CUSTOMS
TARIFF (CANADIAN PREFERENCE) (No. 2).
No.38 of 1958
An Act to amend the Customs Tariff (Canadian
Preference)1934–1956, as amended
by the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1958.
[Assented
to 26th August, 1958.]
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) (No.
2) 1958.
(2.) The Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference)1934–1956,
as amended by the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1958, is in this
Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section
one of the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1958 is amended by omitting sub-section (2.).
(4.) The
Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Canadian
Preference) 1934–1958.
Amendment
of Tariff.
2. The Schedule to the Principal Act 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 fifteenth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight, 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.
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Amendments of the Schedule to the Principal Act.
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IMPORT
DUTIES.
Tariff
Item. | Tariff
on goods the produce or manufacture of Canada. |
Ex. 291. By
omitting— “(d) Spars in the rough— (1)
Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga Douglasii);
Hemlock (all species of Tsuga);
Larch (all species of Larix);
Spruce (all species of Picea) and
White Fir (all species of Abies)—
|
(a) As prescribed by Departmental
By-laws----------------------------------- | Free |
(b) Other--------------------------- per 100 super, feet (Brereton
measurement) | 4s. |
(2) Other—
|
(a) As prescribed by Departmental
By-laws----------------------------------- | Free |
(b) Other--------------------------------------------------------------------- ad
val. | 17½ per cent.” |
By
omitting— “(n) Veneers— |
(1)
The value for duty of which does not exceed 28s. 6d. per 100 square feet----- ad val.
| 22½ per cent. |
(2) The
value for duty of which exceeds 28s. 6d. per 100 square feet
|
per 100 square feet | 8s.” |
and
inserting in its stead the following:— “(n) Veneers— |
(1) The
value for duty of which does not exceed 44s. per 100 square feet
|
ad val. | 22½ per cent. |
(2) The
value for duty of which exceeds 44s. per 100 square feet
|
per 100
square feet | 10s. 6d.” |
293. By
omitting— “(a) Timber,
undressed, in sizes less than 7 feet 6 inches x 10½ inches x 2½ inches for
use in the manufacture of doors—
|
(1)
As prescribed by Departmental By-laws for the purposes of this paragraph--------
| Free |
(2)
As prescribed by Departmental By-laws for the purposes of this Paragraph per 100 super, feet
|
4s.” |
By
omitting— |
“(c) Plywood Door Panels of Redwood(Sequoia
Sempervirens) and Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga
Douglasii) cut to sizes not exceeding 2 feet x 2 feet (or its equivalent)
for use in the manufacture of Doors, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws----------------------------------------------------------- per
100 square feet
| 5s.” |