CUSTOMS TARIFF (CANADIAN PREFERENCE).
No. 58 of 1939.
An
Act to amend the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934–1938.
[Assented to 15th December, 1939.]
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent
Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1.—(1.) This
Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1939.
(2.) The Customs
Tariff (Canadian Preference)1934–1938, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934–1939.
Amendment
of Tariff.
2.The
Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934–1938 is
amended as set out in the Schedule to this Act, and duties of Customs are
hereby imposed in accordance with the first-mentioned Schedule as amended by
the last-mentioned Schedule.
Time
of imposition of duties.
3.The
time of the imposition of the duties of Customs imposed by this Act is the
fifteenth day of September, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, at nine
o’clock in the forenoon, reckoned according to standard time in the Australian
Capital Territory, and this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation at
that time.
THE
SCHEDULE. Sec.
2.
AMENDMENTS OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE CUSTOMS TARIFF (CANADIAN PREFERENCE) 1934–1938.
Tariff Item. | Tariff on goods the produce or manufacture of Canada. |
DIVISION V.—TEXTILES, FELTS AND FURS, AND
MANUFACTURES THEREOF, AND ATTIRE. |
Ex 110. By omitting from sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (5) of sub-item (a) the words:—
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“Silk or containing
silk but not containing wool”
and inserting in
their stead the following words:—
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“Silk or artificial
silk or containing silk or artificial silk, but not containing wool”.
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DIVISION XIV.—VEHICLES. |
By
inserting the following:— |
“351. (b) (1) Brake
and transmission linings.............................. ad
val. | 25 per cent. |
And in respect of
paragraph (1)—
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For each £1 by which
the equivalent in Australian currency of £100 sterling is less than £125 at
the date of exportation—
|
An
additional duty of........................ ad
val.
| .6 per cent.” |