CUSTOMS TARIFF (NEW ZEALAND PREFERENCE) (No. 1).
No. 12 of 1963.
An Act to amend the Customs Tariff (New Zealand
Preference) 1933-1962.
[Assented to 21st May, 1963.]
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) 1963.
(2.) The Customs
Tariff (New Zealand Preference)1933-1962 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) 1933-1963.
Commencement.
2. Except
as otherwise provided by 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 sixteenth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and
sixty-two.
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 thirtieth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and
sixty-two.
Amendment of Tariff in accordance with Third
Schedule
5.—(1.) The
Schedule to the Principal Act as amended by the last two preceding sections is
further amended as set out in the Third 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 seventh day of December, One thousand nine hundred and
sixty-two.
Amendment of Tariff in accordance with Fourth
Schedule.
6.—(1.) The
Schedule to the Principal Act as amended by the last three preceding sections
is further amended as set out in the Fourth 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 twenty-first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and
sixty-two.
THE SCHEDULES.
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FIRST SCHEDULE. Section.
3.
Amendment of the Schedule to the Principal Act.
Consecutive No. | Tariff Item. | Tariff Rates on Goods the Produce or
Manufacture of New Zealand. |
4. By omitting the
item and inserting in its stead the following item:—
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“4 | Ex 43 (a) (2) Coffee
substitutes containing coffee and chicory-------
| 8d. per lb. |
Ex 43 (a) (2)
Coffee, other than raw, and coffee substitutes containing coffee but not
chicory----------------------------------------------------
| 9d. per lb. |
Ex 43 (b) (1)
Extracts, essences or concentrates, of coffee and chicory, dry; preparations
with a basis of those extracts, essences or concentrates, dry-------------------------------------------------------------------
| 5s. per lb. |
Ex 43 (b) (1)
Extracts, essences or concentrates, of coffee, or of coffee and coffee
substitutes other than chicory, dry; preparations with a basis of those
extracts, essences or concentrates, dry---------------
| 5s. 3d. per lb. |
Ex 43 (b) (2)
Extracts, essences or concentrates, of coffee and chicory, other than dry;
preparations with a basis of those extracts, essences or concentrates, other
than dry--------------------------------------
| 8d. per lb. |
Ex 43 (b) (2)
Extracts, essences or concentrates, of coffee, or of coffee and coffee
substitutes other than chicory, other than dry; preparations with a basis of
those extracts, essences or concentrates, other than dry-------------------------------------------------------------------
| 9d. per lb.” |
SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.
Amendments 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. |
23. By omitting the
item and inserting in its stead the following item:—
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“23 | Textile fabrics of wool or having a textile fibre content in
chief part by weight of wool to which—
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(a) sub-paragraph (a)
of paragraph (3) of sub-item (c)
of item 462
| 5s.
6d. per square yard less 22½ per cent, ad val. or 22½ per cent, ad val.
whichever rate returns the higher duty.
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(b) paragraph (4) of sub-item (c) of item 462-----------------------
| 22½ per cent, ad val. |
in
the Schedule to the Customs Tariff 1933-1962,
or that Act as amended from time to time, or as proposed to be amended from
time to time by a Customs Tariff alteration proposed in the Parliament,
applies.
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Second Schedule—continued.
Consecutive
No. | Tariff
Item. | Tariff
Rates on Goods the Produce or Manufacture of New Zealand. |
“23—continued.
|
Textile fabrics containing not less than 20
per cent, by weight of wool calculated on the textile fibre content to which—
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(a)
clause (1) of sub-paragraph (b) of
paragraph (2) of sub-item (c) of
item 459;
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(b)
clause (1) of sub-paragraph (b) of
paragraph (2) of sub-item (c) of
item 460;
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(c)
clause (1) of sub-paragraph (b) of
paragraph (3) of sub-item (c) of
item 463;
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(d) clause (1) of sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (3) of sub-item (c)
of item 464;
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(e)
clause (1) of sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) of sub-item (c) of item 465; or
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(f) clause (1) of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) of sub-item (a)
of item 482,
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in the Schedule to the Customs Tariff 1933-1962,
or that Act as amended from time to time, or as proposed to be amended from
time to time by a Customs Tariff alteration proposed in the Parliament,
applies------------
| 5s. 6d. per square yard less 22½ per cent, ad
val. or 22½ per cent, ad val. whichever rate returns the higher duty.
|
Textile fabrics containing not less than 20
per cent, by weight of wool calculated on the textile fibre content to which—
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(a)
sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (2)
of sub-item (c) of item 459;
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(b) sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (2) of sub-item (c)
of item 460;
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(c)
sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (3)
of sub-item (c) of item 463;
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(d) sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (3) of sub-item (c)
of item 464;
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(e)
sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (2)
of sub-item (c) of item 465;
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(f)
paragraph (2) of sub-item (c) of
item 466;
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(g)
paragraph (2) of sub-item (c) of
item 467;
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(h)
paragraph (2) of sub-item (c) of
item 468;
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(i)
paragraph (1) of sub-item (a) of
item 472;
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(j)
paragraph (1) of sub-item (b) of
item 473; or
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(k) sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (2) of sub-item (a)
of item 482,
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in the Schedule to the Customs Tariff 1933-1962, or that Act as amended from time to
time, or as proposed to be amended from time to time by a Customs Tariff
alteration proposed in the Parliament, applies------------------------
| 22½ per cent, ad val.
|
Textile fabrics,
wholly of wool, to which sub-item (d)
of item 479 in the Schedule to the Customs
Tariff 1933-1962, or that Act as amended from time to time, or as
proposed to be amended from time to time by a Customs Tariff alteration
proposed in the Parliament, applies-----------------------------------------------
| 6d. per square yard and 17½ per cent, ad val.”
|
115. By omitting the item and inserting in
its stead the following item:—
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“115 | Ex 390 (a) (1)
Cordage rope and twines n.e.i. (excepting reaper and binder twine)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 17½ per cent, ad val.
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Ex 245 (b) Cords and cordage---------------------------------------------------------
| 17½ per cent, ad val.
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in
the Schedule to the Customs Tariff 1933-1962,
or that Act as amended from time to time, or as proposed to be amended from
time to time by a Customs Tariff alteration proposed in the Parliament,
applies.”
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THIRD SCHEDULE. Section
5.
Amendments of the
Schedule to the Principal Act as Amended by Sections Three and Four of this Act.
Consecutive No. | Tariff Item. | Tariff Rates on Goods the Produce or
Manufacture of New Zealand. |
60. By omitting the
item and inserting in its stead the following item:—
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“60 | Ex 170 (b) (2) Ex 170 (b) (3) Ex 176 (f) Ex 208 (a) | Coal-screening machinery, not being machinery to which item 170 (b) (5) in the Schedule to the Customs Tariff 1933-1962, or that Act
as amended from time to time, or as proposed to be amended from time to time
by a Customs Tariff alteration proposed in the Parliament, applies; screens,
metal, all kinds------------------------------------------
| 17½ per cent, ad val.” |
69. By omitting the
item and inserting in its stead the following item:—
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“69 | Water heaters being gas heating appliances------------------------------ | 22½ per cent, ad val.” |
FOURTH SCHEDULE Section
6.
Amendments of the
Schedule to the Principal Act as Amended by Sections Three to Five of this Act.
Consecutive No. | Tariff Item. | Tariff Rates on Goods the Produce or Manufacture
of New Zealand. |
23. By omitting—
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“Textile fabrics, wholly of wool, to which sub-item (d) of item 479 in the Schedule to the Customs Tariff 1933-1962, or that Act
as amended from time to time, or as proposed to be amended from time to time
by a Customs Tariff alteration proposed in the Parliament, applies-
| 6d. per square yard and 17½ per cent. ad val.”
|
and inserting in its
stead the following:—
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“Textile fabrics, wholly of wool, to which sub-item (e) of item 479 in the Schedule to the Customs Tariff 1933-1962, or that Act
as amended from time to time, or as proposed to be amended from time to time
by a Customs Tariff alteration proposed in the Parliament, applies-
| 6d. per square yard and 17½ per cent, ad val.”
|
39. By omitting the
item and inserting in its stead the following item:—
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“39 | 166 (a)
Hay rakes, horse-------------------------------------------------- | Free “ |
49. By omitting the
item and inserting in its stead the following item:—
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“49 | 167 (b)
Clothes wringers for household use---------------------------- | 17½ per cent. |
ad val.” |
52. By omitting the
item.
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