CUSTOMS TARIFF (NEW ZEALAND
PREFERENCE) (No. 1).
No.
24 of 1961.
An
Act to amend the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1933-1960.
[Assented
to 19th May, 1961.]
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)(No. 1) 1961.
(2.) The Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference)1933–1960
is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act,
may be cited as the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1933–1961.
Commencement.
2. Except as otherwise
provided in this Act, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it
receives the Royal Assent.
Amendment of Tariff in accordance with
First Schedule.
3.—(1.) The Schedule to the Principal Act is
amended as set out in the First Schedule to this Act and duties of Customs are
imposed in accordance with the Schedule to the Principal Act as so amended.
(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come
into operation on the seventeenth day of March, One thousand nine hundred and
sixty-one.
Amendment of Tariff in accordance with
Second Schedule.
4.—(1.) The Schedule to the Principal Act as
amended by the last preceding section is further amended as set out in the
Second Schedule to this Act and duties of Customs are imposed in accordance
with the Schedule to the Principal Act as so amended and as so further amended.
(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come
into operation on the nineteenth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and
sixty-one.
THE SCHEDULES.
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FIRST SCHEDULE. Section 3.
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Amendment
of the Schedule to the Principal Act.
Item 94 is amended by
omitting the following words and figures:—
“(g)
Timber, undressed, viz.:—
Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga Douglasii)in
sizes 12 inches x 6 inches (or its equivalent) and over, for use underground
for mining purposes----------------------------------------------- Free”
SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.
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Amendment of the Schedule to the Principal Act as
amended by Section Three of this Act.
Consecutive
No. | Tariff
Item. | Tariff
Rates on Goods the Produce or Manufacture of New Zealand. |
88.
By omitting the item and inserting in its stead the following item:— |
“88 | 255 (a) Glue in dry form--------------------------------------- | 17½ per cent, ad val. or 5d. per lb., whichever rate
returns the higher duty.
|
255 (c) Gelatine— (1) Coloured gelatine
sheets of the type used for window displays and for lighting effects;
gelatine dust of the type used in the manufacture of ladies’ evening shoes----------------------------------------------------
| Free |
(2) Other— (a) Edible---------------------------------------
| 17½ per cent, ad val. or l0d. per lb., whichever
rate returns the higher duty. And, in addition, on such goods
which were not in direct transit to Australia on or before 14th March, 1961,
a temporary duty of 6d. per lb.
|
(b) Other----------------------------------------
| 17½ per cent, ad val. or l0d. per lb., whichever
rate returns the higher duty.”
|