Customs Tariff (Commonwealth
Authorities) Amendment Act 1987
No. 43 of 1987
TABLE
OF PROVISIONS
PART I—PRELIMINARY
Section
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Application
PART II—AMENDMENT OF THE CUSTOMS
TARIFF ACT 1982
4. Principal Act
5. Schedule 4
PART III—AMENDMENT OF THE CUSTOMS
TARIFF ACT 1987
6. Principal Act
7. Schedule 4
Customs Tariff (Commonwealth
Authorities) Amendment Act 1987
No.
43 of 1987
An
Act to amend the Customs Tariff
Act 1982 and the Customs Tariff
Act 1987 in relation to goods owned by the Commonwealth or certain
authorities and bodies, and for
related
purposes
[Assented to 5 June 1987]
BE
IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
PART I—PRELIMINARY
Short
title
1.This
Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Commonwealth Authorities)
Amendment Act 1987.
Commencement
2.(1) Section 1 and this section shall
come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Section 3 and Part II shall come
into operation on 1 July 1987.
(3) Part III shall come into
operation on the commencement of the Customs Tariff Act 1987.
Application
3.The
amendment of the Customs Tariff Act 1982 made by section 5 does not
apply in relation to goods entered for home consumption before 1 July
1987.
PART II—AMENDMENT OF THE CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1982
Principal
Act
4. The
Customs Tariff Act 19821is in this Part referred to
as the Principal Act.
Schedule
4
5. Schedule
4 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting items 1 and 2 in
Part I and substituting the following items:
“1 Goods
that, at the time they are entered for home consumption, are owned by the
Commonwealth and are not intended to be used for the purposes of trade,
being:
| Free | .. |
(a) goods
for use by a Department within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1922 prescribed
by by-law in relation to those goods; or
|
(b) goods
for use by an authority or body established for a purpose of the
Commonwealth, being an authority or body prescribed by by-law in relation to
those goods
|
1a Goods that, at the time they are
entered for home consumption, are owned by the Commonwealth and exemption
from duty of which is, in the opinion of the Minister, in the national
interest
| Free | ..”. |
PART III—AMENDMENT OF THE CUSTOMS
TARIFF ACT 1987
Principal
Act
6.The
Customs Tariff Act 19872is in this Part referred to
as the Principal Act.
Schedule
4
7. Schedule
4 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting items 1 and 2 in Part I and substituting
the following items:
“1 Goods
that, at the time they are entered for home consumption, are owned by the
Commonwealth and are not intended to be used for the purposes of trade,
being:
| Free |
(a) goods
for use by a Department within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1922 prescribed
by by-law in relation to those goods; or
|
(b) goods
for use by an authority or body established for a purpose of the
Commonwealth, being an authority or body prescribed by by-law in relation to
those goods
|
1a Goods that, at the time they are entered for home
consumption, are owned by the Commonwealth and exemption from duty of which
is, in the opinion of the Minister, in the national interest
| Free | ”. |
NOTES
1. No. 113, 1982, as amended. For previous amendments, see Nos. 32 and
100, 1983; Nos. 22, 31, 91 and 130, 1984; Nos. 39, 42 and 176,
1985; Nos. 10, 36, 97 and 150, 1986; and No. 52, 1987.
2.
No. 82, 1987.
[Minister’s
second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 14 May 1987
Senate on 27 May 1987