CUSTOMS TARIFF (CANADIAN PREFERENCE).
No. 23 of 1960.
An Act to amend the Customs Tariff (Canadian
Preference) 1934-1959.
[Assented to 26th May, 1960.]
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) 1960.
(2.) The
Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934-1959, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934-1960.
Amendment
of Tariff.
2. The
Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934-1959 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
twenty-ninth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and sixty, 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) 1934-1959.
Tariff
Item. | Tariff
on goods the produce or manufacture of Canada. |
DIVISION XIV.-VEHICLES. |
Ex. 359. By omitting— |
“(d) Vehicle components whether the Tariff otherwise provides or not
(excepting when imported separately, lamps covered by item 180 (d) (1) and commutators and parts
therefor and excepting the following components whether imported separately
or otherwise— batteries covered by item 180 (g)
(2)
|
The Schedule—continued.
Tariff Item. | Tariff on goods the produce or manufacture of Canada. |
Division XIV.—Vehicles—continued. |
Ex. 359—continued. |
“(d)—continued.
|
cigarette and cigar lighters and parts
therefor parts for axle assemblies of the “I” beam
type covered by item 359 (g)
|
radio receivers and transmitters and parts
therefor sparking plugs covered by item 180 (h) and parts therefor tyres and tubes covered by item 333)
|
for use as original equipment in the assembly or manufacture of
vehicles of the types covered by item 360 (d)—
|
(1) As prescribed by Departmental By-laws---------------------------- ad val.
| 35 per cent. |
(2) Other than goods prescribed by
Departmental By-laws under paragraph (1), provided suitably equivalent goods
the produce or manufacture of the United Kingdom are not reasonably
available, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws------
| Free |
(3) Other than goods prescribed by
Departmental By-laws under paragraph (1), as prescribed by Departmental
By-laws---------------------------------------------------
| Free |
(4) Other--------------------------------------------------------------------- ad
val.
| 27½ percent.” |
and inserting in its stead the following:—
|
“(d) Vehicle components whether the Tariff
otherwise provides or not (excepting when imported separately, lamps covered
by item 181 (d) (1) (b) and commutators and parts therefor
and excepting the following components whether imported separately or
otherwise—
|
batteries covered by item 180 (g)
(2)
|
cigarette and cigar lighters and parts therefor radio receivers and transmitters and parts therefor sparking plugs covered by item 180 (h) and parts therefor
|
tyres and tubes covered by item 333)
|
for use as original equipment in the assembly or manufacture of
vehicles of the types covered by item 360 (d)—
|
(1) As prescribed by Departmental By-laws----------------------------- ad val.
| 35 per cent. |
(2) Other than goods prescribed by
Departmental By-laws under paragraph (1), provided suitably equivalent goods
the produce or manufacture of the United Kingdom are not reasonably
available, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws------
| Free |
(3) Other than goods prescribed by
Departmental By-laws under paragraph (1), as prescribed by Departmental
By-laws---------------------------------------------------
| Free |
(4) Other--------------------------------------------------------------------- ad
val. | 27½ percent.” |
By omitting—
|
“(G) Parts for axle
assemblies of the “I” beam type, viz.:— Axle beams, stub axles and steering arms for
operating stub axles, for vehicles of the types covered by item 360 (d), whether imported separately or
otherwise than when incorporated in goods covered by item 360 (d)—
|
(3) Other--------------------------------------------------------------------- ad
val. | 55 percent.” |