CUSTOMS TARIFF (CANADIAN
PREFERENCE).
No.
85 of 1952.
An Act to amend the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934–1950.
[Assented to 6th November, 1952.]
BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent
Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited
as the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1952.
(2.) The
Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934–1950,
as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference)
1934–1952.
Amendment
of Tariff.
2.The
Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934–1950 is amended as set out in the
Schedule to this Act and duties of Customs are 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
fourteenth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-one, 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. Section 2
—
Amendment of the
Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934–1950.
Tariff Item. | Tariff on goods the produce or manufacture of Canada. |
DIVISION XIV.—VEHICLES. |
By inserting the following:— |
“360. (a) Trucks, propelled by self-contained
power, designed principally for loading unloading stacking or tiering of
goods, and counterweighted or designed; to be counterweighted at the steering
axle end to enable loads to be handled on forks or other attachments to
elevating masts at the driving axle end, including any of the following
equipment or attachments imported with and for use with such trucks,
|
Amendment of the
Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934–1950—continued.
Tariff Item. | Tariff on goods the produce or manufacture of Canada. |
Division XIV.—Vehicles—continued. |
viz., special forks,
crane attachment, boom attachment, scoop attachment, roll-over or revolving
head attachment, drum carrying attachment, side shifting attachment, squeeze
gripping attachment, steady attachment or clamp lift, brick forks, bale
carrying attachment, platform attachment, drum handling attachment, coal grab
attachment, push pull attachment, pusher attachment, case grab attachment, and
end or side dumping skip—
|
(1)
Of lifting capacities up to and including 10,000 lb. weight.
|
ad val.
| 22½ per cent. |
(2) Of lifting capacities in excess of 10,000 lb. weight- ad val.
| 7½ per cent. |
(b)
Trucks, elevating platform, propelled by self-contained power, and with
platform elevation not exceeding 12 inches---------------------------------------- ad
val.
| 7½ |