Customs Tariff Amendment Act (No. 2) 1978 (Cth)

CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1978

No. 47 of 1978

An Act relating to duties of Customs.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff Amendment Act (No. 2) 1978.

(2) The Customs Tariff Act 1966 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement

2. Except as otherwise provided, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Amendment having effect from 1 July 1974

3. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 July 1974.

Amendments having effect from 29 January 1977

4. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 2.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 29 January 1977.

Amendments having effect from 15 April 1977

5. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 3.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 15 April 1977.

Amendments having effect from 28 April 1977

6. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 4.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 28 April 1977.

Amendments having effect from 4 May 1977

7. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 5.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 4 May 1977.

Amendments having effect from 23 May 1977

8. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 6.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 23 May 1977.

Amendments having effect from 25 May 1977

9. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 7.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 25 May 1977.

Amendments having effect from 28 May 1977

10. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 8.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 28 May 1977.

Amendments having effect from 3 June 1977

11. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 9.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 3 June 1977.

Amendments having effect from 9 June 1977

12. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 10.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 9 June 1977.

Amendments having effect from 17 June 1977

13. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 11.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 17 June 1977.

Amendments having effect from 1 July 1977

14. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 12.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 July 1977.

Amendments having effect from 7 July 1977

15. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 13.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 7 July 1977.

Amendments having effect from 22 July 1977

16. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 14.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 22 July 1977.

Amendments having effect from 8 p.m. on 16 August 1977

17. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 15.

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation at the hour of 8 o’clock in the evening by standard time in the Australian Capital Territory on 16 August 1977.

Amendments having effect from 18 August 1977

18. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 16.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 18 August 1977.

Amendments having effect from 26 August 1977

19. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 17.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 26 August 1977.

Amendments having effect from 23 September 1977

20. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 18.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 23 September 1977.

Amendments having effect from 5p.m. on 23 September 1977

21. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 19.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation at the hour of 5 o’clock in the afternoon by standard time in the Australian Capital Territory on 23 September 1977.

Amendments having effect from 24 September 1977

22. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 20.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 24 September 1977.

Amendments having effect from 13 October 1977

23. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 21.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 13 October 1977.

Amendments having effect from 19 October 1977

24. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 22.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 19 October 1977.

Amendments having effect from 26 October 1977

25. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 23.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 26 October 1977.

Amendments having effect from 10 November 1977

26. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 24.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 10 November 1977.

Amendments having effect from 24 November 1977

27. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 25.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 24 November 1977.

Amendments having effect from 9 December 1977

28. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 26.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 9 December 1977.

Amendments having effect from 1 January 1978

29. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 27.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 1978.

Amendments having effect from 13 January 1978

30. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 28.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 13 January 1978.

Amendments having effect from 14 February 1978

31. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 29.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 14 February 1978.

Amendments having effect from 1 March 1978

32. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 30.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 March 1978.

Amendments have effect from 3 March 1978

33. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 31.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 3 March 1978.

Amendments having effect from 10 March 1978

34. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 32.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 10 March 1978.

Amendments having effect from 29 March 1978

35. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 33.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 29 March 1978.

Amendments having effect from 5 April 1978

36. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 34.

 

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 5 April 1978.

SCHEDULE 1 Section 3

AMENDMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM

1 JULY 1974

AMENDMENT OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1

Omit item 952, substitute the following item:—

“952	73.40.9	Goods, not being—	14%”.
(a) air, gas or steam silencers of a kind used for industrial purposes;
(b) animal and vermin traps;
(c) boxes, steel, specially designed to house electrical equipment;
(d) clips, tags, rings and the like, for the identification of animals, birds or fish;
(e) crucibles;
(f) droppers and fasteners for use therewith;
(g) enamelled ware;
(h) horse shoes, high carbon steel;
(i) nose rings for animals;
(j) parts for brushes;
(k) roofing tiles of galvanised steel, coated with a layer of bonded mineral substances;
(l) sewing machine bobbins;
(m) sprinklers for perfume bottles; or
(n) thimbles and block fasteners for lasts

SCHEDULE 2 Section 4

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM

29 JANUARY 1977

AMENDMENTS OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit item 1068c.

2. Omit item 1303.

AMENDMENT OF PART VIII OF SCHEDULE 5

Omit item 1, substitute the following items:—

“1	07.03.29	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.031 per l
1a	07.03.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.031 per l”.

SCHEDULE 3 Section 5

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM

15 APRIL 1977

AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit sub-item 07.01.4, substitute the following sub-items:—

“07.01.4 - Garlic $0.003 per kg $0.002 per kg

SCHEDULE 3—continued

07.01.5	- Olives:
07.01.51	- - Green	15%	15%
07.01.59	- - Other	5%	5%”.
2. After sub-item 07.02.2 insert the following sub-item:—
“07.02.3	- Olives:
07.02.31	- - Green	15%	15%
07.02.39	- - Other	5%	5%”.
3. Omit sub-item 07.03.2, substitute the following sub-item:—
“07.03.2	- Olives:
07.03.21	- - Green:
07.03.211	- - - In packs exceeding 4.6 litres	$0.033 per l	$0.033 per l
07.03.219	- - - Other	15%	15%
07.03.29	- - Other	5%	5%”.
4. Omit sub-item 20.01.3, substitute the following sub-item:—
“20.01.3	- Olives:
20.01.31	- - Green, not being stuffed olives:
20.01.311	- - - In packs exceeding 4.6 litres	$0.033 per l	$0.033 per l
20.01.319	- - - Other	15%	15%
20.01.39	- - Other	5%	5%”.
5. Omit sub-item 20.02.2, substitute the following sub-item:—
“20.02.2	- Capers in packs exceeding 4.6 litres	Free	Free”.
6. Omit sub-item 20.02.6, substitute the following sub-item:—
“20.02.6	- Vegetables, other than olives, packed in liquid or in air-tight containers, not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item of this item:
20.02.61	- - In packs not exceeding 1.14 litres	$0.103 per l	$0.055 per l
20.02.69	- - Other	$0.07 per l	$0.037 per l”.
7. After sub-item 20.02.7 insert the following sub-item:—
“20.02.8	- Olives:
20.02.81	- - Green, not being stuffed olives:
20.02.811	- - - In packs exceeding 4.6 litres	$0.033 per l	$0.033 per l
20.02.819	- - - Other	15%	15%
20.02.89	- - Other	5%	5%”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit items 18 and 19, substitute the following items:—
“18	07.01.4	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	22.5%, less $0.001 per kg; or, if lower, $0.003 per kg, less 15%

SCHEDULE 3—continued

19 07.02.9 Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies 22.5%, less $0.001 per kg; or, if lower, $0.003 per kg, less 15%”.

2. Omit items 118 to 120 (inclusive).

AMENDMENTS OF PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Before—

“Sub-item 15.10.9”

insert—

“Paragraph 07.01.59

Paragraph 07.02.39

Paragraph 07.03.29”.

2. After—

“Sub-item 15.11.1”

insert—

“Paragraph 20.01.39

Paragraph 20.02.89”.

AMENDMENT OF PART V OF SCHEDULE 1

After item 2 insert the following item:—
“2a	07.02.31	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%”.
AMENDMENT OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 3
Omit—
“20.02.61	Goods other than olives and capers
20.02.69	Goods other than olives and capers”,
substitute—
“20.02.61	Goods other than capers
20.02.69	Goods other than capers”.

AMENDMENT OF PART V OF SCHEDULE 5

Omit items 6 and 7, substitute the following items:—
“6	20.02.61	Goods, having a value exceeding $0.2056 per litre, not being potatoes, baked beans or capers	(L): $0.003 per l; or, if lower, $0.103 per l, less 15%
7	20.02.61	Goods, having a value not exceeding $0.2056 per litre, not being potatoes, baked beans or capers	(L): 18%, less $0.034 per l”.
AMENDMENTS OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5
1. After item 23 insert the following item:—
“23a	07.01.51	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%”.
2. After item 25 insert the following item:—
“25a	07.02.31	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%”.
3. Omit items 27 and 27a, substitute the following items:—
“27	07.03.211	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.033 per l

SCHEDULE 3—continued

27a	07.03.219	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%”.
4. Omit items 121 to 121b (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“121	20.01.311	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.033 per l
121a	20.01.319	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%”.
5. Omit item 125.
6. After item 133 insert the following items:—
“133a	20.02.811	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.033 per l
133b	20.02.819	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%”.

SCHEDULE 4 Section 6

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM

28 APRIL 1977

AMENDMENT OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1

Omit sub-item 40.11.2, substitute the following sub-item:—
“40.11.2	- Tyres, not being goods falling within sub-item 40.11.1, of a kind commonly used with motor cars, utilities, trucks, omnibuses or the like, but not including tyres of a kind used solely or principally with earth-moving equipment, dumpers or other vehicles not constructed to be used principally for the carriage of people or goods on highways	25%, or, if higher, $0.27 per kg	16%, or, if higher, $0.18 per kg”.

AMENDMENT OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 5

Omit item 7a, substitute the following item:—
“7a	40.11.2	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	25%, or, if higher, $0.27 per kg”.
AMENDMENT OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5
Omit items 390 and 391, substitute the following items:—
“390	40.11.2	Goods, as prescribed by by-law, to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%, or, if higher, $0.20 per kg
391	40.11.2	Goods, not being goods falling within item 390	25%, or, if higher, $0.27 per kg”.

SCHEDULE 5 Section 7

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM 4 MAY 1977

AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit sub-item 17.02.1,substitute the following sub-item:—
“17.02.1	- Lactose; lactose syrups	20%	9%”.
2. Omit sub-item 19.08.9, substitute the following sub-item:—
“19.08.9	- Other	12%	9%”.
3. Omit paragraph 21.05.19, substitute the following paragraph:—
“21.05.19	- - Other	$0.065 per kg	$0.032 per kg”.
4. Omit item 25.08, substitute the following item:—
“25.08	* Chalk	12%	9%”.
5. Omit sub-item 35.01.1, substitute the following sub-item:—
“35.01.1	- Casein; ammonium caseinate; sodium caseinate; casein glues	15%	13%”.
6. Omit item 36.08, substitute the following item:—
“36.08	* Other combustible preparations and products	15%	7.5%”.
7. Omit paragraph 39.02.15.
8. Omit sub-items 40.06.6 and 40.06.7, substitute the following sub-items:—
“40.06.6	- Goods of latex, not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item of this item, produced by polymerisation of butadiene or copolymerisation of butadiene or other materials	19%	19%
40.06.7	- Goods of synthetic rubber, as follows, not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item of this item:—	37.5%	37.5%”.
(a) of polybutadiene;
(b) of polybutadiene-styrene;
(c) of polybutadiene and  polybutadiene-styrene

AMENDMENTS OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit item 165.

2. Omit item 306.

3. Omit item 323.

4. Omit item 1394, substitute the following item:—
“1394	92.13.9	Goods, not being—	20%”.
(a) styli;
(b) pick-up arms as used with record-players or turntable mechanisms and pick-up heads therefor; or
(c) other parts and accessories used with—
(i) basic tape decks; or
(ii) television image and sound recorders and reproducers, magnetic

SCHEDULE 5—continued
AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 3
1. Omit—
“19.08.9	”.
2. Omit—
“25.08	”.
AMENDMENTS OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 3
1. After—
“19.08.19	”
insert—
“19.08.9	”.
2. After—
“25.01.1	”
insert—
“25.08	”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 5

1. Omit item 5 a, substitute the following items:—
“5a	19.08.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	4.5%
5b	20.01.5	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.007 per l”.
2. Omit item 93, substitute the following item:—
“93	85.09.9	Goods, as follows:—	17.5%”.
(a) windscreen wipers;
(b) for use as original components in the assembly or manufacture of—
(i) vehicles of a kind falling within sub-item 87.01.1 or item 87.02 or 87.03 in Part II of Schedule 1;or
(ii) trailers for articulated vehicles of a kind falling within paragraph 87.14.19 in Part II of Schedule 1,
not being sealed beam lamps
3. Omit item 98, substitute the following item:—
“98	85.20.9	Goods, not being—	Free”.
(a) are lamps; or
(b) photographic flash bulbs
AMENDMENTS OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5
1. Omit item 113, substitute the following item:—
“113	17.02.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	20%”.
2. Omit item 278, substitute the following item:—
“278	35.01.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%”.

SCHEDULE 6 Sections

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM

23 MAY 1977

AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit note 10 to Chapter 48, substitute the following note:—

“10. In sub-paragraph 48.01.921 and sub-item 48.05.4, ‘machine glazed paper’ means paper made on a ‘Yankee’ or ‘M.G.’ paper machine, and having a highly glazed surface on one side and an uncalendered surface on the other.”.

2. Omit sub-paragraphs 48.01.921 to 48.01.923 (inclusive), substitute the following sub-paragraph:—

“48.01.921 - - - Having a FOB price of not less 20% than $250 per tonne, not being machine glazed paper 20%”.

AMENDMENT OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 5

Omit items 36a and 36b.

AMENDMENT OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5

Omit items 465a and 465b.

SCHEDULE 7 Section 9

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM 25 MAY 1977

AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1

1. After sub-item 85.14.1 insert the following sub-item:—
“85.14.2	- Loudspeakers:
85.14.21	- - Unmounted	15%, or, if higher, $0.50 each	15%, or, if higher, $0.50 each
85.14.29	- - Other	25%	25%”.
2. After sub-item 85.18.2 insert the following sub-item:—
“85.18.3	- Electrolytic capacitors, fixed, not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item of this item	5%	5%”.
3. After sub-item 85.21.1 insert the following sub-item:—
“85.21.2	- Monochrome cathode-ray picture tubes of a kind used in television receivers:
85.21.21	- - For use as original components in the assembly or manufacture of television receivers	5%	5%
85.21.29	- - Other	To and including 24 May 1980—35%; From and including 25 May 1980—5%	To and including 24 May 1980—35%; From and including 25 May 1980—5%”.

SCHEDULE 7—continued

AMENDMENT OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1

Omit item 1234, substitute the following items:—
“1234	85.14.21	Goods, not being loudspeakers for use with cinematographs and parts for use as original equipment in the assembly or manufacture thereof	$0.50 each, less 15%
1234a	85.14.29	Goods, not being loudspeakers for use with cinematographs and parts for use as original equipment in the manufacture or assembly thereof

10%
1234b	85.14.9	Goods, not being—	20%”.
(a) amplifier sets incorporating sirens;
(b) audio frequency amplifiers for use otherwise than for incorporation in radio broadcast receivers; or
(c) microphones and stands therefor

AMENDMENTS OF PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1

1. After—

“Sub-item 85.16.2”

insert—

“Sub-item 85.18.3”.

2. After—

“Sub-item 85.21.1”

insert—

“Paragraph 85.21.21”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5
1. After item 12 80 insert the following items:—
“1281	85.14.21	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%, or, if higher, $0.50 each
1281a	85.14.29	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	25%”.
2. After item 1313 insert the following item:—
“1314	85.21.29	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies entered for home consumption on or before 24 May 1980	35%”.
3. Omit items 1315 and 1316, substitute the following item:—
“1315	85.21.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	35%”.

SCHEDULE 8 Section 10

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM 28 MAY 1977

AMENDMENTS OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5

1. Omit items 1168 and 1169, substitute the following items:—
“1168	84.31.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	10%
1169	84.33.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	10%”.

2. Omit item 1171a.

3. Omit items 1174 and 1174a.

4. Omit item 1175a.

SCHEDULE 9 Section 11

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM 3 JUNE 1977

AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit paragraph 20.07.21, substitute the following paragraphs:—
“20.07.21	- - Orange juice entered for home consumption on or before 30 June 1977:
20.07.211	- - -As prescribed by by-law	$0.041 per l	$0.029 per l
20.07.219	- - -Other	$0.161 per l	$0.149 per l
20.07.22	- - Orange juice entered for home consumption on or after 1 July 1977 and on or before 30 June 1978	65%	65%”.
2. Omit sub-item 66.01.1, substitute the following sub-item:—
“66.01.1	- Of a kind ordinarily held in the hand or of a kind carried on the person as personal effects	30%, and $0.23 each, and a temporary duty of $0.57 each	6%, and $0.23 each, and a temporary duty of $0.57 each”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5

1. Omit items 151a and 151b, substitute the following items:—
“151a	20.07.219	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.161 per l
151b	20.07.22	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	65%
151c	20.07.29	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.041 per l”.
2. Omit item 870, substitute the following item:—
“870	66.01.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	30%, and $0.23 each, and a temporary duty of $0.57 each”.

SCHEDULE 10 Section 12

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM 9 JUNE 1977

AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit items 29.38 and 29.39, substitute the following items:—
“29.38	* Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent	5%	5%
29.39	* Hormones, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and derivatives thereof, used primarily as hormones and other steroids used primarily as hormones	5%	5%”.
2. Omit items 29.41 and 29.42, substitute the following items:—
“29.41	* Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives	5%	5%
29.42	* Vegetable alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives	5%	5%”.
3. Omit sub-items 29.44.3 and 29.44.9, substitute the following sub-item:—
“29.44.9	- Other	5%	5%”.
4. Omit items 30.01 and 30.02, substitute the following items:—
“30.01	* Organo-therapeutic glands or other organs, dried, whether or not powdered; organo-therapeutic extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions; other animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, and not falling within any other item:
30.01.1	- Organo-therapeutic extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions; normal sera	To and including 8 June 1978—25%; From and including 9 June 1978 to and including 8 June 1979—15%; From and including 9 June 1979—5%	To and including 8 June 1979—15; From and including 9 June 1979—5%
30.01.9	- Other	5%	5%
30.02	* Antisera; microbial vaccines, toxins, microbial cultures (including ferments but excluding yeasts) and similar goods	5%	5%”.
5. Omit sub-items 30.03.1 and 30.03.2, substitute the following sub-items:—
“30.03.1	- Goods, as follows:—	5%	5%
(a) tablets consisting of a single therapeutic substance or consisting of a single therapeutic substance com-

SCHEDULE 10—continued

bined with non-therapeutic ingredients, being a therapeutic substance that is not reasonably available from Australian production or manufacture, as prescribed by by-law;
(b) of insulin or of insulin compounds;
(c) of penicillins or salts of penicillins, not being—
(i) benzylpenicillin or its salts; or
(ii) phenoxymethylpenicillin or its salts;
(d) of streptomycin or salts of streptomycin, not being goods wholly or partly of streptomycin sulphate
30.03.2	- Goods, as follows:—		To and including 8 June 1978—30%; From and including 9 June 1978 to and including 8 June 1979—25%; From and including 9 June 1979 to and including 8 June 1980—15%; From and including 9 June 1980—5%	To and including 8 June 1979—22.5%; From and including 9 June 1979 to and including 8 June 1980—15; From and including 9 June 1980—5%”.
	(a) of streptomycin sulphate;
	(b) mixtures of streptomycin sulphate with one or more of the following:—
	(i) benzylpenicillin;
	(ii) phenoxymethylpenicillin;
	(iii) salts of benzylpenicillin;
	(iv) salts of phenoxymethypenicillin
	6. Omit sub-items 30.03.5 to 30.03.9 (inclusive), substitute the following sub-items:—
“30.03.5	- Pure water		Free	Free
30.03.9	- Other		To and including 8 June 1979—24%; From and including 9 June 1979 to and including 8 June 1980—15%; From and including 9 June 1980—5%	To and including 8 June 1980—13; From and including 9 June 1980—5%”.
7. Omit item 30.05, substitute the following item:—
“30.05	* Other pharmaceutical goods		5%	5%”.
8. Omit paragraph 38.19.91, substitute the following paragraph:—
“38.19.91		- - Put up for retail sale, not being goods in which the constituent that gives the goods their essential character is a substance falling within item 29.38, 29.39,	The rate of duty set out in this column that would	The rate of duty set out in this column that would

SCHEDULE 10—continued

29.41 or 29.42 or sub-item 29.44.9 or item 30.01 or 30.02	apply to the goods if they consisted wholly of the constituent that gives the goods their essential character, or, if higher, 17%	apply to the goods if they consisted wholly of the constituent that gives the goods their essential character, or, if higher, 7.5%”.
9. Omit sub-paragraph 44.15.119, substitute the following sub-paragraph:—
“44.15.119	- - - Other	To and including 30 June 1977—44%, and $0.50 per m2 for each mm of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; or, if higher, $0.0565 per m2, and $0.5102 per m2 for each mm of thickness in excess of 5.5mm; From and including 1 July 1977—44%, and $0.35 per m2 for each mm, or part thereof, of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; or, if higher, $0.0565 per m2, and $0.0102 per m2 for each mm of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm, and $0.35 per m2 for each mm, or part thereof, of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm	To and including 30 June 1977—24%, and $0.50 per m2 for each mm of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; or, if higher, $0.0303 per m2, and $0.5055 per m2 for each mm of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; From and including 1 July 1977—24%, and $0.35 per m2 for each mm, or part thereof, of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; or, if higher, $0.0303 per m2, and $0.0055 per m2 for each mm of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm, and $0.35 per m2 for each mm, or part thereof, of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit item 271.

2. Omit items 274 and 275.

SCHEDULE 10—continued

AMENDMENT OF PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1

After—

“Sub-item 29.13.2”

insert—

“Item 29.38

Item 29.39

Item 29.41

Item 29.42

Sub-item 29.44.9

Sub-item 30.01.9

Item 30.02

Sub-item 30.03.1

Item 30.05”.

AMENDMENT OF PART V OF SCHEDULE 1

Omit item 84, substitute the following item:—
“84	44.15.119	Goods, not being goods falling within item 83	To and including 30 June 1977—24%, and $0.50 per m2 for each mm of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; or, if higher, $0.0303 per m2, and $0.5055 per m2 for each mm of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; From and including 1 July 1977—24%, and $0.35 per m2 for each mm, or part thereof, of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; or, if higher, $0.0303 per m2, and $0.0055 per m2 for each mm of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm, and $0.35 per m2 for each mm, or part thereof, of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm”.
AMENDMENT OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 3
Omit—
“30.02	”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 5

1. Omit items 6c to 6f (inclusive), substitute the items:—
“6c	30.03.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 8 June 1979—13%; From and including 9 June 1979 to and including 8 June 1980—7.5%; From and including 9 June 1980—Free
6d	32.12.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	10%
6e	32.12.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free

SCHEDULE 10—continued

6f	34.02.9		Goods, as follows:—		12%
(a) anionic organic surface-active agents, other than branched chain alkylbenzene sulphonic acids and their salts;
(b) cationic surface-active agents
6g	40.09.1		Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies		Free”.
2. Omit item 31, substitute the following item:—
“31	44.15.119		Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies		To and including 30 June 1977—33%, and $0.50 per m2 for each mm of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; or, if higher, $0.035 per m2, and $0.5068 per m2 for each mm of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; From and including 1 July 1977—33%, and $0.35 per m2 for each mm, or part thereof, of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; or, if higher, $0.035 per m2, and $0.0068 per m2 for each mm of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm, and $0.35 per m2 for each mm, or part thereof, of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm”.
AMENDMENTS OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5
1. Omit item 262.
2. Omit item 435a, substitute the following item:—
“435a		44.15.119		Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 30 June 1977—44%, and $0.50 per m2 for each mm of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; or, if higher, $0.0565 per m2, and $0.5102 per m2 for each mm of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; From and including 1 July 1977—44%, and $0.35 per m2 for each mm, or part thereof, of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; or, if higher, $0.0565 per m2, and $0.0102 per m2 for each mm of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm, and $0.35 per m2 for each mm, or part thereof, of thickness in excess of 5.5 mm”.

SCHEDULE 11 Section 13

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM

17 JUNE 1977

AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit sub-item 51.04.5, substitute the following sub-item:—
“51.04.5	- Fabrics, as follows, not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item of this item:—	To and including 30 June 1979—30%, or, if higher, $0.10 per m2; From and including 1 July 1979—35%	To and including 30 June 1979—30%, or, if higher, $0.10 per m2; From and including 1 July 1979—35%”.
	(a) wholly of polyethylene or polypropylene or polyethylene and polypropylene;
	(b) containing more than 50% by weight of polyethylene or polypropylene or polyethylene and polypropylene, calculated by reference to the weight of man-made fibres in the fabric
2. After sub-item 60.01.2 insert the following sub-item:—
“60.01.3	- Fabrics, as follows, not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item of this item:—	To and including 30 June 1979—30%, or, if higher, $0.10 per m2; From and including 1 July 1979—35%	To and including 30 June 1979—30%, or, if higher, $0.10 per m2; From and including 1 July 1979—35%”.
	(a) wholly of polyethylene or polypropylene or polyethylene and polypropylene;
	(b) containing more than 50% by weight of polyethylene or polypropylene or polyethylene and polypropylene, calculated by reference to the weight of man-made fibres in the fabric
3. After sub-item 60.05.3 insert the following sub-items:—
“60.05.4	- Stockinette bags, wholly of cotton, of a kind commonly used for the packaging of meat	5%	5%
60.05.5	- Bags and sacks, of a kind used for the packaging of goods, not being goods falling within sub-item 60.05.4	To and including 30 June 1979—35%, and $0.05 each; From and including 1 July 1979—35%	To and including 30 June 1979—35%, and $0.05 each; From and including 1 July 1979—35%”.
4. After note 2 to Chapter 62 insert the following note:—
“3. In paragraph 62.03.21, ‘of leno weave construction’ means a fabric with a warp composed wholly or in part of standing or ground threads and crossing or do up threads that cross the standing or ground threads making a half turn, a complete turn or more to form loops through which weft threads pass.”.
5. Omit item 62.03, substitute the following item:—
“62.03	* Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods:
62.03.1	- Of man-made fibre materials, being goods entered for home consumption on or before 30 June 1977, not being woolpacks:
62.03.11	- - As prescribed by by-law	22.5%	22.5%

SCHEDULE 11—continued

62.03.19	- - Other	22.5%, and $0.18 each	22.5%, and $0.18 each
62.03.2	- Of man-made fibre materials, being goods entered for home consumption on or after 1 July 1977, not being woolpacks:
62.03.21	- - Of leno weave construction	To and including 30 June 1979—35%, and $0.07 each; From and including 1 July 1979—35%	To and including 30 June 1979—35%, and $0.07 each; From and including 1 July 1979—35%
62.03.29	- - Other	To and including 30 June 1979—35%, and $0.13 each; From and including 1 July 1979—35%	To and including 30 June 1979—35%, and $0.13 each; From and including 1 July 1979—35%
62.03.3	- Of jute; woolpacks	Free	Free
62.03.9	- Other	5%	5%”.
6. Omit note 3 to Chapter 69, substitute the following note:—
“3.—(1) For the purposes of sub-item 69.07.1, 69.08.1 or 69.08.2, a double faced tile that is designed to be split and used as two separate tiles shall be treated as if it were two tiles the maximum thickness of each of which is half the thickness of the double faced tile.
(2) Where a double faced tile that is designed to be split and used as two separate tiles is so made that it has a centre portion consisting of material that is to be discarded when it is split, sub-note (1) applies in relation to that double faced tile as if the thickness of the double faced tile were reduced by the maximum thickness of that centre portion.”.
7. After sub-item 69.08.1 insert the following sub-item:—
“69.08.2	- Coloured (other than white) rectangular tiles, not mounted with other tiles, having a surface area of 5000 square millimetres or more and a thickness not exceeding 7 millimetres	30%, and a temporary duty of $1.50 per m2	30%, and a temporary duty of $1.50 per m2”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1

1. After item 697 insert the following item:—
“697a	60.05.5	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	9%”.
2. Before item 807 insert the following item:—
“806	69.08.2	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free; and a temporary duty of $1.50 per m2, or, if lower, a temporary duty of 25%”.

SCHEDULE 11—continued

AMENDMENTS OF PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1

1. After—

“Sub-item 60.02.2”

insert—

“Sub-item 60.05.4”.

2. After—

“Sub-item 61.10.2”

insert—

“Sub-item 62.03.9”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART V OF SCHEDULE 1
1. Omit item 105, substitute the following item:—
“105	51.04.5	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 30 June 1979—30%, or, if higher, $0.10 per m2; From and including 1 July 1979—35%”.
2. After item 176 insert the following item:—
“176a	60.01.3	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 30 June 1979—30%, or, if higher, $0.10 per m2; From and including 1 July 1979—35%”.
3. After item 216 insert the following item:—
“217	60.05.5	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 30 June 1979—35%, and $0.05 each; From and including 1 July 1979—35%”.
4. Omit item 334, substitute the following items:—
“333a	62.03.21	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 30 June 1979—35%, and $0.07 each; From and including 1 July 1979—35%
334	62.03.29	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 30 June 1979—35%, and $0.13 each; From and including 1 July 1979—35%”.
AMENDMENTS OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5
1. Omit item 325, substitute the following items:—
“325	39.01.32	Goods, having a base fabric as follows:—	The rate of duty set out in this column in the item in this Part that would apply to the goods if they were an uncoated, uncovered textile fabric of the same weight per m2 as the goods and of the same composition, width and construction as the textile fabric in
(a) wholly of polyethylene or polypropylene or polyethylene and polypropylene;
(b) containing more than 50% by weight of polyethylene or polypropylene or polyethylene and polypropylene, calculated by reference to the weight of man-made fibres in the fabric

SCHEDULE 11—continued

the goods, or, if there are two or more textile fabrics in the goods, as the textile fabric in the goods that has a greater weight than each other textile fabric in the goods (section 17b); or, if no item in this Part would apply to goods of that kind—Free
325a	39.01.32	Goods, not being goods falling within item 325	The rate of duty set out in this column in the item in this Part that would apply to the goods if they were an uncoated, uncovered textile fabric of the same weight per m2 as the goods and of the same composition, width and construction as the textile fabric in the goods, or, if there are two or more textile fabrics in the goods, as the textile fabric in the goods that has a greater weight than each other textile fabric in the goods, or, if that rate is equal to the rate in column 3 in the tariff classification in Part II of Schedule 1 that would apply to goods of that kind, that rate, less 10% (section 17b); or, if no item in this Part would apply to goods of that kind—Free”.
2. Omit item 339, substitute the following items:—
“339	39.02.32	Goods, having a base fabric as follows:—

(a) wholly of polyethylene or polypropylene or polyethylene and polypropylene;

The rate of duty set out in this column in the item in this Part that would apply to the goods if they were an uncoated, uncovered textile fabric of the same weight per m2 as the goods and of the same composition, width and construction as the textile fabric in the goods, or, if there are two or more textile fabrics in the goods, as the textile fabric in the goods that has a greater weight than each other textile fabric in the goods (section 17b); or,

(b) containing more than 50% by weight, of polyethylene or polypropylene or polyethylene and polypropylene, calculated by reference to the weight of man-made fibres in the fabric

SCHEDULE 11—continued

if no item in this Part would apply to goods of that kind—Free
339a	39.02.32.	Goods, not being goods falling within item 339	The rate of duty set out in this column in the item in this Part that would apply to the goods if they were an uncoated, uncovered textile fabric of the same weight per m2 as the goods and of the same composition, width and construction as the textile fabric in the goods, or, if there are two or more textile fabrics in the goods, as the textile fabric in the goods that has a greater weight than each other textile fabric in the goods, or, if that rate is equal to the rate in column 3 in the tariff classification in Part II of Schedule 1 that would apply to goods of that kind, that rate, less 10% (section 17b); or, if no item in this Part would apply to goods of that kind—Free”.
3. Omit item 340, substitute the following items:—
“340	39.02.33	Goods, having a base fabric as follows:—	The rate of duty set out in this column in the item in this Part that would apply to the goods if they were a coated textile fabric falling within item 59.08 in Part II of Schedule 1, coated with the coating or covering on the goods that gives the goods their essential character and that is capable of being seen with the naked eye otherwise than by a change of colour (section 17b); or, if no item in this Part would apply to goods of that kind—Free
(a) wholly of polyethylene or polypropylene or polyethylene and polypropylene;
(b) containing more than 50% by weight of polyethylene or polypropylene or polyethylene and polypropylene, calculated by reference to the weight of man-made fibres in the fabric
340a	39.02.33	Goods, not being goods falling within item 340	The rate of duty set out in this column in the item in this Part that would apply to the goods if they were a coated textile fabric

SCHEDULE 11—continued

falling within item 59.08 in Part II of Schedule 1, coated with the coating or covering on the goods that gives the goods their essential character and that is capable of being seen with the naked eye otherwise than by a change of colour, or, if that rate is equal to the rate in column 3 in the tariff classification in Part II of Schedule 1 that would apply to goods of that kind, that rate, less 10% (section 17b); or, if no item in this Part would apply to goods of that kind—Free”.
4. Omit item 534, substitute the following item:—
“534	51.04.5	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 30 June 1979—30%, or, if higher, $0.10 per m2; From and including 1 July 1979—35%”.
5. After item 654 insert the following item:—
“654a	60.01.3	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 30 June 1979—30%, or, if higher, $0.10 per m2; From and including 1 July 1979—35%”.
6. After item 715 insert the following item:—
“716	60.05.5	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 30 June 1979—35%, and $0.05 each; From and including 1 July 1979—35%”.
7. Omit item 844, substitute the following items:—
“844	62.03.21	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 30 June 1979—35%, and $0.07 each; From and including 1 July 1979—35%
844a	62.03.29	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 30 June 1979—35%, and $0.13 each; From and including 1 July 1979—35%”.
8. After item 890 insert the following item:—
“890a	69.08.2	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	30%, and a temporary duty of $1.50 per m2”.

SCHEDULE 12 Section 14

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM

1 JULY 1977

AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit paragraph 60.05.17, substitute the following paragraph:—
“60.05.17	- - Garments, as follows, not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item of this item:—
(a) shirts (so-called) and blouses; coats (other than of textile fabric, coated, covered or laminated with artificial plastic material resembling leather), jumpers, cardigans, sweaters and the like;
(b) tracksuits, playsuits, rompersuits and the like;
(c) other garments for women, girls or infants, not being coats of textile fabric, coated, covered or laminated with artificial plastic material resembling leather:
60.05.171	- - - Shirts (so-called) and blouses; coats, jumpers, cardigans, sweaters and the like	34%, and $20 per kg	21%, and $20 per kg
60.05.179	- - - Other	34%, and $12 per kg	21%, and $12 per kg”.
2. Omit item 85.03, substitute the following item:—
“85.03	* Primary cells and primary batteries:
85.03.1	- Goods, as follows:—
(a) batteries, but not including parts therefor;	15%, and $0.02 each	15%, and $0.02 each
(b) single dry cells, of a kind used in radios, torches and other appliances, but not including parts therefor
85.03.9	- Other	15%	15%”.
AMENDMENT OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1
Omit item 1188.
AMENDMENT OF PART IV OF SCHEDULE 3
Omit—
“85.03.9	”.

AMENDMENT OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 5

After item 89b insert the following item:—
“89c	85.03.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	5%, and $0.02 each”.
AMENDMENT OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5
Omit items 1256 to 1259 (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“1256	85.03.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%, and $0.02 each
1257	85.03.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%”.

SCHEDULE 13 Section 15

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM

7 JULY 1977

AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit item 40.11, substitute the following item:—
“40.11	* Rubber tyres, tyre cases, interchangeable tyre treads, inner tubes and tyre flaps, for wheels of all kinds:
40.11.1	- Rubber tyres, tyre cases, or interchangeable tyre treads:
40.11.11	- - Goods, as follows:—	5%	5%
(a) solid tyres;
(b) tyres of a kind used with motorcycles or bicycles
40.11.12	- - Tyres of a kind used with motor cars, utilities, trucks, trailers, omnibuses or the like, not being—	To and including 6 July 1980—25%; From and including 7 July 1980—20%	20%
(a) tyres used solely or principally with earthmoving equipment, dumpers or other vehicles not constructed to be used principally for the carriage of people or goods on highways; or
(b) tyres falling within paragraph 40.11.11
40.11.19	- - Other	15%	15%
40.11.2	- Solid substitute inner tubes, suitable for use with pneumatic tyres	28%	13%
40.11.9	- Other	15%, or, if higher, $0.17 per kg	6%, or, if higher, $0.08 per kg”.
2. Omit sub-item 87.09.1, substitute the following sub-item:—
“87.09.1	- Motor bicycles	In respect of pneumatic tyres—5%; in respect of pneumatic tubes—15%, or, if higher, $0.17 per kg; in respect of the remainder of the goods—Free	In respect of pneumatic tyres—5%; in respect of pneumatic tubes—6%, or, if higher, $0.08 per kg; in respect of the remainder of the goods—Free”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit items 438 to 438b (inclusive), substitute the following item:—
“438	40.11.2	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	8%”.
2. Omit item 439a.
3. Omit item 1302, substitute the following item:—
“1302	87.09.1	Pneumatic tubes having a value not exceeding $1.10 per kilogram	$0.06 per kg; or, if lower, $0.17 per kg, less 15%”.

SCHEDULE 13—continued

AMENDMENTS OF PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1

1. After—

“Paragraph 39.07.31”

insert—

“Paragraph 40.11.11”.

2. After—

“Sub-item 87.06.4”

insert—

“Sub-item 87.09.1”.

AMENDMENT OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 3

Omit—
“40.11.1	”.
substitute—
“40.11.2	”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 5

1. Omit items 7 and 7a, substitute the following items:—
“7	40.11.12	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 6 July 1980—25%; From and including 7 July 1980—20%
7a	40.11.2	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	28%”.
2. Omit item 125, substitute the following item:—
“125	87.09.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	In respect of pneumatic tyres—5%; in respect of pneumatic tubes—15%, or, if higher, $0.17 per kg; in respect of the remainder of the goods—Free”.

AMENDMENT OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5

Omit items 389 to 391 (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“389	40.11.12	Goods, as prescribed by by-law, to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 6 July 1980—15%; From and including 7 July 1980—10%
389a	40.11.12	Goods, not being goods falling within item 389	To and including 6 July 1980—25%; From and including 7 July 1980—20%
390	40.11.19	Goods, as prescribed by by-law, to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	5%
390a	40.11.19	Goods, not being goods falling within item 390	15%
391	40.11.2	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	18%”.

SCHEDULE 14 Section 16

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM

22 JULY 1977

AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit sub-items 58.02.4 to 58.02.6 (inclusive), substitute the following sub-items:—
“58.02.4	- Tufted carpeting in rolls, entered for home consumption on or before 21 January 1978, not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item of this item	22.5%, and a temporary duty of 7.5%	11%, and a temporary duty of 19%
58.02.5	- Goods, as follows, not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item of this item:— (a) carpet tiles, other than tiles of coir; (b) tufted carpeting, in rolls	22.5%, and a temporary duty of 2.5%	11%, and a temporary duty of 14%”.

 

2. After note 5 to Chapter 59 insert the following note:—

“6. In this Chapter the term ‘coated’ includes fabrics which have been treated with dispersions, spatterings or other discontinuous coatings.”.

 

3. Omit paragraph 60.05.19, substitute the following paragraph:—

“60.05.19	- - Other
60.05.191	- - - Boys’ sets being two or more articles of apparel designed to be worn together	34%, and $12 per kg	21%, and $12 per kg
60.05.199	- - - Other	34%	21%”.
4. Omit sub-item 61.01.9, substitute the following sub-item:—
“61.01.9	- Other
61.01.91	- - Boys’ sets being two or more articles of apparel designed to be worn together.
61.01.911	- - - As prescribed by by-law	39%	17%
61.01.919	- - - Other	39%, and $12 per kg	17%, and $12 per kg
61.01.99	- - Other	39%	17%”.
5. Omit item 84.11, substitute the following item:—
“84.11	* Air pumps, vacuum pumps and air or gas compressors (including motor and turbo pumps and compressors, and free-piston generators for gas turbines); fans, blowers and the like:
84.11.1	- Vacuum pumps	20%	20%
84.11.2	- Compressors for refrigerating appliances	25%	25%
84.11.3	- Aquarium aerators, being electrically operated diaphragm pumps having a capacity not exceeding 5000 millilitres of air at up to 1000 millimetres of water pressure	To and including 21 July 1978—21%; From and including 22 July 1978—5%	To and including 21 July 1978—15%; From and including 22 July 1978—5%

SCHEDULE 14—continued

84.11.4	- Reciprocating or rotary air compressors (including fans or blowers of the reciprocating or rotary compressor kind) and pumps having a capacity, at maximum normal working delivery pressure, of free air delivered per minute at a rate not exceeding 25 cubic metres, not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item of this item:
84.11.41	- - Having a capacity not exceeding 3 cubic metres	25%	25%
84.11.42	- - Having a capacity exceeding 3 cubic metres:
84.11.421	- - - Bare air compressors, as prescribed by by-law	Free	Free
84.11.429	- - - Other	15%	15%
84.11.5	- Electric fans of the propeller type, not being goods falling within sub-item 84.11.7	17%	17%
84.11.6	- Goods, as follows:—	21%	21%
(a) blowers, of the revolving fan type, not being goods falling within sub-item 84.11.7;
(b) revolving fans, not being goods falling within sub-item 84.11.5
84.11.7	- Goods, as follows:—	5%	5%
(a) hand or foot operated inflators;
(b) gas exhausters, motor driven, for iron and steel production;
(c) other pumps and compressors, not falling within a preceding sub-item of this item
84.11.9	- Other	15%	15%”.
6. Omit paragraph 84.21.81, substitute the following paragraph:—
“84.21.81	- - Pumping units specially designed for fire fighting	5%	5%”.
7. Omit paragraph 85.19.45, substitute the following paragraph:—
“85.19.45	- - Goods, as follows:—
(a) starter switches for fluorescent lamps;
(b) motor starters:
85.19.451	- - - Starter switches for fluorescent lamps	5%	5%
85.19.452	- - - Motor starters	34%	17%”.
8. Omit paragraph 85.19.47, substitute the following paragraph:—
“85.19.47	- - Goods, as follows, not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item of this item:—	To and including 21 July 1979—30%; From and including 22 July 1979—25%	25%”.
(a) connectors;
(b) ceiling roses;
(c) moulded lampholders (whether with or without switches);
(d) adaptors;

SCHEDULE 14—continued

(e) wall sockets;

(f) wall plugs;

(g) fuses;

(h) lightning arresters;

(i) electric terminals;

(j) jacks;

(k) other apparatus for making and breaking electrical circuits

9. Omit item 85.26, substitute the following item:—
“85.26		* Insulating fittings for electrical machines, appliances or equipment, being fittings wholly of insulating material apart from any minor components of metal incorporated during moulding solely for purposes of assembly, other than insulators falling within item 85.25:
85.26.1		- Ceramic insulators for sparking plugs		5%		5%
85.26.2		- Goods of mica		25%		25%
85.26.9		- Other		To and including 21 July 1979—30%; From and including 22 July 1979—25%		25%”.
AMENDMENTS OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1
1. Omit items 635 to 636e (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“635	58.02.4		Goods with pile containing less than 80% by weight of wool		5%, and a temporary duty of 7.5%
636	58.02.5		Goods, as follows:—		5%, and a temporary duty of 5%
(a) carpet tiles, tufted;
(b) tufted carpeting, in rolls, with pile containing less than 80% by weight of wool
636a	58.02.5		Carpet tiles, other than tufted carpet tiles		7.5%, and a temporary duty of 2.5%
636b	58.02.9		Carpet or carpeting, tufted, not being floor rugs wholly or partly of wool		5%
636c	58.02.9		Goods, not being—		7.5%”.
(a) floor rugs wholly or partly of wool;
(b) axminster carpeting, in rolls, with pile containing 80% or more by weight of wool; or
(c) goods falling within item 636b
2. Omit item 6940, substitute the following items:—
“694j	60.05.191		Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies		9%, and $12 per kg
694k	60.05.199		Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies		9%”.

SCHEDULE 14—continued

3. Omit item 707k, substitute the following items:—
“707k	61.01.911	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	9%
707l	61.01.919	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	9%, and $12 per kg
707m	61.01.99	Goods, not being diving dress	9%”.
4. Omit item 733a, substitute the following item:—
“733a	61.09.19	Goods, not being knitted or crocheted elastic fabric shaped for making goods falling within paragraph 61.09.19 in Part II of Schedule 1	10%, and $2 each”.
5. Omit items 1064 to 1069 (inclusive),substitute the following items:—
“1064	84.11.5	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	2%
1065	84.11.6	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	6%
1066	84.11.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	6%”.
6. Omit items 1249 to 1251 (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“1249	85.19.452	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	11%
1250	85.19.46	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	20%
1251	85.19.47	Goods, not being—	10%”.
(a) wall plugs;
(b) bell pushes;
(c) connectors;
(d) electric terminals; or
(e) jacks

7. Omit items 1266 to 1270 (inclusive).

AMENDMENTS OF PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1

1. After—

“Sub-item 84.10.1”

insert—

“Sub-item 84.11.7”.

2. After—

“Paragraph 84.18.55”

insert—

“Paragraph 84.21.81”.

3. After—

“Paragraph 85.19.44”

insert—

“Sub-paragraph 85.19.451”.

4. After—

“Sub-item 85.21.1”

insert—

“Sub-item 85.26.1”.

SCHEDULE 14—continued

AMENDMENTS OF PART V OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit items 146 to 150 (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“146	58.02.4	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	11%, and a temporary duty of 11.5%
147	58.02.5	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	11%, and a temporary duty of 6.5%”.
2. Omit items 214 and 215, substitute the following items:—
“210	60.05.191	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	21%, and $12 per kg
211	60.05.199	Neckties, as prescribed by by-law	20%
212	60.05.199	Goods, not being goods falling within item 211	21%”.
3. Omit item 245, substitute the following items:—
“245	61.01.911	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	17%
245a	61.01.919	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	17%, and $12 per kg
245b	61.01.99	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	17%”.

AMENDMENT OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 3

Omit—
“85.19.45	”.
AMENDMENTS OF PART IV OF SCHEDULE 3
1. Omit—
“61.01.9	Diving dress; textile fabrics”,
substitute—
“61.01.911
61.01.919
61.01.99	Diving dress; textile fabrics”.
2. Omit—
“84.11.71	”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 5

1. Omit item 50, substitute the following items:—
“49	48.07.72	Wrapping paper having a substance exceeding 22 grams per square metre, not being surface-coloured	30%, or, if lower, $48.23 per t
49a	58.02.4	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

11%, and a temporary duty of 9%
50	58.02.5	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	11%, and a temporary duty of 4%”.
2. After item 96 insert the following item:—
“96a	85.19.47	Goods, not being—  (a) electric terminals; or  (b) jacks	To and including 21 July 1979—20%; From and including 22 July 1979—15%”.

SCHEDULE 14—continued

AMENDMENT OF PART V OF SCHEDULE 5

After item 108 insert the following item:—
“108a	84.11.3	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 21 July 1978—6%; From and including 22 July 1978—Free”.
AMENDMENTS OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5
1. Omit items 607 to 611 (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“607	58.02.4	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%, and a temporary duty of 7.5%
608	58.02.5	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%, and a temporary duty of 2.5%”.
2. Omit items 713 and 714, substitute the following items:—
“709	60.05.191	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	34%, and $12 per kg
710	60.05.199	Neckties, as prescribed by by-law	20%
711	60.05.199	Goods, not being goods falling within item 710	34%”.
3. Omit item 744, substitute the following items:—
“744	61.01.911	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	39%
744a	61.01.919	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	39%, and $12 per kg
744b	61.01.99	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	39%”.
4. Omit items 1098 to 1102 (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“1098	84.11.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	10%
1099	84.11.2	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	25%
1100	84.11.3	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 21 July 1978—10%; From and including 22 July 1978—Free
1101	84.11.41	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%
1102	84.11.429	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	5%
1102a	84.11.5	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	17%
1102b	84.11.6	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	21%
1102c	84.11.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	10%”.

SCHEDULE 14—continued

5. Omit items 1302 to 1305 (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“1302	85.19.452	Goods, as prescribed by by-law, to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%
1302a	85.19.452	Goods, not being goods falling within item 1302	34%
1303	85.19.46	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	35%
1304	85.19.47	Goods, as follows:—	15%
(a) electric terminals;
(b) goods, as prescribed by by-law, to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies
1305	85.19.47	Goods, not being goods falling within item 1304	To and including 21 July 1979—30%; From and including 22 July 1979—25%”.
6. Omit items 1328 to 1331 (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“1328	85.26.2	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%
1329	85.26.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%”.

SCHEDULE 15 Section 17

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM

8 P.M. ON 16 AUGUST 1977

AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1
1. Omit paragraph 27.07.39, substitute the following paragraph:—
“27.07.39	- - Other	$0.05155 per l	$0.05155 per l”.
2. Omit sub-item 27.10.2, substitute the following sub-item:—
“27.10.2	- Diesel fuel, not being goods falling within the last preceding sub-item:
27.10.21	- - Kerosene for use as fuel for propulsion purposes in aircraft, as prescribed by by-law	$0.0419 per l	$0.0419 per l
27.10.22	- - Kerosene for use as fuel for propulsion purposes in aircraft	$0.0529 per l	$0.0529 per l
27.10.23	- - Diesel fuel as prescribed by by-law, not being kerosene	$0.05155 per l	$0.05155 per l
27.10.29	- - Other	$0.06255 per l	$0.06255 per l”.
3. Omit sub-item 27.10.4, substitute the following sub-item:—
“27.10.4	- Gasoline and other oils having a flash point of less than 23° Celsius when tested in an Abel Pensky closed test apparatus:

SCHEDULE 15—continued

27.10.41	- - As prescribed by by-law	Free	Free
27.10.42	- - For use as fuel for propulsion purposes in aircraft, as prescribed by by-law	$0.04555 per l	$0.04555 per l
27.10.43	- - As prescribed by by-law for the purposes of this paragraph	$0.05155 per l	$0.05155 per l
27.10.44	- - For use as fuel for propulsion purposes in aircraft	$0.0625 per l	$0.0625 per l
27.10.49	- - Other	$0.0685 per l	$0.0685 per l”.
4. Omit paragraph 27.10.59, substitute the following paragraph:—
“27.10.59	- - Other	$0.05155 per l	$0.05155 per l”.

  

AMENDMENTS OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit item 236, substitute the following item:—
“236	27.07.39	Goods, not being xylene, solvent naphtha or mineral turpentine, in packs not exceeding 4.6 litres	$0.05155 per l”.
2. Omit items241 to 252 (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“241	27.10.21	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.0419 per l
242	27.10.22	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.0529 per l
243	27.10.23	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.05155 per l
244	27.10.29	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.06255 per l
245	27.10.31	Goods to which the tariff classifications specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.029 per l; or, if lower, $0.071 per l, less 15%
246	27.10.42	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.04555 per l
247	27.10.43	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.05155 per l
248	27.10.44	Goods in packs not exceeding 4.6 litres	$0.05155 per l
249	27.10.44	Goods, not being goods falling within item 248	$0.0685 per l
250	27.10.49	Goods in packs not exceeding 4.6 litres	$0.05155 per l
251	27.10.49	Goods, not being goods falling within item 250	$0.0685 per l
252	27.10.59	Goods in packs exceeding 4.6 litres	$0.05155 per l”.
AMENDMENT OF PART V OF SCHEDULE 1
Omit items 58 to 67 (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“58	27.07.39	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.05155 per l

SCHEDULE 15—continued

59	27.10.21	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.0419 per l
60	27.10.22	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.0419 per l
61	27.10.23	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.05155 per l
62	27.10.29	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.05155 per l
63	27.10.42	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.04555 per l
64	27.10.43	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.05155 per l
65	27.10.44	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.05155 per l
66	27.10.49	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.05155 per l
67	27.10.59	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.05155 per l”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5

1. Omit item 209, substitute the following item:—
“209	27.07.39	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.05155 per l”.
2. Omit items 214 to 222 (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“214	27.10.21	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.0419 per l
215	27.10.22	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.0529 per l
216	27.10.23	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.05155 per l
217	27.10.29	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.06255 per l
218	27.10.42	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.04555 per l
219	27.10.43	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.05155 per l
220	27.10.44	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.0625 per l
221	27.10.49	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.0685 per l
222	27.10.59	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.05155 per l”.

SCHEDULE 16 Section 18

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM 18 AUGUST 1977

AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit items 90.01 and 90.02, substitute the following items:—
“90.01	* Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such elements of glass not optically worked; sheets or plates, of polarising material:
90.01.1	- Goods, other than of glass, of a kind used with motor vehicles	25%	25%
90.01.2	- Goods, as follows:—	20%	20%
(a) ophthalmic powered lenses;
(b) shaped eyepieces, not powered and other than of glass, for spectacles, goggles and the like;
(c) of glass, not being—
(i) process engravers’ screens;
(ii) prisms and mirrors; or
(iii) powered lenses, other than ophthalmic powered lenses
90.01.9	- Other	5%	5%
90.02	* Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements of glass not optically worked	5%	5%”.
2. Omit items 90.05 and 90.06, substitute the following items:—
“90.05	* Refracting telescopes (both monocular and binocular), prismatic or not	5%	5%
90.06	* Astronomical instruments (including reflecting telescopes, transit instruments and equatorial telescopes), and mountings therefor, other than instruments for radio-astronomy	5%	5%”.
3. Omit sub-item 90.08.2, substitute the following sub-item:—
“90.08.2	- Goods, as follows:—
(a) projectors;
(b) sound reproducers for projectors;
(c) projectors combined with sound reproducers:
90.08.21	- - Projectors having a film width capacity of 8 millimetres, being projectors the design of which does not include provision for the reproduction of sound	30%	30%
90.08.29	- - Other	5%	5%”.
4. Omit sub-item 90.09.1, substitute the following sub-item:—
“90.09.1	- Image projectors designed for the projection of slide or film strip transparencies, other than microfilm readers	30%	30%”.
5. Omit sub-item 90.12.9, substitute the following sub-item:—
“90.12.9	- Other	5%	5%”.

SCHEDULE 16—continued

6. Omit items 90.13 to 90.19 (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“90.13	* Optical appliances and instruments (including searchlights and spotlights but not other lighting appliances) not falling within any other item in this Chapter:
90.13.1	- Slide viewers	30%	30%
90.13.2	- Telescopic sights for weapons	Free	Free
90.13.3	- Searchlights, spotlights and signalling lamps	34%	4%
90.13.9	- Other	5%	5%
90.14	* Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, navigational, meteorological, hydrological and geophysical instruments; compasses; rangefinders:
90.14.1	- Instruments incorporating lasers	25%	25%
90.14.2	- Tripods for surveying instruments	15%	15%
90.14.9	- Other	5%	5%
90.15	* Balances of a sensitivity of 50 milligrams or better, with or without their weights	5%	5%
90.16	* Drawing, marking-out and mathematical calculating instruments, drafting machines, pantographs, slide rules, disc calculators and the like; measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines (including micrometers, callipers, gauges, measuring rods and balancing machines), being goods not falling within any other item in this Chapter; profile projectors:
90.16.1	- Goods, as follows:—	25%	25%
(a) wheel aligners, motor vehicle;
(b) static balancers, motor vehicle wheel
90.16.2	- Goods, as follows:—	20%	20%
(a) bubble levels;
(b) graduated rulers of wood or artificial plastic material, not being folding or parallel rulers;
(c) steel tape measures
90.16.3	- Hand tools, as follows:—	15%	15%
(a) adjustable limit length gauges;
(b) plug gauges;
(c) ring gauges;
(d) snap gauges;
90.16.4	- Goods, entered for home consumption on	26%	13%
or before 17 August 1978, as follows:—
(a) adjustable set squares;
(b) parallel rulers;
(c) metric railway curves;
(d) protractors;
(e) ships curves;
(f) tee squares

SCHEDULE 16—continued

90.16.9	- Other	5%	5%
90.17	* Medical, dental, surgical and veterinary instruments and appliances (including electromedical apparatus and ophthalmic instruments):
90.17.1	- Goods, as follows:—	30%	30%
(a) catheters, cannulae, suction tubes and the like other than elastic gum woven catheters;
(b) defibrillators;
(c) infusion or transfusion sets for blood and other fluids;
(d) kymographs;
(e) physiological equipment for monitoring or recording electrical impulses of the heart muscle, respiration rate, heartbeat rate, blood pressure or body temperature;
(f) syringes of artificial plastic material designed for use with injection or puncture needles;
(g) ultrasonic diagnostic imaging units
90.17.2	- Goods, as follows, not being goods falling within sub-item 90.17.1:—	20%	20%
(a) dental drill engines, air-turbine operated, comprising, at least, an operating hand piece and an air supply controller;
(b) incubators for babies;
(c) apparatus for administration of anaesthetic gases;
(d) single channel audiometers of the screening type other than those used solely for testing the hearing of new born infants;
(e) suction apparatus, of a kind used for the removal of fluids, gases or foreign matter from the human body;
(f) dental articulators;
(g) dental endodontic depth measuring gauges;
(h) dental occlusal programming units
90.17.3	- Ophthalmic instruments and appliances	Free	Free
90.17.4	- Goods, entered for home consumption on or before 17 August 1978, as follows:—
(a) Denham pins;
(b) Devine or Gale abdominal retractors;
(c) Lanes or Peter Williams screwdrivers;
(d) hair trephines and hair punches;
(e) Kirschener or Watson Jones guide wires;
(f) needle holders used in microsurgery;
(g) Davis Boyle mouth gags or Davis Boyle mouth blades;
(h) Newton Serby goitre retractors;
(i) injection or puncture needles:

SCHEDULE 16—continued

90.17.41	- - Goods, as follows:—	34%	21%
(a) Denham pins;
(b) Devine or Gale abdominal retractors;
(c) Lanes or Peter Williams screwdrivers;
(d) hair trephines and hair punches;
(e) Kirschener or Watson Jones guide wires
90.17.42	- - Injection or puncture needles	22.5%	15%
90.17.43	- - Goods, as follows:—	19%	6%
(a) needle holders used in microsurgery;
(b) Davis Boyle mouth gags or Davis Boyle mouth blades;
(c) Newton Serby goitre retractors
90.17.9	- Other	In respect of operating hand pieces for dental apparatus— 20%; in respect of the remainder of the goods—5%	In respect of operating hand pieces for dental apparatus—20%; in respect of the remainder of the goods—5%
90.18	* Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; artificial respiration, ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy or similar apparatus; breathing appliances (including gas masks and similar respirators):
90.18.1	- Oxygen therapy, resuscitation and artificial respiration apparatus; breathing appliances other than of a kind designed to enable the wearer to breathe under water	20%	20%
90.18.9	- Other	5%	5%
90.19	* Orthopaedic appliances, surgical belts, trusses and the like; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial limbs, eyes, teeth and other artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability:
90.19.1	- Bone growth stimulators	30%	30%
90.19.2	- Implantable cardiac pacemakers	25%	25%
90.19.9	- Other	5%	5%”.
7. Omit items 90.22 to 90.29 (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“90.22	* Machines and appliances for testing mechanically the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity and the like properties of metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics or other industrial materials	5%	5%

SCHEDULE 16—continued

90.23	* Hydrometers and similar instruments; thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers, psychrometers, recording or not; any combination of those instruments:
90.23.1	- Temperature gauges of a kind used with internal combustion engines	17.5%	17.5%
90.23.9	- Other	5%	5%
90.24	* Instruments and apparatus for measuring, checking or automatically controlling the flow, depth, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases, or for automatically controlling temperature (including pressure gauges, thermostats, level gauges, flow meters, heat meters and automatic oven-draught regulators), not falling within item 90.14:
90.24.1	- Goods, as follows:—	25%	25%
(a) thermostats of a kind used with electrically operated domestic appliances;
(b) gauges of a kind used solely or principally with internal combustion engines for indicating the amount of fuel in the fuel tank;
(c) pressure gauges;
(d) other gauges of a kind used solely or principally in motor vehicles
90.24.2	- Vacuum regulators of a kind used with hospital reticulated suction systems	20%	20%
90.24.9	- Other	5%	5%
90.25	* Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (including polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers and gas analysis apparatus); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like (including viscometers, porosimeters and expansion meters); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantites of heat, light or sound (including photometers, exposure meters and calorimeters); microtomes:
90.25.1	- Ultra-violet absorbance monitors	15%	15%
90.25.9	- Other	5%	5%
90.26	* Gas, liquid and electricity supply or production meters; calibrating meters therefor

(a) suitcases;

(b) trunks;

(c) attache cases;

(d) executive cases

SCHEDULE 28—continued

including 12 July 1979—30%, and a temporary duty of 25%; From and including 13 July 1979 to and including 16 November 1979—30%; From and including 17 November 1979—25%
5. After paragraph 87.07.11 insert the following paragraph:—
“87.07.12	- - Trucks, having a lifting capacity at a 600 millimetre load centre of not less than 1500 kilograms and less than 4000 kilograms, not being—	To and including 6 March 1979—30%, and a temporary duty of $2500 each; or, if higher, $800 each, and a temporary duty of $2500 each; From and including 7 March 1979 to and including 12 July 1979—30%, and a temporary duty of $2500 each; From and including 13 July 1979—30%	To and including 6 March 1979—30%, and a temporary duty of $2500 each; or, if higher, $800 each, and a temporary duty of $2500 each; From and including 7 March 1979 to and including 12 July 1979—30%, and a temporary duty of $2500 each; From and including 13 July 1979—30%”.
(a) battery operated; or
(b) pedestrian controlled non-rider type

AMENDMENT OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1

Omit items 392 to 403 (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“392	39.07.111	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	7.5%
393	39.07.119	Seat covers for vehicles	15%
394	39.07.119	Smoking requisites; wading pools	10%
395	39.07.119	Goods, as follows:—	7.5%
(a) air mattresses;
(b) blinds;
(c) furniture and parts therefor;
(d) stationery and parts therefor;
(e) tablecloths, table covers and the like, textile supported, other than of vinyl chloride polymers and copolymers;
(f) travel goods, handbags, wallets, vanity compacts and similar goods and parts therefor

SCHEDULE 28—continued

396	39.07.119	Gloves, mittens and mitts having a value exceeding $0.4995 per dozen pairs, not being gloves, mittens or mitts that are of a kind worn solely or principally by industrial workers or by members of the medical, nursing and veterinary professions or are of the dress type	7.5%; or, if higher, $0.15 per doz pairs, less 10%
397	39.07.119	Gloves, mittens and mitts having a value not exceeding $0.4995 per dozen pairs, not being gloves, mittens or mitts that are of a kind worn solely or principally by industrial workers or by members of the medical, nursing and veterinary professions or are of the dress type	15%
398	39.07.119	Goods, as follows:—	2.5%
(a) bags, not being disposable ileo-colostomy drainage bags;
(b) figures of a kind ordinarily used as ornaments in the household
399	39.07.119	Clothes pegs	15%; or, if lower, $0.125 per gross, less 10%
400	39.07.119	Goods, as follows:—	12.5%
(a) apparel, not falling within item 396 or 397;
(b) tablecloths, tablecovers and the like, textile supported, of vinyl chloride polymers and copolymers;
(c) flat shapes for use in the manufacture of buttons;
(d) buckles, clasps and slides for attire;
(e) stoppers and other closures for bottles, jars and the like
400a	39.07.119	Goods, not being—	15%
(a) artificial eyes;
(b) artificial flowers, foliage or fruit;
(c) clips, tags, rings and the like, for the identification of animals, birds or fish;
(d) curtain bands;
(e) curtain clips;
(f) curtain holders;
(g) curtain loops;
(h) discs and other shapes suitable for use as watch glasses;
(i) disposable ileo-colostomy drainage bags;
(j) fittings and mountings for curtain track;
(k) floats for fishing nets;
(l) gloves, mittens or mitts that are of a kind worn solely or principally by industrial workers or by members of the medical, nursing and veterinary professions or are of the dress type;
(m) imitation precious stones and pearls, not being beads;
(n) knives, forks and spoons;
(o) lighting fittings and parts therefor;

SCHEDULE 28—continued

(p) piping, that is upholstery or trimming material;
(q) reels, spools, cassettes, cartridges and like supports for recording media, for tape recorders or reproducers, photographic cameras or projectors and the like;
(r) shower drainage pans;
(s) X-ray protective aprons, lead impregnated; or
(t) goods falling within items 393 to 400 (inclusive)
401	39.07.121	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	7.5%
402	39.07.129	Figures of a kind ordinarily used as ornaments in the household	5%
402a	39.07.129	Clothes pegs	7.5%; or, if lower, $0.125 per gross, less 7.5%
403	39.07.129	Goods, not being—	7.5%”.
(a) artificial eyes;
(b) artificial flowers, foliage or fruit;
(c) clips, tags, rings and the like, for the identification of animals, birds or fish;
(d) curtain bands;
(e) curtain clips;
(f) curtain holders;
(g) curtain loops;
(h) discs and other shapes suitable for use as watch glasses;
(i) disposable ileo-colostomy drainage bags;
(j) fittings and mountings for curtain track;
(k) floats for fishing nets;
(l) gloves, mittens or mitts that are of a kind worn solely or principally by industrial workers or by members of the medical, nursing and veterinary professions or are of the dress type;
(m) imitation precious stones and pearls, not being beads;
(n) knives, forks and spoons;
(o) lighting fittings and parts therefor;
(p) piping, that is upholstery or trimming material;
(q) X-ray protective aprons, lead impregnated; or
(r) goods falling within item 402 or 402a

AMENDMENT OF PART V OF SCHEDULE 5

Omit items 28 to 29 (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“28	39.07.119	Fittings and mountings for curtain track	(O): 14%
28a	39.07.119	Shower drainage pans	(Q): 12%
29	39.07.129	Fittings and mountings for curtain track	(O): 7.5%”.

SCHEDULE 28—continued

AMENDMENTS OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5

1. Omit items 359 to 361 (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“359	39.07.111	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 12 July 1979—20%, and a temporary duty of 25%; From and including 13 July 1979—20%
359a	39.07.119	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	20%
360	39.07.121	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 12 July 1979—15%, and a temporary duty of 32.5%; From and including 13 July 1979—15%
360a	39.07.129	Goods, other than bags of polymers or copolymers of the ethylene type	15%
361	39.07.129	Goods, not being goods falling within item 360a	22.5%”.
2. After item 361b insert the following item:—
“361c	39.07.191	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 12 July 1979—Free, and a temporary duty of 40%; From and including 13 July 1979—Free”.
3. After item 411 insert the following items:—
“411a	42.02.2	Goods of leather	To and including 16 November 1978—15%, and a temporary duty of 21%; From and including 17 November 1978 to and including 12 July 1979—11%, and a temporary duty of 25%; From and including 13 July 1979 to and including 16 November 1979—11%; From and including 17 November 1979—6%
411b	42.02.2	Goods, not being goods falling within item 411a	To and including 16 November 1978—24%, and a temporary duty of 21%; From and including 17 November 1978 to and including 12 July 1979—20%, and a temporary duty of 25%; From and including 13 July 1979 to and including 16 November 1979—20%; From and including 17 November 1979—15%”.

SCHEDULE 28—continued

4. After item 1376 insert the following item:—
“1376a	87.07.12	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 6 March 1979—10%; or, if higher, $800 each, less 20%; From and including 7 March 1979—10%”.

SCHEDULE 29 Section 31

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM

14 FEBRUARY 1978

AMENDMENT OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1

Omit paragraph 61.09.19, substitute the following paragraph:—
“61.09.19	- - Other	To and including 30 June 1978—25%, and $2 each; From and including 1 July 1978—25%, and $1 each	To and including 30 June 1978—25%, and $2 each; From and including 1 July 1978—25%, and $1 each”.

AMENDMENT OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1

Omit item 733a, substitute the following item:—
“733a	61.09.19		Goods, not being knitted or crocheted elastic fabric shaped for making goods falling within paragraph 61.09.19 in Part II of Schedule 1	To and including 30 June 1978—10%, and $2 each; From and including 1 July 1978—10%, and $1 each”.
AMENDMENT OF PART V OF SCHEDULE 1
Omit item 317, substitute the following item:—
“317	61.09.19	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies		To and including 30 June 1978—25%, and $2 each; From and including 1 July 1978—25%, and $1 each”.
AMENDMENT OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5
Omit item 822, substitute the following item:—
“822	61.09.19	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies		To and including 30 June 1978—25%, and $2 each; From and including 1 July 1978—25%, and $1 each”.

SCHEDULE 30 Section 32

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM

1 MARCH 1978

AMENDMENT OF PARTII OF SCHEDULE 1

Omit sub-item 22.09.1, substitute the following sub-item:—
“22.09.1	- Brandy:
22.09.11	- - As prescribed by by-law	$12.50 per l of alcohol	$12.50 per l of alcohol
22.09.19	- - Other	$32.50 per l of alcohol	$32.50 per l of alcohol”.

AMENDMENT OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1

Omit items 200 to 201a (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“200	22.09.11	Goods, containing not more than 57% by volume of alcohol	$12.50 per l of alcohol, less $0.03 per l
200a	22.09.11	Goods, not being goods falling within item 200	$12.46 per l of alcohol
201	22.09.19	Goods, containing not more than 57% by volume of alcohol	$32.50 per l of alcohol, less $0.03 per l
201a	22.09.19	Goods, not being goods falling within item 201	$32.46 per l of alcohol”.
AMENDMENT OF PART V OF SCHEDULE 1
Omit items 34 to 35a (inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“34	22.09.11	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$10.21 per l of alcohol
35	22.09.19	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$10.21 per l of alcohol”.
AMENDMENT OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5
Omit items 174 to 175a(inclusive), substitute the following items:—
“174	22.09.11	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$12.50 per l of alcohol
175	22.09.19	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$32.50 per l of alcohol”.

SCHEDULE 31 Section 33

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM 3 MARCH 1978

AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit sub-item 51.04.2, substitute the following sub-item:—
“51.04.2	- Tyre cord fabrics, not falling within a preceding sub-item of this item:
51.04.21	- - Of polyester or polyamide:
51.04.211	- - - As prescribed by by-law	15%	15%

SCHEDULE 31—continued

51.04.219	- - - Other	To and including 30 June 1978—15%, and $2 per kg; From and including 1 July 1978—15%, and $1 per kg	To and including 30 June 1978—15%, and $2 per kg; From and including 1 July 1978—15%, and $1 per kg
51.04.29	- - Other	15%	15%”.
2. Omit sub-item 59.11.2, substitute the following sub-item:—
“59.11.2	- Tyre cord fabrics:
59.11.21	- - Of polyester or polyamide:
59.11.211	- - - As prescribed by by-law	15%	15%
59.11.219	- - - Other	To and including 30 June 1978—15%, and $2 per kg; From and including 1 July 1978—15%, and $1 per kg	To and including 30 June 1978—15%, and $2 per kg; From and including 1 July 1978—15%, and $l per kg
59.11.29	- - Other	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”.

 

AMENDMENTS OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1
1. Omit item 559, substitute the following item:—
“559	51.04.219	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 30 June 1978—$2 per kg; From and including 1 July 1978—$1 per kg”.
2. Omit item 659, substitute the following item:—
“659	59.11.219	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 30 June 1978—$2 per kg; From and including 1 July 1978—$1 per kg”.
AMENDMENTS OF PART V OF SCHEDULE 1
1. Omit item 103a, substitute the following item:—
“103a	51.04.219	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 30 June 1978—15%, and $2 per kg; From and including 1 July 1978—15%, and $1 per kg”.

SCHEDULE 31—continued

2. Omit item 172a, substitute the following item:—
“172a	59.11.219	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 30 June 1978—15%, and $2 per kg; From and including 1 July 1978—15%, and $1 per kg”.
AMENDMENTS OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5
1. Omit item 532a, substitute the following item:—
“532a	51.04.219	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 30 June 1978—15%, and $2 per kg; From and including 1 July 1978—15%, and $1 per kg”.
2. Omit item 642a, substitute the following item:—
“642a	59.11.219	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	To and including 30 June 1978—15%, and $2 per kg; From and including 1 July 1978—15%, and $1 per kg”.

SCHEDULE 32 Section 34

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM 10 MARCH 1978

AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1
1. Omit sub-item 82.03.3, substitute the following sub-item:—
“82.03.3	- Goods, as follows:—	30%	30%”.
(a) files;
(b) rasps
2. Omit sub-item 84.11.2, substitute the following sub-item:—
“84.11.2	- Compressors for refrigerating or air conditioning applications	25%	25%”.
3. Omit sub-item 87.03.9, substitute the following sub-item:—
“87.03.9	- Other	In respect of cranes (if any) mounted or designed for mounting as mobile cranes—35%; in respect of the remainder of the goods—25%		In respect of cranes (if any) mounted or designed for mounting as mobile cranes—35%; in respect of the remainder of the goods—25%”.

AMENDMENT OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1

Omit items 1288 and 1288a. substitute the following items:—
“1288	87.03.9	Unassembled vehicles, not being— (a) fire-engines; or (b) air-cushion vehicles	In respect of a component specified in paragraph (g) of note 5

SCHEDULE 32—continued

to Chapter 87 in Part II of Schedule 1—the rate of duty set out in this column in the item in this Part that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; in respect of a component specified in paragraph (d), (k), (n), (o) or (p) of note 5 to Chapter 87 in Part II of Schedule 1—Free; in respect of cranes (if any) mounted or designed for mounting as mobile cranes—11%; in respect of the remainder of the goods—10%
1288a	87.03.9	Goods, not being—	In respect of cranes (if any) mounted or designed for mounting as mobile cranes—11%; in respect of the remainder of the goods—10%”.
(a) fire-engines;
(b) air-cushion vehicles; or
(c) goods falling within item 1288
AMENDMENTS OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 5
1. After item 65 insert the following item:—
“65a	82.03.3	Goods, not being—	22%”.
(a) ampoule files;
(b) milled tooth or mill cut files;
(c) planer rasps;
(d) etched steel plate abraders; or
(e) round blunt chain saw files
2. Omit item 114, substitute the following item:—
“114	87.03.9	Goods, not being air-cushioned vehicles	In respect of cranes (if any) mounted or designed for mounting as mobile cranes—27.5%; in respect of the remainder of the goods—17.5%”.
AMENDMENTS OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5
1. Omit item 1057, substitute the following item:—
“1057	82.03.3	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	20%”.
2. Omit item 1363, substitute the following item:—
“1363	87.03.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	In respect of cranes (if any) mounted or designed for mounting as mobile cranes—25%; in respect of the remainder of the goods—15%”.

SCHEDULE 33 Section 35

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM 29 MARCH 1978

AMENDMENT OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1

Omit sub-item 87.03.9, substitute the following sub-item:
“87.03.9	- Other	In respect of cranes (if any) mounted or designed for mounting as mobile cranes—35%; in respect of elevating work platforms (if any) mounted or designed for mounting as mobile elevating work platforms—30%; in respect of the remainder of the goods—25%	In respect of cranes (if any) mounted or designed for mounting as mobile cranes—35%; in respect of elevating work platforms (if any) mounted or designed for mounting as mobile elevating work platforms—30%; in respect of the remainder of the goods—25%”.

AMENDMENT OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 5

Omit item 114, substitute the following item:—
“114	87.03.9	Goods, not being air-cushion vehicles	In respect of cranes (if any) mounted or designed for mounting as mobile cranes—27.5%; in respect of elevating work platforms (if any) mounted or designed for mounting as mobile elevating work platforms—22.5%; in respect of the remainder of the goods—17.5%”.
AMENDMENT OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5
Omit item 1363, substitute the following item:—
“1363	87.03.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	In respect of cranes (if any) mounted or designed for mounting as mobile cranes—25%; in respect of elevating work platforms (if any) mounted or designed for mounting as mobile elevating work platforms—20%; in respect of the remainder of the goods—15%”.

SCHEDULE 34 Section 36

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM 5 APRIL 1978

AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit paragraphs 73.32.91 to 73.32.94 (inclusive), substitute the following paragraphs:
“73.32.91	- - Screws for wood	30%, and a temporary duty of 10%	22.5%, and a temporary duty of 17.5%
73.32.92	- - U-bolts and shackle bolts	30%	22.5%
73.32.93	- - Cotters and cotter-pins of a kind used solely or principally for affixing pedal cranks to bicycles and auto-cycles	Free	Free
73.32.94	- - Cotters and cotter-pins, not being goods falling within paragraph 73.32.93	41%	21%
73.32.95	- - Screws of a kind not suitable for use with nuts, not being goods falling within paragraph 73.32.91	30%	13%”.
2. After sub-item 74.15.1 insert the following sub-item:
“74.15.2	- Screws for wood	30%, and a temporary duty of 10%	22.5%, and a temporary duty of 17.5%”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit items 922 to 924 (inclusive), substitute the following items:
“922	73.32.92	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies

15%
923	73.32.94	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	14%
924	73.32.95	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	7.5%”.
2. Omit items 974 and 975, substitute the following items:
“974	74.15.9	Screws of a kind not suitable for use with nuts, not being goods falling within item 972	7.5%
975	74.15.9	Goods, not being—	15%; or, if lower, 20%, less $0.007 per kg”.
(a) screw hooks and screw rings;
(b) rivets of unalloyed copper;
(c) cotters and cotter-pins;
(d) rivets of copper alloys;
(e) screw studs and studding;
(f) taper pins;
(g) threaded spikes and studs for footwear; or
(h) goods falling within items 972 to 974 (inclusive)

AMENDMENTS OF PART IV OF SCHEDULE 3

1. Omit—
“73.32.93	”.

SCHEDULE 34—continued

2. After—
“73.32.94	”.
insert—
“73.32.95	”.

AMENDMENT OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 5

Omit item 60, substitute the following item:
“60	73.32.92	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	22.5%”.
AMENDMENTS OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5
1. Omit items 956 to 958 (inclusive), substitute the following items:
“955	73.32.91	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%
956	73.32.92	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%
957	73.32.94	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	10%
958	73.32.95	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	15%.
2. After item 1000 insert the following item:
“1000a	74.15.2	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	20%”.