CUSTOMS
TARIFF (CANADIAN PREFERENCE).
No. 5 of 1954.
An
Act to amend the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934-1952.
[Assented to 20th. April, 1954.]
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) 1954.
(2.) The Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934-1952,
as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Canadian
Preference) 1934-1954.
Amendment
of Tariff.
2.The
Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934-1952 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 sixteenth day of February, One thousand nine hundred and
fifty-four, 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.
Amendments of the Schedule
to the Customs Tariff (Canadian
Preference) 1934-1952.
Tariff Item. | Tariff on goods the produce or manufacture of
Canada. |
DIVISION XIV.—VEHICLES. |
Ex. 359. By omitting— |
“(4) Chassis,
including lamps but not including rubber tyres and tubes, storage batteries,
shock absorbers (excepting steering dampers), bumper bars, radiator
assemblies, sparking plugs and springs—
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(a) Unassembled,
viz.:—Car, and car type capable of use for commercial vehicles per
lb.
| 3d. |
The Schedule—continued.
Tariff Item. | Tariff on goods the
produce or manufacture of Canada. |
Division
XIV.—Vehicles—continued. |
x. 359.—continued. |
(b)
Unassembled, viz.:—Truck omnibus or other commercial vehicle per lb.
| 2¾d. |
(c)
Assembled per
lb.
| 4½d. |
Provided that for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) the classification shall be as determined by the Minister and
the Minister’s decision shall be final.”
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and
inserting in its stead the following:— “(4)
Chassis, including lamps but not including rubber tyres and tubes, storage
batteries, shock absorbers (excepting steering dampers), bumper bars,
radiator assemblies, sparking plugs, springs and goods covered by Tariff Item
359 (f) (3)—
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(a)
Unassembled, viz.:—Car, and ear type capable of use for commercial vehicles per lb.
| 3d. |
(b)
Unassembled, viz.:—Truck omnibus or other commercial vehicle per lb.
| 2¾d. |
(c)
Assembled per
lb.
| 4½d. |
Provided that for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) the classification
shall be as determined by the Minister and the Minister’s decision shall be
final.”
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By
omitting—
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“(f) (3)
Gears for vehicles with self-contained power excepting motor cycles and
vehicles for railways and tramways, viz.:—Crown wheels and pinions,
transmission gears, differential gears, worms and worm wheels, internal tooth
gears, jack shaft pinions and fly-wheel starter bands—
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when
incorporated in or forming part of any goods classifiable under Tariff Item
359 (D)(4) except when imported
with motor vehicles or motor vehicle chassis as original equipment
ad val. | 20 per cent. |
and per lb. | 2s. 3d. |
when
imported separately
| Intermediate Tariff.” |
and
inserting in its stead the following:—
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“(f) (3)
Transmission gear box assemblies differential assemblies driving axle
assemblies, and parts n.e.i. therefor whether malleable iron castings or not,
whether imported separately or incorporated in or forming part of any goods
covered by Tariff Item 359 (d) (4),
for vehicles with self-contained power excepting motor cycles and vehicles
for railways and tramways—
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(a)As prescribed by Departmental By-laws
per lb.
| 3d. |
(b)
Other ad val.
| 32½ per cent. |
For
the purposes of paragraph (3)—
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(i) Transmission gear box assemblies include
gear box housings and covers and gear shift parts when assembled within such
housings, and include clutch housings when cast with the gear box housing,
but do not include gear change linkage and remote control mechanisms:
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(ii) Differential assemblies and driving axle
assemblies include the differentia) unit and companion flange, differential
carrier, driving axle casing and axle shafts, but do not include brake drums,
brakes or other brake operated mechanisms.”
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