Customs Tariff Amendment Act (No. 2) 1980 (Cth)

Customs Tariff Amendment Act (No. 2) 1980

No. 172 of 1980

An Act to amend the Customs Tariff Act 1966

[Assented to 17 December 1980]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the 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) 1980.

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

Commencement

2. This Act shall come into operation on 1 January 1981.

Interpretation

3. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the definition of “duty” in sub-section (1) the following definition:

“‘Forum Island Country’ means a country or place specified in an order under sub-section (1) of section 12;”.

4. After section 11 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Declaration of Forum Island Countries

“12. (1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette—

(a) declare that a country specified in the order is a Forum Island Country for the purposes of this Act; or

(b) declare that a place specified in the order is to be treated as a Forum Island Country for the purposes of this Act.

“(2) The Minister may, in an order under sub-section (1), direct that a country or place that is specified in the order shall not be treated as a Forum Island Country in relation to a class of goods specified in the direction.

“(3) An order under sub-section (1) has effect, or shall be deemed to have had effect, from and including such date (which may be a date earlier than the date of publication of the order in the Gazette) as is specified in the order.

 

“(4) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, revoke an order under sub-section (1).

“(5) An order under sub-section (4) has effect from and including such date (which shall not be a date earlier than the date of publication of the order in the Gazette) as is specified in the order.”.

Special preferential rates of duty

5. Section 17a of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (c) of sub-section (3) “and”; and

(b) by adding at the end of sub-section (3) the following word and paragraph:

“and (e) Part X applies in relation to each country or place that is a Forum Island Country.”.

Orders

6. Section 36 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in sub-section (1) “12,” after “11,”.