CUSTOMS TARIFF
(NEW ZEALAND PREFERENCE) (No. 2).
No.
36 of 1922.
An Act Relating to Preferential Duties of Customs on Goods
the Produce or Manufacture of the Dominion of New Zealand.
[Assented to 18th October, 1922.]
BE
it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title.
1.— This
Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference)
1922 (No. 2).
Rates
of duty on imports from New Zealand.
2. Notwithstanding
anything contained in the Customs Tariff 1921–1922, or the Customs
Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1922, from and after a time and date
to be fixed by proclamation, the goods specified in the Schedule to this Act if
produced or manufactured in the Dominion of New Zealand and imported direct
from that Dominion shall be free of duty or subject to duty as follows:—
(a) goods which are specified
in the Schedule to be free of duty shall be free of duty; and
(b) goods for which rates of
duty are specified in the Schedule shall be subject to duty at those rates.
Time
of imposition of or exemption from duty.
3.—(1.) Goods to which paragraph (a)
of the last preceding section applies shall be free of duty if they are
imported into Australia after the time and date fixed by proclamation under
that section, or imported into Australia before that time and date and not
entered for home consumption until after that time and date.
(2.) In respect of goods to which paragraph (b)
of the last preceding section applies the rates of duty imposed by this Act
shall be charged collected and paid to the King for the purposes of the
Commonwealth on all such goods imported into Australia after the time and date
fixed by proclamation under that section, or imported into Australia before
that time and date and not entered for home consumption until after that time
and date.
Act
not to affect imposition of dumping duties.
4. Nothing in this Act
shall affect the right of the Commonwealth to impose or collect any duties of
Customs chargeable under the Customs Tariff (Industries Preservation)
Act 1921–1922.
THE
SCHEDULE.
Consecutive No. | Item. | Rate of Duty. |
30 | Meats, viz.:— |
Preserved
in tins or other airtight vessels, including the weight of the liquid
contents per
lb.
| 2d. |
67 | (b) Sheets and Roofing Slates composed of cement and asbestos
or of similar materials................................................ ad
val.
| 10 per cent. |
85 | Dairying Machines and Implements, viz.:-Curd Agitators and
Curd Mixers................................................................................
| Free |
120 | (b) Corn (Millet) Brooms............................................ ad
val.
| 30 per cent. |