced by three-quarters; and

(d)there shall, in respect of goods entered for home consumption on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven, be deemed to be substituted for that first-mentioned rate of duty the word ‘ Free’.”.

(2.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the last preceding section, is further amended as set out in the Second Schedule to this Act.

(3.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine.

Amendments having effect from 14 July, 1969.

5.—(1.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the preceding sections of this Act, is amended as set out in the Third Schedule to this Act.

(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the fourteenth day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine.

Amendments having effect from 1 August, 1969.

6.—(1.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the preceding sections of this Act, is amended as set out in the Fourth Schedule to this Act.

(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of August, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine.

 

Amendments having effect from 19 September, 1969.

7.—(1.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the preceding sections of this Act, is amended as set out in the Fifth Schedule to this Act.

(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the nineteenth day of September, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine.

Amendments having effect from 3 October, 1969.

8.—(1.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the preceding sections of this Act, is amended as set out in the Sixth Schedule to this Act.

(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the third day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine.

Amendments having effect from 13 October, 1969.

9.—(1.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the preceding sections of this Act, is amended as set out in the Seventh Schedule to this Act.

(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the thirteenth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine.

Amendments having effect from 20 October, 1969.

10.—(1.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the preceding sections of this Act, is amended as set out in the Eighth Schedule to this Act.

(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the twentieth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine.

Amendments having effect from 7 November, 1969.

11.—(1.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the preceding sections of this Act, is amended as set out in the Ninth Schedule to this Act.

(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the seventh day of November, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine.

Amendments having effect from 30 December, 1969.

12.—(1.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the preceding sections of this Act, is amended as set out in the Tenth Schedule to this Act.

(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the thirtieth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine.

Amendments having effect from 1 January, 1970.

13.—(1.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the preceding sections of this Act, is amended by adding at the end of section 17a the following sub-section:—

“(13.) If, in column 4 in Part V. of the Fifth Schedule, the letter ‘(I)’ is specified in relation to a rate of duty—

(a)that rate of duty shall, in respect of goods entered for home consumption on or after the first day of January, One thousand

 

nine hundred and seventy-two, and before the date specified in the next succeeding paragraph, be read as a reference to that rate reduced by one-quarter;

(b)that first-mentioned rate of duty shall, in respect of goods entered for home consumption on or after the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-four, and before the date specified in the next succeeding paragraph, be read as a reference to that rate reduced by one-half;

(c) that first-mentioned rate of duty shall, in respect of goods entered for home consumption on or after the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-six, and before the date specified in the next succeeding paragraph, be read as a reference to that rate reduced by three-quarters; and

(d) there shall, in respect of goods entered for home consumption on or after the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-eight, be deemed to be substituted for that first-mentioned rate of duty the word ‘Free’.”.

(2.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the preceding sections of this Act, is further amended as set out in the Eleventh Schedule to this Act.

(3.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and seventy.

Amendments having effect from 9 February, 1970.

14.—(1.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the preceding sections of this Act, is amended as set out in the Twelfth Schedule to this Act.

(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the ninth day of February, One thousand nine hundred and seventy.

Amendments having effect from 7 April, 1970.

15.—(1.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the preceding sections of this Act, is amended as set out in the Thirteenth Schedule to this Act.

(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the seventh day of April, One thousand nine hundred and seventy.

Amendments having effect from 9 April. 1970.

16.—(1.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the preceding sections of this Act, is amended as set out in the Fourteenth Schedule to this Act.

(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the ninth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and seventy.

 

THE SCHEDULES

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FIRST SCHEDULE Section 3.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT

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AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE

1. After sub-item 32.09.4 insert the following sub-item:—

“32.09.5

- Aerosols, being goods that—

(a)fall within item 32.09 only by the application of note 4 to this Chapter; and

(b)but for the presence of the propellent would not fall within item 32.09 by the application of note 4 to this Chapter

The rate of duty set out in this column in the tariff classification that, but for this item and note 4 to this Chapter, would apply to the goods

The rate of duty set out in this column in the tariff classification that, but for this item and note 4 to this Chapter, would apply to the goods”

2. Omit paragraph 39.02.41, insert the following paragraph:—

“39.02.41

- - Floor and wall coverings...................................................

45%

35%”.

3. Omit sub-item 39.07.6, insert the following sub-item:—

“39.07.6

- Floor coverings; wall coverings, being tiles none of which exceeds 400 square inches in area

45%

35%”.

4. Omit sub-item 40.08.1, insert the following sub-item:—

“40.08.1

- Floor and wall coverings:

40.08.11

- - Being underlay material....................................................

35%

25%

40.08.19

- - Other.....................................................................................

45%

35%”.

5. Omit sub-item 40.14.1, insert the following sub-item:—

“40.14.1

- Floor and wall coverings......................................................

45%

35%”.

6. Omit sub-item 42.03.1, insert the following sub-item:—

“42.03.1

- Gloves, mittens or mitts:

42.03.11

- - Of the work type or as worn by golfers..........................

30%

20%

42.03.12

- - Dress type.............................................................................

12½%

Free

42.03.19

- - Other.....................................................................................

7½%

Free”.

7. Omit item 48.12, insert the following item:—

“48.12

* Floor coverings prepared on a base of paper or of paperboard, whether or not cut to size, with or without a coating of linoleum compound:

48.12.1

- Having a coating of or partly of artificial plastic material

45%

35%

48.12.9

- Other........................................................................................

35%

25%”.

8. Omit sub-item 58.02.3, insert the following sub-item:—

“58.02.3

- Handmade goods not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item in this item; goods wholly of cotton or in which the pile is wholly of cotton; goods in which the pile or face is wholly of jute, not being goods falling within sub-item 58.02.2

7½%

Free”.

9. Omit item 59.10, insert the following item:—

“59.10

* Linoleum and materials prepared on a textile base in a similar manner to linoleum, whether or not cut to shape and whether or not of a kind used as floor covering; floor coverings consisting of a coating applied on a textile base, whether or not cut to shape:

 

First Schedule—continued

9.—continued

59.10.1

- Having a coating of or partly of artificial plastic material

45%

35%

59.10.9

- Other.......................................................................................

35%

25%”.

10. In sub-item 60.05.1, after “Articles of apparel”, insert “, other than men’s and boys’ shirts”.

11. After sub-item 60.05.3 insert the following sub-item:—

“60.05.4

- Men’s and boys’ shirts........................................................

57½%, or, if higher, $1.57 per doz

22½%”.

12. Omit sub-items 82.13.1 and 82.13.2, insert the following sub-items:—

“82.13.1

- Vacuum operated hair clippers; cutting plates for clippers of the non-vibratory kind for cutting human hair

12½%

Free

82.13.2

- Cutting plates of a kind ordinarily used in vibratory clippers for human hair

50%

32½%”.

13. After sub-item 82.13.3 insert the following sub-item:—

“82.13.4

- Secateurs of a kind having a blade that cuts against, but does not overlap, the anvil blade

25%

15%”.

14. Omit sub-item 84.41.9, insert the following sub-item:—

“84.41.9

- Other.......................................................................................

To and including 31 December, 1969—4½% From and including 1 January, 1970, to and including 31 December, 1970—3% From and including 1 January, 1971, to and including 31 December, 1971—1½% From and including 1 January, 1972—Free

Free”.

15. Omit sub-item 87.01.2, insert the following sub-item:—

“87.01.2

- Tractors of the track-laying type; agricultural tractors not being goods falling within sub-item 87.01.3 or 87.01.4; other tractors not being goods falling within sub-item 87.01.4, being agricultural tractors or tractors that, in the opinion of the Minister, are derivatives of agricultural tractors

In respect of a component specified in note 7 to this Chapter—the rate of duty set out in this column that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—7½%

In respect of a component specified in note 7 to this Chapter—the rate of duty that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—Free”.

First Schedule—continued

16. After sub-item 87.01.3 insert the following sub-item:—

“87.01.4

- For use in the manufacture of, or for incorporation in, road rollers, not being goods falling within sub-item 87.01.3

42½%

27½%”.

17. After note 4 to Chapter 92 insert the following note:—

“5. Tape decks that incorporate components, circuitry or electrical wiring associated with audio pre-amplification or amplification do not fall within sub-item 92.11.1.”.

18. In sub-item 92.11.1, before “tape decks”, insert “basic”.

AMENDMENT OF PART I. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

From item 49 omit “sub-paragraph 39.02.412 or”.

AMENDMENT OF PART II. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

After—

“41.10

”

insert—

“42.03.19...........................

Goods other than baseball or Softball gloves”.

AMENDMENT OF PART IV. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

After—

“32.09.4

”

insert—

“32.09.5............................

”.

AMENDMENT OF PART V. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

Omit—

“42.03.191..........................

Goods other than baseball or Softball gloves”.

AMENDMENT OF PART II. OF THE THIRD SCHEDULE

Omit—

“Sub-paragraph 42.03.199

”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART IV. OF THE THIRD SCHEDULE

1. Omit—

“Paragraph 40.08.11

”.

2. Omit—

“Sub-paragraph 42.03.191

”.

3. After—

“Paragraph 60.05.15

Ties wholly of silk

”

insert—

“Sub-item 60.05.4

”.

AMENDMENT OF PART IV. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

Omit item 3, insert the following items:—

“3

42.03.11

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

17½%

3a

42.03.12

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

1. Omit items 588f and 588g, insert the following items:—

“588f

39.02.41

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

25%

588g

39.02.494

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

588h

39.03.34

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

20%”.

2. After item 593 insert the following item:—

“593a

39.07.6

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

25%”.

 

First Schedule—continued.

3. After item 606 insert the following items:—

“606a

40.08.11

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

12½%

606b

40.08.19

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

25%”.

4. After item 610 insert the following item:—

“610a

40.14.1

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

25%”.

5. Omit item 629, insert the following item:—

“629

42.03.11

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

6. After item 766e insert the following items:—

“766f

48.12.1

Goods other than goods having a coating of or partly of vinyl polymers or having a coating of or partly of vinyl copolymers

17½%

766g

48.12.1

Goods having a coating of or partly of vinyl polymers or having a coating of or partly of vinyl copolymers

25%

766h

48.12.9

Goods other than with a coating of linoleum compound

17½%”.

7. Omit items 911 and 911a, insert the following items:—

“911

59.10.1

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

(A): 20%

911A

59.10.9

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

(A): 20%

911b

59.13.1

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

17½%”.

8. After item 941 insert the following item:—

“941a

60.05.4

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

22½%”.

9. Omit item 1288.

10. After item 1290 insert the following items:—

“1290a

82.13.4

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

1290b

82.13.9

Hand pieces for sheep-shearing machines; secateurs

Free”.

SECOND SCHEDULE Section 4.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3 OF THIS ACT

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AMENDMENTS OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

1. After item 86 insert the following items:—

“86a

10.07.1

Millet; canary seed; grain sorghum.......................

Free

86b

10.07.9

Millet; canary seed; grain sorghum.......................

Free”.

2. Omit item 210a, insert the following items:—

“210a

21.07.9

Suet preparations containing more than 50% by weight of suet

(H): 10%

210b

22.03.1

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

$1.1375 per gal”.

3. After item 255a insert the following item:—

“255b

27.09.9

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

4. After item 279 insert the following item:—

“279a

28.16

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

 

Second Schedule—continued

5. After item 502a insert the following items:—

“502b

36.07.1

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

502c

36.07.9

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

(H): 16%”.

6. Omit item 873, insert the following item:—

“873

58.01.1

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

7. Omit item 875, insert the following item:—

“875

58.01.9

Goods other than floor rugs wholly or partly of wool

(H): 10%”.

8. Omit item 878, insert the following items:—

“878

58.04.1

Fabrics of cotton, not being fabrics that—

(H): 36%

(a) contain wool;

(b) contain discontinuous man-made fibres; or

(c) are laminated or multi-plied fabrics

878a

58.04.3

Fabrics of cotton, not being fabrics that—

(a) contain wool;

(b) when weighing 6 ounces or more per square yard, contain discontinuous man-made fibres; or

(c) are laminated or multi-plied fabrics

(H): 14%; or, if higher, $0.08 per sq ft, less 74%

878b

58.04.91

Fabrics of cotton, not being fabrics that—

(a) contain wool;

(b)when weighing 6 ounces or more per square yard, contain discontinuous man-made fibres; or

(c) are laminated or multi-plied fabrics

Free

878c

58.04.91

Of, or containing not less than 20% by weight of, wool

22½%

878d

58.04.99

Fabrics of cotton, not being fabrics that—

(a) contain wool;

(b) when weighing 6 ounces or more per square yard, contain discontinuous man-made fibres; or

(c) are laminated or multi-plied fabrics

Free”.

9. Omit item 1028a, insert the following items:—

“1028a

68.11

Bricks, blocks or slabs that do not exceed 24 inches in length, 8 inches in width and 8 inches in thickness, but not including goods composed of chips of marble set irregularly in cement whether they are polished or unpolished

(H): 10%

1028b

68.12

Sheets of asbestos cement decorated with artificial stone

Free”.

10. After item 1124 insert the following items:—

“1124a

74.04.111

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

(H): 20%

1124b

74.04.119

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

(H): 20%

1124c

74.04.191

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

(H): 10%

1124d

74.04.199

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

(H): 10%

 

Second Schedule—continued

10.—continued

1124e

74.04.21

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

(H): 20%

1124f

74.04.22

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

(H): 10%

1124g

74.04.29

Goods of brass or Muntz metal.........................

(H): 12%

1124h

74.04.99

Goods of unalloyed copper, other than corrugated or perforated

(H): 22%”.

11. After item 1329 insert the following item:—

“1329a

84.17.59

Counter type coffee making machines...............

(H): 22%”.

12. Omit item 1360a, insert the following item:—

“1360a

84.25.39

Combine harvester-threshers; forage harvesters.

Free”.

13. After item 1421a insert the following item:—

“1421b

84.40.4

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

(H): 22%”.

14. Omit item 1431b, insert the following items:—

“1431b

84.45.229

Broaching machines.........................................

Free

1431c

84.45.49

Wire-drawing machines....................................

Free”.

15. Omit items 1516b and 1516c, insert the following items:—

“1516b

85.14.99

Speech trainers................................................

(H): 22%

1516c

85.15.1

High-fidelity tuners for broadcast frequencies, as defined by by-law

(F): 22%, and $8 each

1516d

85.15.9

Communications transceivers having a frequency range from 535 kc/s to 10 Mc/s; television translators

(F): 22%”.

16. Omit item 1549, insert the following items:—

“1549

86.03

Electric rail locomotives...................................

(H): 14%

1549a

86.03

Rail locomotives not falling within a preceding item

17½%”.

17. Omit item 1627, insert the following item:—

“1627

90.16.282

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

18. Omit item 1639, insert the following item:—

“1639

90.17.52

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

19. After item 1687a insert the following items:—

“1687b

92.12.1

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

1687c

92.12.9

Matrices for the production of records; prepared record blanks: recorded discs

Free”

20. Omit item 1733, insert the following items:—

“1733

98.07

Date sealing or numbering stamps and the like including devices for printing or embossing labels, self-inking, designed for operating in the hand

(H): 14%

1733a

98.07

Goods not being goods falling within a preceding item

22½%”.

 

Second Schedule—continued

21. Omit items 1735a and 1735b, insert the following items:—

“1735a

98.10.1

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

(H): 16%

1735b

98.10.9

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

(H): 14%

1735c

98.11.11

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

1735d

98.11.19

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

(D): 16%”.

THIRD SCHEDULE Section 5.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 3 AND 4 OF THIS ACT

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AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE

1. After note 4 to Chapter 20 insert the following note:—

“5. The following goods are specified for the purposes of sub-item 20.04.3, that is to say, goods that—

(a) were in transit to Australia on 4 June, 1969; and

(b)are entered for home consumption within 21 days after importation.”.

2. After sub-item 20.04.2 insert the following sub-item:—

“20.04.3

- Cherries................................................................

47½%, and, except in respect of goods specified in note 5 to this Chapter, a temporary duty of $0.06 per lb

22½%, and, except in respect of goods specified in note 5 to this Chapter, a temporary duty of $0.06 per lb”.

3. After note 3 to Chapter 85 insert the following note:—

“4. In sub-item 85.19.2 “ancillary article” means, unless the Minister otherwise directs, an article, including a control panel, transformer or switch, that is separate from, or is capable of being readily separated from, a circuit breaker, being switchgear or forming part of switchgear.”.

4. Omit paragraphs 85.19.21 and 85.19.22, insert the following paragraphs:—

“85.19.21

- - Switchgear of a kind rated for use on nominal system voltages exceeding 200 kV

In respect of each ancillary article—the rate of duty set out in this column that would apply to the goods if they were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—7½%

In respect of each ancillary article—the rate of duty that would apply to the goods if they were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—Free

 

Third Schedule—continued

4.—continued

85.19.22

- - Switchgear of a kind rated for use at voltages exceeding 1,000 and not falling within paragraph 85.19.21

In respect of each ancillary article—the rate of duty set out in this column that would apply to the goods if they were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—45 %

In respect of each ancillary article—the rate of duty that would apply to the goods if they were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—35%”.

AMENDMENT OF PART II. OF THE THIRD SCHEDULE

Omit—

“Sub-item 20.04.9......................................................

Drained cherries”,

insert—

“Sub-item 20.04.3......................................................

Drained cherries

Sub-item 20.04.9

 ”.

AMENDMENT OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

After item 178 insert the following item:—

“178a

20.04.3

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

$0.017 per lb”.

FOURTH SCHEDULE Section 6.

AMENDMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 3 TO 5 (INCLUSIVE) OF THIS ACT

 

AMENDMENT OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE

After sub-item 29.25.1 insert the following sub-item:—

“29.25.2

- Urea for use as a fertilizer...........................................

Free

Free”.

FIFTH SCHEDULE Section 7.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 3 TO 6 (INCLUSIVE) OF THIS ACT

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AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE

1. Omit sub-item 44.28.1, insert the following sub-item:—

“44.28.1

- Spring rollers for blinds...........................................

20%

20%”.

2. In sub-item 62.02.6, omit “quilts”, insert “bedspreads”.

3. Omit paragraphs 82.09.11 and 82.09.12, insert the following paragraph:—

“82.09.11

- - Cooks’, butchers’ and slaughtermen’s knives; fruit peeling knives

40%

30%”.

4. Omit sub-item 82.09.9, insert the following sub-item:—

“82.09.9

- Other.......................................................................

7½%

Free”.

5. Omit sub-item 82.10.1, insert the following sub-item:—

“82.10.1

- For knives of a kind used at the table or in the 1 kitchen; for butchers’ or slaughtermen’s knives

40%

30%”.

Fifth Schedule—continued

6. In sub-item 84.17.4, after “laboratories”, insert “; apparatus for the temperature control of instruments”.

7. Omit paragraph 84.45.51, insert the following paragraphs:—

“84.45.51

- - Machines, as follows:—

40%

27½%

(a) cutting presses

(b) guillotine shears

(c) slitting machines, whether or not also capable of flanging, designed to cut or trim mild steel to circular or other shapes but not including machines designed to cut or trim mild steel exceeding 0.125 inch in thickness or to cut or trim mild steel to shapes having a cross-sectional dimension exceeding 60 inches

84.45.52

- - Gang slitting machines.....................................................................

30%

20%”.

AMENDMENT OF PART I. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

Omit item 46, insert the following item:—

“46

Goods that, in the opinion of the Minister, are hand-made traditional products of cottage industries of a country that, at the time the goods are entered for home consumption, is a less developed country, as follows:—

(1) animal and furskin rugs falling within item 43.03 in the First Schedule;

(2) ceramic floor and wall tiles, whether or not glazed or decorated;

(3) coconut-shellware, carved, inlaid or decorated;

(4) curtains trimmed with stuffed quilting;

(5) embroidered textiles, being—

(a) tapestries falling within sub-item 58.03.9 in the First Schedule, not being wool; and

(b) badges, emblems or the like falling within sub-item 58.10.9 in the First Schedule;

(6) fancy coats made from hand-woven materials, sometimes known as ‘Cotorinas’;

(7) hand-loom textile fabrics of cotton, or in chief part by weight of cotton, weighing more than 6 ounces per square yard, having designs produced by broche threads or yarns, falling within sub-paragraph 55.09.499 or paragraph 58.05.49 in the First Schedule;

(8) hand-woven table napery of cotton, or in chief part by weight of cotton, being napery falling within sub-item 62.02.9 in the First Schedule;

(9) horn ware, ivory ware, shell ware or stone ware, being goods that are carved or inlaid;

(10) imitation jewellery, being necklaces, bracelets or the like, consisting of fruit kernels joined by metal links, falling within item 71.16 in the First Schedule;

(11) lace articles made from hand-made lace;

(12) lace in the piece, in strips or in motifs;

(13) lacquer ware;

(14) leather ware, decorated;

(15) metal ware that is—

(a) beaten;

(b) carved;

(c) chased;

(d) enamelled;

(e) filigreed;

(f) inlaid; or

(g) moulded;

(16) onyx ware, carved or inlaid, being goods falling within item 71.15 in the First Schedule;

(17) paintings executed by hand on bark, falling within paragraph 99.01.91 in the First Schedule;

(18) papier mâché ware, decorated;

Free

Free”.

 

Fifth Schedule—continued

“46—continued

(19) ponchos;

(20) pottery, decorated;

(21) quilts and other quilted textile articles, stuffed, not being articles of apparel of any kind;

(22) shopping bags and similar carrying nets of a type falling within item 59.05 or 59.06 in the First Schedule;

(23) skirts of grass or like vegetable materials of a kind known as hula skirts;

(24) textile fabrics, of cotton or in chief part by weight of cotton, weighing less than 6 ounces per square yard, not being fabrics to which sub-paragraph 55.09.329 in the First Schedule applies;

(25) textile fabrics, of silk or in chief part by weight of silk, not printed;

(26) ties, string, sometimes known as ‘ Bolos’;

(27) tunics, blouses, or shirts, made from hand-woven fabrics of cotton and having embroidery or printed designs thereon;

(28) unframed hand-made pictures made otherwise than by the use of ink or other pigmented media, being pictures falling within sub-paragraph 49.11.992 in the First Schedule;

(29) wood work, carved or inlaid;

(30) woven braided knitted or plaited articles (other than baskets, panniers, hampers or the like of wicker, cane or bamboo) made of straw, rushes, reeds, strips of vegetable fibres bark or like materials, being goods falling within paragraph 46.02.99, sub-item 46.03.2, 46.03.3 or 46.03.4 or paragraph 46.03.99 in the First Schedule

AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

1. Omit—

“82.09

82.10

”.

insert—

“82.09.11

82.09.19

82.09.9

82.10.1

82.10.9

”.

2. After—

“84.45.49

”.

insert—

“84.45.52

”.

AMENDMENT OF PART V. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

After—

“73.36.19

Goods other than gas fired appliances”

insert—

“ 73.36.92

 ”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

1. Omit item 1284.

2. Omit items 1285 to 1287a (inclusive), insert the following items:—

“1285

82.09.9

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

1286

82.10.1

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

 

SIXTH SCHEDULE Section 8.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 3 TO 7 (INCLUSIVE) OF THIS ACT

AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE

1. After note 12 to Chapter 84 insert the following note:—

“13. The following goods are specified for the purposes of sub-paragraphs 84.45.232 and 84.45.322, that is to say, goods that—

(a) were in direct transit to Australia on 19 August, 1969; and

(b) are entered for home consumption within 21 days after importation.”.

2. After sub-paragraph 84.45.231 insert the following sub-paragraph:—

“84.45.232

- - - Machines, as follows:—

(a) external cylindrical grinding machines, with or without internal grinding attachments, that—

(i) have a swing of 8 inches or exceeding 8 inches and not exceeding 14 inches;

(ii) have a distance between centres of 15 inches or exceeding 15 inches and not exceeding 40 inches; and

(iii) have an FOB price not exceeding $9,000 per machine;

(b) surface grinding machines that—

(i) have a horizontal reciprocating table;

(ii) have a horizontal spindle;

(iii) have a table width of 6 inches or exceeding 6 inches and not exceeding 14 inches; and

(iv) have a table length of 16 inches or exceeding 16 inches and not exceeding 32 inches,

but not including goods specified in note 13 to this Chapter

40%, and a temporary duty of 12½%

27½%, and a temporary duty of 12½%”.

3. In sub-paragraph 84.45.321, after “semi-automatic machines” insert “, not being goods falling within sub-paragraph 84.45.322”.

4. After sub-paragraph 84.45.321 insert the following sub-paragraph:—

“84.45.322

- - - Lathes, general purpose, having a swing over bed of 11 inches or exceeding 11 inches and not exceeding 27 inches, of a kind that but for this sub-paragraph would fall within subparagraph 84.45.321 and not being goods specified in note 13 to this Chapter

40%, and a temporary duty of 7½%, and of an amount per lathe equal to the amount, if any, by which the FOB price of the lathe is less than the product of $200 and the number representing the swing (in inches) over the bed of the lathe

27½%, and a temporary duty of 7½%, and of an amount per lathe equal to the amount, if any, by which the FOB price of the lathe is less than the product of $200 and the number representing the swing (in inches) over the bed of the lathe”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART VII. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

1. After—

“84.45.221

”

insert—

“84.45.232

”.

2. After—

“84.45.321

”

insert—

“84.45.322

”.

 

SEVENTH SCHEDULE Section 9.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 3 TO 8 (INCLUSIVE) OF THIS ACT

—————

AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE

1. Omit sub-item 08.05.2, insert the following sub-item:—

“08.05.2

 - Almonds..........................................................

15%

15%”.

2. Omit paragraph 20.06.21, insert the following paragraph:—

“20.06.21

- - Almonds.........................................................

15%

15%”.

3. After note 5 to Chapter 39 insert the following note:—

“6. The following goods are specified for the purposes of sub-paragraph 39.01.193, that is to say, goods that—

(a) were in transit to Australia on 13 October, 1969; and

(b) are entered for home consumption within 21 days after importation.”.

4. After sub-paragraph 39.01.192 insert the following sub-paragraph:—

“39.01.193

- - - Brake fluids being, or having as a basis, a substance that is an ethylene oxide derivative, not being goods specified in note 6 to this Chapter

25%

15%”.

5. Omit sub-items 73.24.1 and 73.24.9, insert the following sub-items:—

“73.24.1

- Of the seamless type..........................................

35%

25%

73.24.9

- Other:

73.24.91

- - Of the cryogenic type; having a water capacity exceeding 350 pounds

40%

30%

73.24.99

- - Other..............................................................

12½%

Free”.

6. Omit item 83.08, insert the following item:—

“83.08

* Flexible tubing and piping, of base metal............

7½%

Free”.

7. Omit from item 86.08 “* Road-rail containers and similar containers specially designed and equipped to be equally suitable for transport by rail, road or ship:”, insert “* Container system units specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport:”.

8. In note 5 to Chapter 87 after paragraph (o) insert the following paragraph:—

“(p) diodes of a kind commonly used with alternators, when not mounted on alternators.”.

9. Omit sub-item 90.27.1, insert the following sub-item:—

“90.27.1

- Taximeters........................................................

35%

25%”.

10. Omit sub-item 90.29.2.

11. Omit item 91.06, insert the following item:—

“91.06

* Time switches with clock or watch movement (including secondary movement) or with synchronous motor:

91.06.1

- Time of day synchronous motor time switches.....

35%

25%

91.06.9

- Other................................................................

7½%

Free”.

12. Omit sub-item 91.08.1, insert the following sub-item:—

“91.08.1

- Of a kind used solely or principally in time of day synchronous motor time switches of a kind falling within sub-item 91.06.1

35%

25%”.

13. Omit paragraph 91.11.91, insert the following paragraph:—

“91.11.91

- - Of a kind used solely or principally in time of day synchronous motor time switches of a kind falling within sub-item 91.06.1

35%

25%”.

 

Seventh Schedule—continued

AMENDMENTS OF PART IV. OF THE THIRD SCHEDULE

1. Omit—

“Sub-item 73.24.9 | ”.

2. Omit—

“Sub-item 83.08.1 | ”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART I. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

1. Omit item 90, insert the following item:—

“90

87.01.11

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

In respect of a component specified in paragraph (f) or (g)of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in this column in the item that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o) or (p) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that applies to the goods”.

2. Omit item 94, insert the following item:—

“94

87.02.11

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

In respect of a component specified in paragraph (f) or (g)of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in this column in the item that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o) or (p)of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that applies to the goods”.

 

Seventh Schedule—continued

3. Omit item 98, insert the following item:—

“98

87.03.91

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

In respect of a component specified in paragraph (f) or (g)of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in this column in the item that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o) or (p) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that applies to the goods”.

4. Omit item 101, insert the following item:—

“101

87.04.9

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

In respect of a component specified in paragraph (f) or (g)of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in this column in the item that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (a),(b), (c), (d), (e), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o) or (p) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that applies to the goods”.

 

Seventh Schedule—continued

5. Omit item 103, insert the following item:—

“103

87.06.919

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

In respect of a component specified in paragraph (f) or (g) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in this column in the item that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o) or (p) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that applies to the goods”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

1. Omit items 64 and 65, insert the following item:—

“64

08.05.2

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

2. After item 181 insert the following item:—

“181a

20.06.21

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

3. Omit item 588, insert the following items:—

“587a

39.01.149

Goods of a kind used solely or principally for water repellent treatment of walls of buildings

17½%

588

39.01.193

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

4. Omit item 1088, insert the following items:—

“1087a

73.24.91

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

1088

73.24.99

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

5. Omit items 1299 and 1300, insert the following item:—

“1299

83.08

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

 

Seventh Schedule—continued

6. Omit item 1555, insert the following item:—

“1555

87.01.11

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

In respect of a component specified in paragraph (k) or (n)of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—(A): 36%; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (o)of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—(H): 16%; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (p)of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—(A): 22%, or, if higher, $0.20 each; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) (j),(l) or (m) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that applies to the goods”.

7. Omit items 1558 to 1561 (inclusive), insert the following items:—

“1558

87.02.11

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

In respect of a component specified in paragraph (k) or (n) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—(A): 36%; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (o) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—(H): 16%; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (p)of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—(A): 22%, or, if higher,. $0.20 each; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e),(f), (g), (h), (i) (j), (l) or (m) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in

 

Seventh Schedule—continued

7.—continued

column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that applies to the goods

1559

87.03.91

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

In respect of a component specified in paragraph (k) or (n) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—(A): 36%; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (o) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—(H): 16%; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (p) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—(A): 22%, or, if higher, $0.20 each; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (l) or (m) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that applies to the goods

1560

87.04.9

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

In respect of a component specified in paragraph (k) or (n) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—(A): 36%; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (o) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—(H): 16%;

 

Seventh Schedule—continued

7.—continued

In respect of a component specified in paragraph (p)of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—(A): 22%, or, if higher, $0.20 each; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (l) or (m) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that applies to the goods

1561

87.06.919

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

In respect of a component specified in paragraph (k) or (n) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—(A): 36%; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (o)of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—(H): 16%; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (p)of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—(A): 22%, or, if higher, $0.20 each; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (a), (b),(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (l) or (m) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that applies to the goods”.

 

Seventh Schedule—continued

8. Omit items 1674 and 1675, insert the following item:—

“1674

91.06.9

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

AMENDMENT OF PART VI. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

Omit items 12 and 13, insert the following item:—

“12

08.05.2

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

EIGHTH SCHEDULE Section 10.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 3 TO 9 (INCLUSIVE) OF THIS ACT

—————

AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE

1. Omit item 40.10, insert the following item:—

“40.10

* Transmission, conveyor or elevator belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber:

40.10.1

- Reinforced solely with metal............................................

30%

20%

40.10.9

- Other:

40.10.91

- - Conveyor or elevator belting, not being wholly of vulcanised rubber

35%

35%

40.10.99

- - Other...................................................................................

35%

25%”.

2. Omit sub-item 42.04.1, insert the following sub-item:—

“42.04.1

- Belts and belting..................................................................

35%

25%”.

3. Omit paragraph 55.09.99, insert the following paragraph:—

“55.09.99

- - Other...................................................................................

50%

40%”.

4. Omit item 59.16, insert the following item:—

“59.16

* Transmission, conveyor or elevator belts or belting, of textile material, whether or not strengthened with metal or other material

40%

30%”.

5. Omit sub-item 84.22.5, insert the following sub-item:—

“84.22.5

- Coal conveyors, ore conveyors and ore belt distributors

In respect of the conveyor or elevator belting—35%; In respect of the remainder of the goods—30%

In respect of the conveyor or elevator belting—25%; In respect of the remainder of the goods—7½%”.

6. After note 9 to Chapter 87 insert the following note:—

“10. In a sub-item in this Chapter, “Unassembled” means goods that are not assembled or are not further assembled than a stage that, in the opinion of the Minister, constitutes a sub-assembly.”.

7. Omit note 8 to Chapter 90.

8. Omit sub-item 90.16.1, insert the following sub-item:—

“90.16.1

- Drawing, marking-out and mathematical calculating instruments, drafting machines, pantographs, slide rules, disc calculators and the like; protractors, divided scales, measuring rods, tape measures and the like:

 

Eighth Schedule—continued

8.—continued

90.16.11

- - Drafting machines with or without drawing boards, stands or tables

In respect of drawing boards, stands, and tables, if any—42½%; In respect of the remainder of the goods—40%

In respect of drawing boards, stands, and tables, if any—17½%; In respect of the remainder of the goods—30%

90.16.12

- - Steel tape measures less than 15 feet in length............

27½ %

20%

90.16.19

- - Other...................................................................................

35%

17½%”.

9. In sub-item 90.16.2 omit “(including micrometers, callipers, gauges, measuring rods and balancing machines);”, insert “(including micrometers, callipers, gauges and balancing machines), not being goods falling within sub-item 90.16.1;”.

10. Omit paragraph 90.16.26.

11. Omit sub-items 90.17.3, 90.17.4 and 90.17.5, insert the following sub-item:—

“90.17.3

- Cannulae, catheters, suction tubes and the like; syringes; injection or puncture needles:

90.17.31

- - Syringes other than syringes of artificial plastic material designed for use with injection or puncture needles; elastic gum woven catheters

In respect of injection or puncture needles (if any)—the rate of duty set out in this column that would apply to the needles if they were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—7½%

In respect of injection or puncture needles (if any)—the rate of duty that would apply to the needles if they were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—Free

90.17.32

- - Syringes of artificial plastic material designed for use with injection or puncture needles, entered for home consumption on or before 31 December 1972

In respect of injection or puncture needles (if any)—42½%; In respect of the remainder of the goods—30%

In respect of injection or puncture needles (if any)—25%; In respect of the remainder of the goods—20%

90.17.33

- - Injection or puncture needles entered for home consumption on or before 31 December 1972

42½%

25%

90.17.39

- - Other...................................................................................

30%

20%”.

12. After paragraph 90.17.91 insert the following paragraphs:—

“90.17.92

- - Vibratory massagers, as prescribed by by-law; dental units; kymographs

7½%

Free

90.17.93

- - Incubators for babies........................................................

30%

20%”.

 

Eighth Schedule—continued

AMENDMENT OF PART II. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

After—

“90.17.1 | ”

insert—

“90.17.39 |Goods other than cannulae, catheters, suction tubes and the like”.

AMENDMENT OF PART II. OF THE THIRD SCHEDULE

Omit—

“Paragraph 90.17.52 | ”.

insert—

“Paragraph 90.17.93 | ”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

1. Omit item 608a, insert the following item:—

“608a

40.10.91

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

25%”.

2. Omit item 633, insert the following item:—

“633

42.04.1

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

12½%”.

3. Omit items 860 to 860c (inclusive), insert the following item:—

“860

55.09.99

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

4. After item 916 insert the following item:—

“916a

59.16

Goods other than conveyor or elevator belts or belting, impregnated, coated or laminated with artificial plastic material

27½%”.

5. Omit item 1342, insert the following item:—

“1342

84.22.5

Goods incorporating conveyor or elevator belting of leather or greenhide

In respect of belting of a kind specified in column 3—12½%; In respect of the remainder of the goods—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that applies to the goods”.

6. Omit items 1611 to 1615 (inclusive), insert the following items:—

“1611

90.16.11

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

In respect of drawing boards, stands, and tables, if any—(A): 14%; In respect of the remainder of the goods—Free

1612

90.16.12

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

7. Omit items 1623 to 1624a (inclusive).

8. Omit items 1634 to 1640 (inclusive), insert the following items:—

“1634

90.17.31

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

1635

90.17.32

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

1636

90.17.33

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

1637

90.17.39

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

1638

90.17.6

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

 

Eighth Schedule—continued

9. After item 1642 insert the following items:—

“1642a

90.17.92

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

1642b

90.17.93

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

NINTH SCHEDULE Section 11.

AMENDMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 3 TO 10 (INCLUSIVE) OF THIS ACT

—————

AMENDMENT OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE

Omit sub-item 28.17.1, insert the following sub-item:—

“28.17.1

- Sodium hydroxide...........................................................................

55%

45%”.

TENTH SCHEDULE Section 12.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 3 TO 11 (INCLUSIVE) OF THIS ACT

—————

AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE

1. After note 7 to Chapter 15 insert the following note:—

“8. The following goods are specified for the purposes of paragraphs 15.07.93 and 15.07.99, sub-item 15.08.1 and paragraphs 15.08.91 and 15.08.92, that is to say, goods that—

(a) were in transit to Australia on 12 November, 1969; and

(b) are entered for home consumption within 21 days after importation.”.

2. Omit paragraphs 15.07.93 and 15.07.99, insert the following paragraphs:—

“15.07.93

- - Maize oil; peanut oil; soya bean oil; rape seed oil

$0.40 per gal, and, except in respect of goods specified in note 8 to this Chapter, if the FOB price per gallon is less than $1, a temporary duty of an amount per gallon equal to the difference

$0.267 per gal, and, except in respect of goods specified in note 8 to this Chapter, if the FOB price per gallon is less than $1, a temporary duty of an amount per gallon equal to the difference

15.07.99

- - Other.........................................................................................

$0.40 per gal, and, except in respect of goods specified in note 8 to this Chapter, if the FOB price per gallon is less than $1, a temporary duty of an amount per gallon equal to the difference

$0.40 per gal, and, except in respect of goods specified in note 8 to this Chapter, if the FOB price per gallon is less than $1, a temporary duty of an amount per gallon equal to the difference”.

 

Tenth Schedule—continued

3. Omit sub-item 15.08.1, insert the following sub-item:—

“15.08.1

- Epoxidised vegetable oils...................................................

40%, and, except in respect of goods specified in note 8 to this Chapter, a temporary duty of 15%

40%, less $0.017 per gal; and, except in respect of goods specified in note 8 to this Chapter, a temporary duty of 15%”.

4. Omit paragraphs 15.08.91 and 15.08.92, insert the following paragraphs:—

“15.08.91

 - - Linseed oil; rape seed oil.................................................

$0.40 per gal, and, except in respect of goods specified in note 8 to this Chapter, if the FOB price per gallon is less than $1, a temporary duty of an amount per gallon equal to the difference

$0.40 per gal, and, except in respect of goods specified in note 8 to this Chapter, if the FOB price per gallon is less than $1, a temporary duty of an amount per gallon equal to the difference

15.08.92

- - Safflower seed oil; soya bean oil....................................

$0.40 per gal, and, except in respect of goods specified in note 8 to this Chapter, if the FOB price per gallon is less than $1, a temporary duty of an amount per gallon equal to the difference

$0.383 per gal, and, except in respect of goods specified in note 8 to this Chapter, if the FOB price per gallon is less than $1,a temporary duty of an amount per gallon equal to the difference”.

AMENDMENT OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

After item 117 insert the following items:—

“117a

15.08.1

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

40%, less $0.017 per gal

117b

15.08.91

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

$0.40 per gal

117c

15.08.92

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

$0.383 per gal”.

 

ELEVENTH SCHEDULE Section 13.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 3 TO 12 (INCLUSIVE) OF THIS ACT

—————

AMENDMENT OF PART I. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

Omit item 46, insert the following item:—

“46

Goods that, in the opinion of the Minister, are hand-made traditional products of cottage industries of a country that, at the time the goods are entered for home consumption, is a less developed country, as follows:—

(1) animal and furskin rugs falling within item 43.03 in the First Schedule;

(2) assegais, spears, battle-axes, kris, kukris and the like, being goods of a kind falling within item 93.01 in the First Schedule;

(3) buttons, of wood, bamboo or other natural vegetable substances;

(4) ceramic floor and wall tiles, whether or not glazed or decorated;

(5) clogs and other footwear with wooden soles, other than of the lace-up or button-up type or with expanding uppers;

(6) coconut-shell ware, carved, inlaid or decorated;

(7) combs, hair slides and the like, of vegetable materials, being goods falling within item 98.12 in the First Schedule;

(8) curtains trimmed with stuffed quilting;

(9) earthenware articles falling within sub-item 69.13.1 in the First Schedule;

(10) embroidered textiles, being—

(a) tapestries falling within sub-item 58.03.9 in the First Schedule, not being wool; and

(b) badges, emblems or the like falling within sub-item 58.10.9 in the First Schedule;

(11) fancy coats made from hand-woven materials, sometimes known as ‘Cotorinas’;

(12) fans, handscreens and other goods falling within item 67.05 in the First Schedule;

(13) glass panels, having designs thereon executed by hand, of a kind used in pendant or bracket lampware;

(14) glassware, hand-made;

(15) hand-embroidered scarves, kerchiefs, handkerchiefs, tablecloths and like articles, the length and breadth of which each do not exceed 1 metre, made of hand-woven fabrics of or containing 50% or more by weight of cotton, wool or cotton and wool;

(16) hand-loom textile fabrics of cotton, or in chief part by weight of cotton, weighing more than 6 ounces per square yard, having designs produced by broche threads or yarns, falling within sub-paragraph 55.09.499 or paragraph 58.05.49 in the First Schedule;

(17) hand-woven bedspreads and bedcovers containing 50% or more by weight of cotton;

(18) hand-woven table napery of cotton, or in chief part by weight of cotton, being napery falling within sub-item 62.02.9 in the First Schedule;

(19) horn ware, ivory ware, shell ware or stone ware, being goods that are carved or inlaid;

(20) imitation jewellery, falling within item 71.16 in the First Schedule, being goods made up from naturally occurring products or materials, including those with metal fittings, and similar goods that if conforming to paragraph (b)(ii) to note 10 to Chapter 71 would fall within item 71.16 in the First Schedule;

(21) kites;

(22) lace articles made from hand-made lace;

(23) lace in the piece, in strips or in motifs;

(24) lacquer ware;

Free

Free”.

 

Eleventh Schedule—continued

46—continued

(25) leather sandals of a kind fastened to the foot by means of thongs or lacings of leather, having a value for duty not less than $0.90 per pair, but not including fashion footwear;

(26) leather ware, decorated;

(27) metal ware that is—

(a) beaten;

(b) carved;

(c) chased;

(d) enamelled;

(e) filigreed;

(f) inlaid; or

(g) moulded;

(28) onyx ware, carved or inlaid, being goods falling within item 71.15 in the First Schedule;

(29) outer garments, hand-made from hand-woven cotton fabrics;

(30) paintings executed by hand on bark, falling within paragraph 99.01.91 in the First Schedule;

(31) paintings executed by hand on silk scrolls;

(32) papier mâché ware, decorated;

(33) plaques, textile;

(34) ponchos;

(35) pottery, decorated;

(36) quilts and other quilted textile articles, stuffed, not being articles of apparel of any kind;

(37) random-dyed textile fabrics, being fabrics in the piece that—

(a) have been dyed by the Batik tie dye or similar process;

(b) weigh less than 6 ounces per square yard; and

(c) are made of vegetable fibres;

(38) shopping bags and similar carrying nets of a type falling within item 59.05 or 59.06 in the First Schedule;

(39) shopping bags made of vegetable fibres other than cotton or linen;

(40) skirts of grass or like vegetable materials of a kind known as hula skirts;

(41) table mats, place mats, coasters and the like, the essential character of which is derived from vegetable fibres other than cotton or linen;

(42) textile fabrics, of cotton or in chief part by weight of cotton, weighing less than 6 ounces per square yard, not being fabrics to which sub-paragraph 55.09.329 in the First Schedule applies;

(43) textile fabrics, of silk or in chief part by weight of silk, not printed;

(44) ties, string, sometimes known as ‘Bolos’;

(45) tunics, blouses or shirts, made from hand-woven fabrics of cotton and having embroidery or printed designs thereon;

(46) unframed hand-made pictures made otherwise than by the use of ink or other pigmented media, being pictures falling within sub-paragraph 49.11.992 in the First Schedule;

(47) wood work, carved or inlaid;

(48) woven braided knitted or plaited articles (other than baskets, panniers, hampers or the like of wicker, cane or bamboo) made of straw, rushes, reeds, strips of vegetable fibres, bark or like materials, being goods falling within paragraph 46.02.99, sub-item 46.03.2, 46.03.3 or 46.03.4 or paragraph 46.03.99 in the First Schedule

AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

1. After—

“25.23.1 | ”

insert—

“25.23.9 | ”.

 

Eleventh Schedule—continued

2. After—

“29.44.9..................................

Goods other than oxytetracycline”

insert—

“30.04.2

”.

3. After—

“32.01.1

”

insert—

“32.08.3

32.08.9

32.13.9

”.

4. After—

“34.01.9

”

insert—

“34.02

”.

5. After—

“34.04.9

”

insert—

“35.06.9

36.04

”.

6. After—

“50.07.1

”

insert—

“50.09.91

51.04.91

”.

7. After—

“58.02.3

”

insert—

“58.08

58.09.1

58.09.9

59.01.91

”.

8. After—

“60.05.51

”

insert—

“61.08.1

”.

9. After—

“62.01.9

”

insert—

“62.02.591

”.

10. After—

“69.10

”

insert—

“70.03.9

”.

11. After—

“70.20.9

”

insert—

“70.21

”.

12. After—

“73.20.9................................

Goods as follows:

(i) other than of steel

(ii) steel flanges”

insert—

“73.26

73.27.2

73.27.3

73.27.9

73.31.2

”.

 

Eleventh Schedule—continued

13. After—

“74.19.49

”

insert—

“76.06

76.15.1

80.06.9

”.

14. After—

“82.01.22

”

insert—

“82.01.39

82.01.9

”.

15. After—

“82.04.21

”

insert—

“82.08.1

”.

16. After—

“83.07.1

”

insert—

“83.07.91

”.

17. After—

“84.06.599

”

insert—

“84.17.4

84.21.21

”.

18. After—

“84.22.29

”

insert—

“84.29.9

84.30.111

84.30.112

84.30.21

84.30.3

84.30.91

84.32.1

”.

19. After—

“84.40.31

”

insert—

“84.41.1.................................

Goods as follows:

(i) cabinets, covers, tables and stands

(ii) transmission gear”.

20. After—

“85.01.399

”

insert—

“85.01.421

85.01.491

85.01.62

”.

21. After—

“85.09.6

”

insert—

“87.09.12

”.

22. After—

“87.12.299

”

insert—

“90.05

”.

23. After—

“91.01.2

”

insert—

“91.01.9

91.02.9

91.04.99

”.

 

Eleventh Schedule—continued

24. After—

“92.12.9

”

insert—

“93.04.22

93.04.99

”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART III. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

1. After—

“59.04.999

”

insert—

“69.13.21

69.13.29

”.

2. After—

“82.11.9

”

insert—

“85.19.321

”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART IV. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

1. Omit—

“34.02

”.

2. Omit—

“70.03.9

”.

3. Omit—

“83.07.91

”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART V. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

1. Insert—

“17.04.1

”.

2. Omit—

“35.06.9

”.

3. After—

“70.12

”

insert—

“71.12.1

71.13.3

71.13.9

”.

4. Omit—

“76.06

”.

5. After—

“85.03.9

”

insert—

“85.04.11

85.04.13

85.04.19

85.04.2

85.04.91

85.04.99

”.

6. After—

“85.06.3

”

insert—

“85.19.319

”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART VI. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

1. After—

“70.14.1

”

insert—

“73.16.3

73.16.9

”.

 

Eleventh Schedule—continued

2. After—

“83.01.2

”

insert—

“83.02.11

83.02.199

83.14.9

”.

3. After—

“84.40.13

”

insert—

“84.59.92

”.

4. Omit—

“85.19.319

”.

AMENDMENT OF PART VII. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

Omit—

“17.04.1

”.

AMENDMENT OF PART VIII. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

Insert—

“71.12.9

84.57

”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

1. Omit item 210a, insert the following item:—

“210a

21.07.9

Suet preparations containing more than 50% by weight of suet

Free”.

2. After item 900 insert the following item:—

“900a

59.02

Floor rugs wholly or partly of wool....................................

Free”.

3. Omit items 1078a to 1079 (inclusive), insert the following items:—

“1078a

73.02.1

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

1078b

73.02.9

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

1078c

73.03

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

1078d

73.04

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

1078e

73.05

Powders.................................................................................

Free

1078f

73.06

Goods other than ingots........................................................

Free

1078g

73.08

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

$2.40 per ton

1078h

73.10.1

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

$3.30 per ton

1078j

73.10.91

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

$5 per ton

1078k

73.11.11

Angles and tees, not galvanised, as prescribed by by-law

Free

1078l

73.11.11

Goods not being goods falling within a preceding item

$5 per ton

1078m

73.11.91

Shapes and sections (excluding 4 inch by 2 inch channels weighing less than 7¼ pounds per lineal foot), not galvanised, as prescribed by by-law

Free

1078n

73.11.91

Sheet piling...........................................................................

Free

1078p

73.11.91

Goods not being goods falling within a preceding item

$5 per ton

1078q

73.11.99

Sheet piling...........................................................................

(I): 14%, and $4 per ton

1078r

73.13.1

Goods having a thickness less than 0.118 inch or greater than 0.187 inch

Free

1078s

73.13.2

Goods, not worked................................................................

Free

 

Eleventh Schedule—continued

3.—continued

1078t

73.13.3

Goods as follows:—

Free

(a)greater than 0.187 inch in thickness, not being tinned;

(b) corrugated, tinned

1078u

73.13.9

Goods as follows:—

(I): 22%”.

(a) tinned, perforated, but not further worked;

(b)having a thickness less than 0.118 inch, being goods that are—

(i) perforated but not further worked; or

(ii) plated, coated or clad not being further worked or coiled;

(c) having a thickness greater than 0.187 inch, not being tinned

4. After item 1079a insert the following items:—

“1079b

73.15.31

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

1079c

73.15.39

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

(I): 22%

1079d

73.15.511

Goods, as prescribed by by-law..........................................

Free

1079e

73.15.591

Shapes and sections (excluding 4 inch by 2 inch channels weighing less than 7¼ pounds per lineal foot), as prescribed by by-law

Free

1079f

73.15.591

Sheet piling.........................................................................

Free

1079g

73.15.599

Sheet piling.........................................................................

(I): 14%, and $4 per ton

1079h

73.15.612

Goods as follows:—

Free

(a) under 6 inches in width;

(b) 6 inches and over in width, not coiled

1079j

73.15.613

Goods as follows:—

(I): 20%

(a) under 6 inches in width;

(b)6 inches and over in width, not coiled

1079k

73.15.614

Goods as follows:—

(I): 20%; or, if higher, $224 per ton, less 8%

(a) under 6 inches in width;

(b)6 inches and over in width, not coiled

1079l

73.15.619

Goods as follows:—

To and including

(a) under 6 inches in width;

(b) 6 inches and over in width, not coiled

31 December, 1971—5% From and including 1 January, 1972—Free

1079m

73.15.69

Goods 6 inches and over in width, not coiled.....................

(I): 22%

1079n

73.15.711

Goods having a thickness less than 0.118 inch or greater than 0.187 inch

(I): 20%

1079p

73.15.712

Goods having a thickness less than 0.118 inch or greater than 0.187 inch

(I): 20%; or, if higher, $224 per ton, less 8 %

1079q

73.15.719

Goods having a thickness less than 0.118 inch or greater than 0.187 inch

Free

1079r

73.15.72

Goods having a thickness greater than 0.187 inch

Free

1079s

73.15.73

Goods as follows:—

Free

(a) having a thickness greater than 0.187 inch;

(b)having a thickness less than 0.118 inch, coated (other than with bitumen in the case of alloy steels), but not further worked

1079t

73.15.79

Goods as follows:—

(I): 22%”.

(a) having a thickness greater than 0.187 inch;

(b)having a thickness less than 0.118 inch, plated, clad or coated (other than with bitumen in the case of alloy steels), but not further worked

5. Omit item 1329a, insert the following item:—

“1329a

84.17.59

Counter type coffee making machines...............................

Free”.

6. Omit item 1516b, insert the following item:—

“1516b

85.14.99

Speech trainers....................................................................

Free”.

7. After item 1668f insert the following item:—

“1668g

91.04.391

Battery operated clocks.......................................................

(I): 14%”.

 

TWELFTH SCHEDULE Section 14.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 3 TO 13 (INCLUSIVE) OF THIS ACT

————

AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE

1. Omit the note to Chapter 83, insert the following notes:—

“1. In this Chapter, a reference to parts for goods shall be read as not including a reference to goods of iron or steel falling within item 73.25, 73.29, 73.31, 73.32 or 73.35 or to similar goods of other base metals.

2. The following goods are specified for the purposes of paragraph 83.02.42, that is to say, goods that—

(a) were in transit to Australia on 8 December, 1969; and

(b) are entered for home consumption within 21 days after importation.”.

2. After paragraph 83.02.41 insert the following paragraph:—

“83.02.42

- - Curtain hooks, other than goods specified in note 2 to this Chapter

7½% and a temporary duty of 25%

Free, and a temporary duty of 25%”.

AMENDMENT OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

After item 1297 insert the following item:—

“1297a

83.02.42

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

THIRTEENTH SCHEDULE Section 15.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 3 TO 14 (INCLUSIVE) OF THIS ACT

————

AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE

1. Omit item 51.01, insert the following item:—

“51.01

* Yarn of continuous man-made fibres, not put up for retail sale:

51.01.1

- Yarn of viscose, being yarn having a breaking strain not less than 3 grammes per denier

30%

20%

51.01.2

- Yarn of viscose, being yarn having a breaking strain less than 3 grammes per denier; yarn (other than of viscose) of a kind used solely or principally for sewing; yarn (other than of viscose) for use in the production of yarn of a kind used solely or principally for sewing

7½%

Free

51.01.3

- Yarn containing not less than 20% by weight of wool, not being yarn falling within a preceding sub-item

17½%, and $0.083 per lb

10%, and $0.033 per lb

51.01.4

- Yarn of polyamide, that—

(a) is not coarser than 40 denier count;

(b)is entered for home consumption on or before 30 June, 1971; and

(c) does not fall within a preceding sub-item

20%; and, if the FOB price per lb is less than an amount ascertained by subtracting from $1.55 the product of $0.02 and the number representing the denier

10%; and, if the FOB price per lb is less than an amount ascertained by subtracting from $1.55 the product of $0.02 and the number representing the denier

 

Thirteenth Schedule—continued

1.—continued

count of the goods, an amount per lb equal to the difference between the FOB price per lb and that first mentioned amount

count of the goods, an amount per lb equal to the difference between the FOB price per lb and that first mentioned amount

51.01.5

- Yarn of polyamide, that—

(a) is not coarser than 340 denier count;

(b)is entered for home consumption on or before 30 June, 1971; and

(c) does not fall within a preceding sub-item

20%; and, if the FOB price per lb is less than an amount ascertained by subtracting from $0.85 the product of $0.0025 and the number representing the denier count of the goods, an amount per lb equal to the difference between the FOB price per lb and that first mentioned amount

10%; and, if the FOB price per lb is less than an amount ascertained by subtracting from $0.85 the product of $0.0025 and the number representing the denier count of the goods, an amount per lb equal to the difference between the FOB price per lb and that first mentioned amount

51.01.9

- Other yarn or yarn of other materials...........................

20%

10%”.

2. Omit item 51.03, insert the following item:—

“51.03

* Yam of continuous man-made fibres, put up for retail sale:

51.03.1

- Yarn of viscose, being yarn having a breaking strain not less than 3 grammes per denier

30%

20%

51.03.2

- Yarn of viscose, being yarn having a breaking strain less than 3 grammes per denier; yarn (other than of viscose) of a kind used solely or principally for sewing; yarn (other than of viscose) for use in the production of yarn of a kind used solely or principally for sewing

7½%

Free

51.03.3

- Yarn containing not less than 20% by weight of wool, not being yarn falling within a preceding sub-item

17½%, and $0.083 per lb

10%, and $0.033 per lb

51.03.4

- Yarn of polyamide, that—

(a) is not coarser than 40 denier count;

(b) is entered for home consumption on or before 30 June, 1971; and

(c) does not fall within a preceding sub-item

20%; and, if the FOB price per lb is less than an amount ascertained by subtracting from $1.55 the

10%; and, if the FOB price per lb is less than an amount ascertained by subtracting from $1.55 the

 

Thirteenth Schedule—continued

2.—continued

product of $0.02 and the number representing the denier count of the goods, an amount per lb equal to the difference between the FOB price per lb and that first mentioned amount

product of $0.02 and the number representing the denier count of the goods, an amount per lb equal to the difference between the FOB price per lb and that first mentioned amount

51.03.5

- Yarn of polyamide, that—

(a) is not coarser than 340 denier count;

(b)is entered for home consumption on or before 30 June, 1971; and

(c) does not fall within a preceding sub-item

20%; and, if the FOB price per lb is less than an amount ascertained by subtracting from $0.85 the product of $0.0025 and the number representing the denier count of the goods, an amount per lb equal to the difference between the FOB price per lb and that first mentioned amount

10%; and, if the FOB price per lb is less than an amount ascertained by subtracting from $0.85 the product of $0.0025 and the number representing the denier count of the goods, an amount per lb equal to the difference between the FOB price per lb and that first mentioned amount

51.03.9

- Other yarn or yarn of other materials....................

20%

10%”.

3. Omit paragraph 51.04.21, insert the following paragraphs:—

“51.04.21

- - Tyre cord fabrics of viscose................................

50%

50%, less $0.025 per lb

51.04.22

- - Tyre cord fabrics of man-made fibres other than viscose

20%

20%, less $0.025 per lb”.

4. Omit paragraph 55.09.12, insert the following paragraph:—

“55.09.12

- - Tyre cord fabrics.................................................

20%

10%”.

5. Omit items 56.01 and 56.02, insert the following items:—

“56.01

* Discontinuous man-made fibres, not carded, combed or otherwise prepared for spinning:

56.01.1

- Cellulose or casein based fibres...............................

7½%

Free

56.01.2

- Polyamide fibres......................................................

10%

10%

56.01.9

- Other man-made fibres.............................................

Free

Free

56.02

* Continuous filament tow:

56.02.1

- Of polyamide............................................................

10%

10%

56.02.9

- Of other man-made fibres........................................

Free

Free”.

 

Thirteenth Schedule—continued

6. Omit items 56.04, 56.05 and 56.06, insert the following items:—

“56.04

* Man-made fibres (whether discontinuous or waste) carded, combed or otherwise prepared for spinning

20%

10%

56.05

* Yarn of man-made fibres (whether discontinuous or waste), not put up for retail sale:

56.05.1

- Yarn of a kind used solely or principally for sewing; yarn for use in the production of yarn of a kind used solely or principally for sewing; yarn, single or multiple (or cabled), in which each or every ply is finer than No. 60 count, calculated on the cotton count system, not containing wool or containing less than 20% by weight of wool

7½%

Free

56.05.2

- Yarn containing not less than 20% by weight of wool, not being yarn falling within a preceding sub-item

17½%, and $0.083 per lb

To and including 31 December, 1970—14½%, and $0.063 per lb

From and including 1 January, 1971, to and including 31 December, 1971—16%, and $0.073 per lb

From and including 1 January, 1972—17½%, and $0.083 per lb

56.05.3

- Yarn, wholly of, or containing not less than 50% by weight of acrylic fibres, calculated by reference to the weight of man-made fibres in the yarn, not being yarn falling within a preceding sub-item

20%

20%

56.05.9

- Other yarn or yarn of other materials....................................

20%

10%

56.06

* Yarn of man-made fibres (whether discontinuous or waste), put up for retail sale:

56.06.1

- Yarn of a kind used solely or principally for sewing; yarn for use in the production of yarn of a kind used solely or principally for sewing; yarn, single or multiple (or cabled), in which each or every ply is finer than No. 60 count, calculated on the cotton count system, not containing wool or containing less than 20% by weight of wool

7½%

Free

56.06.2

- Yarn containing not less than 20% by weight of wool, not being yam falling within a preceding sub-item

17½%, and $0.083 per lb

10%, and $0.033 per lb

56.06.9

- Other yarn or yarn of other materials....................................

20%

10%”.

 

Thirteenth Schedule—continued

7. Omit item 59.04, insert the following item:—

“59.04

* Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, plaited or not:

59.04.1

- Reaper and binder twine being an oiled single ply twine composed of sisal or manila fibres and having a running length of not less than 400 and not more than 600 ft per lb

17½%

10%

59.04.2

- Of man-made fibres, being goods entered for home consumption on or after 1 January, 1971; of cotton

40%

25%

59.04.3

- Of man-made fibres, being goods entered for home consumption on or before 31 December, 1970

50%

25%

59.04.9

- Other..................................................................................

30%

10%”.

8. After sub-item 59.11.1 insert the following sub-item:—

“59.11.2

- Tyre cord fabrics.............................................................

The rate of duty set out in this column that would apply to the goods if they were not rubberised

The rate of duty set out in this column that would apply to the goods if they were not rubberised”.

AMENDMENT OF PART III. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

Omit—

“59.04.999

”.

insert—

“59.04.9

”.

AMENDMENT OF PART V. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

Omit—

“59.04.92

”.

insert—

“59.04.3..............

Tyre cord as used in the manufacture of pneumatic rubber tyres”.

AMENDMENT OF PART IV. OF THE THIRD SCHEDULE

Omit—

“Sub-item 56.04.9

”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

1. Omit item 797f, insert the following items:—

“797f

51.01.2

Yarn of a kind ordinarily used by hand..........................................

Free

797g

51.01.4

Goods not being high tenacity industrial yarn..............................

Free

797h

51.01.5

Goods not being high tenacity industrial yarn..............................

Free

797j

51.01.9

Goods, not being—

Free”.

(a) high tenacity industrial yarn; or

(b)yarn, wholly of, or of which not less than 50 % by weight of the man-made fibres are, continuous filament acetate (other than triacetate) fibres

 

Thirteenth Schedule—continued

2. Omit item 803a, insert the following items:—

“803a

51.03.2

Yarn of a kind ordinarily used by hand.........................

Free

803b

51.03.4

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

803c

51.03.5

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

803d

51.03.9

Goods, not being yarn wholly of, or of which not less than 50% by weight of the man-made fibres are, continuous filament acetate (other than triacetate) fibres

Free”.

3. Omit items 860d and 860e, insert the following items:—

“860a

56.01.2

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

860b

56.02.1

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free

860c

56.04

Cellulose or casein based fibres......................................

Free

860d

56.05.2

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

10%, and $0.033 per lb

860e

56.05.3

Yarn of a kind ordinarily used by hand.........................

Free

860f

56.05.9

Goods, not being yarn wholly of, or of which not less than 50% by weight of the man-made fibres are—

Free

(a) viscose fibres;

(b) acetate fibres;

(c) a mixture of viscose and acetate fibres;

(d)a mixture of viscose and acrylic fibres;

(e) a mixture of acetate and acrylic fibres; or

(f) a mixture of viscose, acetate and acrylic fibres

860g

56.06.9

Goods, not being—

Free”.

(a) multiple (or cabled) yarn having any single ply in a count up to and including No. 34 count, calculated on the cotton count system, being yarn wholly of, or of which not less than 50% by weight of the man-made fibres are—

(i) viscose fibres;

(ii) acetate fibres; or

(iii) a mixture of viscose and acetate fibres;

or

(b)yarn, wholly of, or of which not less than 50% by weight of the man-made fibres are, acrylic fibres

4. Omit items 901 to 906 (inclusive), insert the following items:—

“901

59.04.1

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

$0.005 per lb

902

59.04.2

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

17½%

903

59.04.3

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

17½%

904

59.04.9

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

17½%”.

 

Thirteenth Schedule—continued

5. Omit item 911b, insert the following items:—

“911b

59.11.2

Tyre cord fabrics of cotton.........................

The rate of duty set out in this column that would apply to the goods if they were not rubberised

911c

59.13.1

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

17½%”.

FOURTEENTH SCHEDULE Section 16.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 3 TO 15 (INCLUSIVE) OF THIS ACT

—————

AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE

1. After note 4 to Chapter 27 insert the following notes:—

“5. In sub-item 27.10.2 ‘diesel fuel’ means oil of a kind used or capable of use as fuel in diesel-engined road vehicles designed solely or principally for transporting persons, animals, goods or materials by road.

“6.—(1.) In sub-item 27.10.2 ‘power kerosene’ means a distillate of any oil of a kind that is used as fuel in spark ignition piston engines and complies with the following tests:—

(a) Burning test:

Does not burn with a bright luminous, non-smoky, steady flame for 1 hour when burnt in an ordinary wick lamp designed to burn lighting kerosene;

(b) Distillation test:

(i) not less than 10 per centum by volume shall distil up to and including 160 degrees Centigrade;

(ii) not more than 94 per centum by volume shall distil up to and including 210 degrees Centigrade; and

(iii) not less than 95 per centum by volume shall distil up to and including 245 degrees Centigrade.

“(2.) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-note the Standard methods for distillation of petroleum products boiling below 370 degrees Centigrade, published by the Institute of Petroleum, London, United Kingdom, and current at the date of importation of the goods, or such other method as may be approved by the Minister, shall be used for the Distillation test.”.

2. Omit sub-item 27.09.9, insert the following sub-item:—

“27.09.9

- Other....................................................................................

$0.02 per gal

$0.02 per gal”.

3. Omit paragraph 27.10.19, insert the following paragraph:—

“27.10.19

- - Other.................................................................................

$0.05 per gal

$0.05 per gal”.

4. Omit sub-item 27.10.2, insert the following sub-item:—

“27.10.2

- Diesel fuel:

27.10.21

- - As prescribed by by-law for the purposes of this paragraph

Free

Free

27.10.22

- - As prescribed by by-law for the purposes of this paragraph; power kerosene

$0.05 per gal

$0.05 per gal

27.10.23

- - Kerosene for use as fuel for propulsion purposes in aircraft:

27.10.231

- - - As prescribed by by-law.............................................

$0.079 per gal

$0.079 per gal

27.10.239

- - - Other...............................................................................

$0.129 per gal

$0.129 per gal

27.10.29

- - Other:

27.10.291

- - - As prescribed by by-law.............................................

$0.125 per gal

$0.125 per gal

27.10.299

- - - Other...............................................................................

$0.175 per gal

$0.175 per gal”.

 

Fourteenth Schedule—continued

5. Omit sub-paragraph 27.10.499, insert the following sub-paragraphs:—

“27.10.494

- - - For use as fuel for propulsion purposes in aircraft

$0.1707 per gal

$0.1707 per gal

27.10.499

- - - Other...........................................................

$0.198 per gal

$0.198 per gal”.

6. In sub-item 29.22.1 omit “N-isopropyl-p-phenylenediamine; N-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine;”, insert “N-isopropyl-N-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine;”.

7. Omit sub-item 35.03.1, insert the following sub-item:—

“35.03.1

Gelatin.............................................................

35%, or, if higher, $0.15 per lb

25%, or, if higher, $0.10 per lb”.

8. Omit paragraph 35.03.31, insert the following paragraph:—

“35.03.31

- - Dry..............................................................

35%, or, if higher, $0.06 per lb

25%, or, if higher, $0.04 per lb”.

9. Omit paragraph 35.06.11, insert the following paragraph:—

“35.06.11

- - Dry..............................................................

35%, or, if higher, $0.06 per lb

25%, or, if higher, $0.04 per lb”.

10. In sub-item 40.05.1 after “rubber” (second time occurring) insert “; plates, sheets and strip of rubber or synthetic rubber (not being plates, sheets or strip of synthetic rubber of a kind specified in paragraph 40.05.92) laminated or covered otherwise than with rubber or synthetic rubber”.

11. Omit item 49.05, insert the following item:—

“49.05

* Maps and hydrographic and similar charts of all kinds, including atlases, wall maps and topographical plans, printed; printed globes (terrestrial or celestial):

49.05.1

- Australian street directories, road guides and the like 

57½%, or, if higher, $0.137 per lb

22½%, or, if higher, $0.075 per lb

49.05.9

Other..................................................................

Free

Free”.

12. In sub-item 59.17.1, after “Articles” insert “; textile fabrics of a kind specified in clause (d)of note 5 to this Chapter”.

 

Fourteenth Schedule—continued

13. Omit paragraph 60.01.91, insert the following paragraph:—

“60.01.91

- - Net fabrics and fabrics resembling lace, wholly or partly of man-made fibres, not containing wool or containing less than 20 % by weight of wool, not being fabrics suitable for apparel

30%

To and including 31 December, 1970—30%, less $0.009 per sq yd; or, if higher, 26%

From and including 1 January, 1971, to and including 31 December, 1971—30%, less $0.005 per sq yd; or, if higher, 28%

From and including 1 January, 1972—30%”.

14. In sub-item 73.36.1 omit “of a kind designed to be used”, insert “of a kind ordinarily used”.

15. In sub-item 85.15.1, after “complete)”, insert “, but not including crystal radios of a kind that, in the opinion of the Minister, are not designed or intended to be used for conversion to transistor radios”.

16. In sub-item 87.10.1 omit “Of a kind used principally by children”, insert “Being toys designed to be ridden by children”.

17. In paragraph 90.17.92, omit “Vibratory massagers, as prescribed by by-law; dental”, insert “Dental”.

18. Omit sub-item 90.18.1.

19. Omit sub-item 92.06.1, insert the following sub-item:—

“92.06.1

- Drums.........................................................

40%

30%”.

20. Omit sub-item 92.10.3, insert the following sub-item:—

“92.10.3

- Parts and accessories for drums.....................

40%

30%”.

21. In paragraph 93.04.22, omit “; single shot 12-gauge shotguns, as prescribed by by-law”.

AMENDMENT OF PART I. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

Omit items 19 to 21 (inclusive), insert the following items:—

“19

Goods, as prescribed by by-law, being goods a suitable equivalent of which that is the produce or manufacture of Australia is not reasonably available

7½%

Free

20

Goods, as prescribed by by-law, being goods a suitable equivalent of which that is the produce or manufacture of Australia, or the produce or manufacture of the United Kingdom, is not reasonably available

Free

Free”.

 

Fourteenth Schedule—continued

AMENDMENT OF PART IV. OF THE THIRD SCHEDULE

After—

“Sub-item 49.01.1

”

insert—

“Sub-item 49.05.1

”.

AMENDMENT OF PART I. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

After item 47 insert the following item:—

“47a

84.06.11

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

In respect of a component specified in paragraph (f) of note 6 to Chapter 84 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in this column in the item that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of note 6 to Chapter 84 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that applies to the goods”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

1. Omit item 775, insert the following item:—

“775

48.18.91

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

22½%”.

2. Omit item 783, insert the following items:—

“783

49.05.1

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

(A): 18%, or, if higher $0.06 per lb

783a

49.05.9

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

Free”.

3. Omit items 918 to 918c (inclusive), insert the following items:—

“918

59.17.1

Articles of felt and felt fabric of a kind commonly used in papermaking machines

Free

918a

59.17.29

Straining cloth of a kind commonly used in oil presses and the like, (of textile fibres or of human hair)

(F): 14%

918b

59.17.29

Goods not being goods falling within a preceding item

17½%”.

 

Fourteenth Schedule—continued

4. Omit item 1314, insert the following items:—

“1313a

84.03

Goods other than producer gas and water gas generators

(A): 22%

1314

84.06.11

Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

In respect of a component specified in paragraph (a) or (d)of note 6 to Chapter 84 in the First Schedule—(A): 36%; In respect of a component specified in paragraph (b), (c), (e) or (f) of note 6 to Chapter 84 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; In respect of the remainder of the goods—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that applies to the goods”.

5. After item 1463 insert the following item:—

“1463a

84.59.92

Marine stern-drive transmission units............

(D): 22%”.

6. Omit item 1464a, insert the following item:—

“1464a

84.59.99

Machines and mechanical appliances, as follows:—

(a) floor polishers and scrubbers, combined;

(b) fluid energy grinding mills

(D): 22%”.

7. Omit item 1644.

8. Omit items 1678a and 1678b, insert the following items:—

“1678a

92.06.1

Drums, as follows:—

(a) bass;

(b) bongo;

(c) side;

(d) snare; or

(e) tom-tom

(D): 24%

1678b

92.06.1

Goods not being goods falling within the previous item

Free”.

9. Omit items 1684 and 1685, insert the following items:—

“1684

92.10.3

Parts and accessories for drums, as follows:—

(a) beaters, hand;

(b) brushes;

(c) heads, drum, of artificial plastic;

(d) sticks; or

(e) vellum for drums

Free

1685

92.10.3

Goods not being goods falling within the previous item

(A): 16%”.

AMENDMENT OF PART VII. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

In item 42 omit “gal”, insert “lb”.

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