Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1959 (Cth)

CUSTOMS TARIFF (NEW ZEALAND PREFERENCE),

No. 24 of 1959.

An Act to amend the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1933-1958.

[Assented to 29th April, 1959.]

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 (New Zealand Preference) 1959.

 

(2.) The Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1933-1958, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1933-1959.

Amendment of Tariff.

2. The Schedule to the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1933-1958 is amended as setout 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 twentieth day of March, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine, 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 Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1933-1958.

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import duties.

Consecutive No.	Tariff Item.	Tariff Rates on Goods the Produce or Manufacture of New Zealand.
21. By omitting the item and inserting in its stead the following item:—
“21	Ex 102 Vegetables, fresh, including’ beans and peas in pod—
(a) Frozen beans; frozen peas------------------------	1s. 3d..per lb.
subject to a reduction by an amount calculated on the F.O.B. price of-----------------------------------	66⅔ per cent.
(b) Other------------------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.”
24. By omitting—
Ex 110(a)
“(3) Blouses or Skirts imported separately—
(a)Cotton, linen, or other material n.e.i.------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(b)Wool or containing wool -------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(c) Silk or containing silk but not containing wool-	22½ per cent, ad val.
(4) Coats-
(a) Girls’, n.e.i., i.e., measuring 42 inches or less from collar seam to foot of coat, viz.:—
	(1) Cotton, linen, or other material n.e.i.----	22½per cent. ad val.
(2) Wool or containing wool------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(3) Silk or containing silk but not containing wool---------------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(b) Women’s, n.e.i., viz.:—
(1) Cotton, linen, or other material, n.e:i.--	22½ per cent. ad val.
(2) Wool or containing wool----------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(3) Silk or containing silk but not containing wool -------------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.

* Act No. 26, 1933, as amended by No. 2, 1934; Nos. 6 and 10, 1948; No. 78, 1949; Nos. 23 and 80, 1950; No. 84, 1952; No. 77, 1953; No. 6, 1954; Nos. 55 and 63, 1957; and Nos. 17 and 39, 1958.

 

The Schedule—continued.

Import Duties—continued.

Consecutive No.	Tariff Item.	Tariff Rates on Goods the Produce or Manufacture of New Zealand.’
24—continued.
(5) Costumes, Dresses, or Robes, but not including Dresses or Robes for infants in arms or such articles when not exceeding 22 inches in length, viz.:—
	(a) Cotton, linen or other material n.e.i.--------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(b) Wool or containing wool --------------------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(c) Silk or containing silk but not containing wool-------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val
and inserting in its stead the following:—
“(3) Blouses or skirts imported separately—
(a) Cotton, linen, or other material n.e.i.-------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(b) Wool or containing wool---------------------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(c) Silk or of man-made fibres or containing silk or man-made fibres, but not containing wool------------------------------------------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
“(4) Coats-
(a) Girls’, n.e.i., i.e., measuring 42 inches or less from collar seam to foot of coat, viz.:—
(1) Cotton, linen, or other material n.e.i.----------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(2) Wool or containing wool------------------------------------------	22½ per cent.ad val.
(3) Silk or of man-made fibres or containingsilk or man-made fibres, but not containing wool ------------------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(b) Women’s, n.e.i., viz.:—
(1) Cotton, linen, or other material n.e.i.----------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(2) Wool or containing wool-----------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(3) Silk or of man-made fibres or containing silk or man-made fibres, but not containing wool-------------------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(5) Costumes, dresses or robes, but not including dresses or robes for infants in arms, or such articles when not exceeding 22 inches in length, viz.:—
(a) Cotton, linen, or other material n.e.i.-------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(b)Wool or containing wool --------------------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(c) Silk or of man-made fibres or containing silk or man-made fibres, but not containing wool------------------------------------------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.”
By omitting—
Ex 110 (b)
“(1) Blouses, Skirts, Underwear, and Bathing Costumes—
(a) Cotton or other material n.e.i.---------------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(b) Wool or silk or containing wool or silk----------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.”
and inserting in its stead the following:—
“(1) Blouses, skirts, underwear, and bathing costumes—
(a) Cotton or other material n.e.i.-----------------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(b)Wool silk or of man-made fibres or containing wool silk or man-made fibres	22½ per cent, ad val.
By omitting—
Ex 110 (b)
“(3) Costumes, Dresses or Robes—
(a) Cotton or other material n.e.i.---------------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(b)Wool or containing wool but not containing silk-----------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(c) Silk or containing silk -----------------------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.”
and inserting in its stead the following:—
“(3) Costumes, dresses or robes—
(a) Cotton or other material n.e.i.---------------------------------------------	22½ per cent, ad val.
(b) Wool or containing wool, but not containing silk or man-made fibres	22½ per cent, ad val.
(c) Silk or of man-made fibres or containing silk or man-made fibres---	22½ per cent, ad val.”