Customs Tariff Amendment Act (No. 2) 1995 (Cth)

Customs Tariff Amendment Act (No. 2) 1995

No. 114 of 1995

An Act to amend the Customs Tariff Act 1987, and for related purposes

[Assented to 12 October 1995]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Short title etc.

1.(1) This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff Amendment Act (No. 2) 1995.

(2) In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Customs Tariff Act 19871.

Commencement

2.(1) Sections 1 and 2 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Section 3 is taken to have commenced on 1 January 1995.

(3) Section 4 is taken to have commenced on 7 July 1994.

(4) Section 5 is taken to have commenced on 18 November 1994.

(5) Section 6 is taken to have commenced on 1 January 1995.

(6) Section 7 commences on 1 January 1996.

Indexation of rates of duty

3. Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the Table from subsection (1) and substituting the following Table:

"TABLE

Column 1	Column 2	Column 1	Column 2
Customs	Excise item	Customs	Excise item
subheading	subheading
2203.00.10	1(C)	2403.10.00	8
2206.00.11	2(O)	2403.99.20	9
2206.00.12	2(H)(1)	2403.99.90	6
2207.10.00	2(O)	2707.50.11	11(C)(2)(a)
2208.20.10	2(A)	2707.50.19	11(C)(2)(b)
2208.20.90	2(H)(1)	2710.00.19	It (G)(2)
2208.30.00	2(D)	2710.00.20	11(E)(2)
2208.40.00	2(F)	2710.00.30	11(E)(3)
2208.50.00	2(H)(1)	2710.00.40	11(D)
2208.90.00	2(H)(1)	2710.00.51	11(A)(3)(a)
2402.10.00	7	2710.00.52	11(A)(3)(b)
2402.20.00	8	2710.00.53	11(A)(3)(c)	"

Amendment of Part III of Schedule 4

4. Schedule 4 to the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the description of goods covered by item 63 in Part III of that Schedule:

“; or

specimens used for the comparison and assessment of laboratory practices; or

specimens of materials or substances which are to be examined as part of a program of developing a reference material”.

Amendments of Schedule 3 having effect from 18 November 1994

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

Amendments of Schedules 3 and 4 having effect from 1 January 1995

6. The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 2.

Amendment of Schedule 3 having effect from 1 January 1996

7. The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 3.

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SCHEDULE 1 Section 5

AMENDMENTS HAVING EFFECT FROM 18 NOVEMBER 1994

Amendments of Schedule 3

1.	Omit 5702.39.20, substitute:
"5702.39.20	---Goods, NSA, as follows:	Free”.
(a) of sisal or jute;
(b) of 100% cotton, or in which the pile is of 100% cotton
2.	Omit 5702.49.20, substitute:
“5702.49.20	---Goods, NSA, as follows:	Free”.
(a) of sisal or jute;
(b) of 100% cotton, or in which the pile is of 100% cotton;
(c) handmade
3.	Omit 5702.59.10, substitute:
“5702.59.10	---Goods, as follows:	Free".
(a) of sisal or jute;
(b) of 100% cotton
4.	Omit 5702.99.10, substitute:
“5702.99.10	---Goods, as follows:	Free”.
(a) of sisal or jute;
(b) of 100% cotton;
(c) handmade
5.	Omit 5703.90.10, substitute:
“5703.90.10	---Goods, as follows:	Free”.
(a) of coir, sisal or jute;
(b) of 100% cotton, or in which the pile is of 100% cotton
6.	Omit 5705.00.20, substitute:
"5705.00.20	---Goods, as follows:	Free”.
(a) of coir, sisal or jute;
(b) of 100% cotton, or in which the pile is of 100% cotton;
(c) handmade
7.	Omit 5806.39.10, substitute:
“5806.39.10	---Of 100% hemp, of 100% jute or of 100%	Free”.
hemp and jute
8.	Omit 6301.30.10, substitute:
“6301.30.10	---Goods, weighing 339 g/m2 or more,	Free”.
of 100% cotton

SCHEDULE 1—continued

9.	Omit 6301.90). 10, substitute
"6301.90.10	---Goods, weighing 3.39 g/m2 or more. of 100% viscose fibre	Free”.

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SCHEDULE 2 Section 6

AMENDMENTS HAVING EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1995

Amendments of Schedule 3

1. Omit 2401 to 2403, substitute:
‘‘2401	UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO; TOBACCO REFUSE;
2401.10.00	- Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped	Free
2401.20.00	- Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped	Free
2401.30.00	- Tobacco refuse	Free
2402	CIGARS, CHEROOTS, CIGARILLOS AND CIGARETTES, OF TOBACCO OR OF TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES:
2402.10.00	- Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobacco	$67.47/kg NZ: $67.47/kg PNG: $67.47/kg FI: $67.47/kg DC: $67.47/kg
2402.20.00			- Cigarettes containing tobacco	$67.47/kg NZ: $67.47/kg PNG: $67.47/kg FI: $67.47/kg DC: $67.47/kg
2402.90.00	- Other	Free
2403	OTHER MANUFACTURED TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES; "HOMOGENISED” OR “RECONSTITUTED” TOBACCO; TOBACCO EXTRACTS AND ESSENCES:
2403.10.00	- Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion	$67.47/kg NZ: $67.47/kg PNG: $67.47/kg FI: $67.47/kg DC: $67.47/kg
2403.9			- Other:
2403.91.00	-- “Homogenised" or “reconstituted” tobacco	Free
2403.99	-- Other:
2403.99.10	--- Not containing tobacco	Free
2403.99.20	--- Snuff	$1.59/kg NZ: $1.59/kg PNG: $1.59/kg FI: $1.59/kg DC: $1.59/kg

SCHEDULE 2—continued

2403.99.90 -	--- Other	$67.47/kg NZ: $67.47/kg PNG: $67.47/kg FI: $67.47/kg DC: $67.47/kg”.
2.	Omit 9032.90.90, substitute:
“9032.90.9 -	--- Other:
9032.90.91 -	---- Of a kind used as replacement components in passenger motor vehicles	11% DC: 6% DCS: 10% HONG, RKOR, SING, TAIW: 10%
From 1 January 1996	9% DC: 4% DCS: 9% HONG, RKOR, SING, TAIW: 9%
From 1 January 1997	8% DC: 3% DCS: 8% HONG, RKOR, SING, TAIW: 8%
From 1 January 1998	6% DC: 1% DCS: 6% HONG, RKOR, SING, TAIW: 6%
From 1 January 1999	5% DCS: 5% HONG, RKOR, SING, TAIW: 5%
9032.90.99 -	---- Other	10% DC: 5% DCS: 7% HONG, RKOR, SING, TAIW: 10%
From 1 July 1995	8% DC: 3% DCS: 7% HONG, RKOR, SING, TAIW: 8%
From 1 July 1996	5% DCS: 5% HONG, RKOR, SING, TAIW: 5%”

SCHEDULE 2—continued

Amendments of Part III of Schedule 4

3. Omit items 35B and 35C.

4. Omit the Table to item 53A, substitute:

“TABLE

3917.22.00	4012.10.00
3917.23.00	4012.20.00
3917.29.00	4016.91.00
4010.10.00	4016.93.00
4011.10.00	4016.99.00
4011.20.00	5911.9010”.

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SCHEDULE 3 Section 7

AMENDMENT HAVING EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1996

Amendment of Schedule 3

Omit 8531.10.10, substitute:
“8531.10.1	- - - Burglar alarms:
8531.10.11	- - - - Of a kind used as replacement components in passenger motor vehicles	14%
DC:9%
DCS: 10% HONG, RKOR, SING, TAIW: 10%
From 1 January 1997	13% DC:8% DCS: 10% HONG, RKOR, SING, TAIW: 10%
From 1 January 1998	11% DC:6% DCS: 10% HONG, RKOR, SING, TAIW: 10%
From 1 January 1999	10% DC:5% DCS: 10% HONG, RKOR, SING, TAIW: 10%
8531.10.19	- - - - Other	8% DC:3% DCS:7% HONG, RKOR, SING, TAIW: 8%
From 1 July 1996	5% DCS:5% HONG, RKOR, SING, TAIW: 5%”.

NOTE

1. No. 82, 1987, as amended. For previous amendments, see Nos. 43 and 147, 1987; Nos. 60 and 68, 1988; Nos. 27, 67, 74 and 176, 1989; No. 127, 1990; Nos. 81 and 187, 1991; Nos. 96 and 236, 1992; Nos. 45, 47 and 99, 1993; and Nos. 87 and 152, 1994.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 21 June 1995 Senate on 22 June 1995