CUSTOMS TARIFF (NEW ZEALAND
PREFERENCE) (No. 2).
No.
54 of 1961.
An Act to amend
the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1933-1960, as
amended by the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) (No. 1) 1961.
[Assented to 24th October, 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. 2)
1961.
(2.) The
Customs Tariff (New Zealand
Preference) 1933-1960, as amended by the Customs Tariff (New Zealand
Preference) (No. 1) 1961, is in
this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section one of the Customs Tariff (New Zealand
Preference) (No. 1) 1961 is
amended by omitting sub-section (3.).
(4.) 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 twenty-sixth day of May, 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 fifteenth day of September, One thousand nine hundred and
sixty-one.
THE SCHEDULES.
—
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. |
23. By omitting the item and
inserting in its stead the following item:— |
“23 | Ex 105
Textile fabrics of wool or containing wool to which paragraph (1) of sub-item
(f) of item 105 in the Schedule
to the Customs Tariff 1933-1961, 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—
|
(a) Weighing not more than 4½ ounces per square yard
| 22½ per
cent. ad val. |
(b) Other—
|
(1)
Having a value for duty not exceeding 4s. per square yard-------------------------------------------------------
|
22½ per
cent. ad val. and,in addition, except in respect of
goods in direct transit to Australia on or before 19th April, 1961, a
temporary duty of 6s. per square yard
|
(2)
Having a value for duty exceeding 4s. per square yard and not exceeding 12s.
per square yard------------------------------------------
| 22½
per cent. ad val. |
and,in addition, except in respect of
goods in direct transit to Australia on or before 19th April, 1961, a
temporary duty of 9s. per square yard less 75 per cent. ad val.
|
(3)
Other------------------------------------------------------
| 22½ per
cent. ad val. |
Ex 105
Textile fabrics of wool or containing wool to which— Ex 130 (a) paragraph (6) of sub-item (f)
of item 105; (b) sub-item (l) of
item 105; or (c) sub-item (b) of
item 130,
in
the Schedule to the Customs Tariff 1933-1961,
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.” |
SECOND
SCHEDULE. Section
4.
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. |
14. By omitting the item and
inserting in its stead the following item:— |
“14 | Ex 74 Meats,
viz.:— |
(a) Fresh or
smoked----------------------------------------------------------
| 10 per cent. ad val. |
(b) Potted or
concentrated, including extracts of, and meat jellies—
|
(1)
Liquid extracts-----------------------------------------------------
| Free |
(2)
Other----------------------------------------------------------------
| 17½ per cent. ad val. |
(c) Preserved in tins or other airtight
vessels, including the weight of the liquid contents------------------------------------------------------------------
| 2d. per lb. |
(d) Preserved by
cold process-----------------------------------------------
| 10 per cent. ad val.” |