CUSTOMS TARIFF (NEW ZEALAND
PREFERENCE) (No. 2).
No.
35 of 1962.
An Act to amend the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1933-1961.
[Assented
to 23rd May, 1962.]
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) 1962.
(2.) The
Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1933-1961 is in this
Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section one of the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) (No.
1) 1962 is amended by omitting sub-section (2.).
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act
and by the Customs Tariff (New
Zealand Preference) (No. 1) 1962, may be cited as the Customs
Tariff (New Zealand Preference)
1933-1962.
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 seventh day of February, 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 eighth day of March, One thousand
nine hundred and sixty-two.
THE
THE SCHEDULES.
first schedule. Section
3.
Amendments of the Schedule to the
Principal Act.
Consecutive
No. | Tariff
Item. | Tariff
Rates on Goods the Produce or Manufacture, of New Zealand. |
18. By omitting the item and inserting in its stead the
following item:— |
“18 | 80. Onions
in their natural state------------------------------------------------------- | £9
10s. per ton |
subject to a reduction, calculated
on the F.O.B. price, for each 10s. by which the F.O.B. price per ton exceeds
£27, of--------------------------------------------
| 1
per cent. |
For the purposes of this item “F.O.B.
price” means free on board price and means—
|
(a) the amount comprising
the actual money price paid or to be paid for the goods by the Australian
importer plus all charges payable or ordinarily payable for placing the goods
free on board at the port of export including the cost of outside packages
expressed in Australian currency; or
|
(b)in the
case of goods consigned for sale in Australia, the amount which in the
opinion of the Minister represents the money price which at the date of
exportation of the goods would have been paid or would have been payable for
the goods by an Australian importer plus all charges which would have been
paid or would have been payable for placing the goods free on board at the
port of export including the cost of outside packages had those goods been
sold to an Australian importer expressed in Australian currency or its
equivalent in Australian currency ascertained according to a fair rate of
exchange at the date of exportation of the goods.”
|
92. By omitting the item and inserting in its stead the
following item:— |
“92 | 281 (e). Lactose--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Free” |
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. |
6. By omitting the item and inserting
in its stead the following item:— |
“6
| 51 Fish, viz.:— |
(b)
Fresh, smoked or dried (but not salted), or preserved by cold process.
| Free |
(c)
Preserved in tins or other air-tight vessels including the weight of liquid
contents—
|
(1) Salmon----------------------------------------------------------------
|
(2) Crustaceans----------------------------------------------------------
|
(3) Sardines---------------------------------------------------------------
| Free |
(4) Other-------------------------------------------------------------------
|
(5) Canned tuna---------------------------------------------------------
|
Ex (d) Fish
pastes | Free |
(e) Oysters, fresh, in the shell
| Free |
(f) N.E.I
| Free” |
Second
Second
Schedule—continued.
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)
(2) 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) (2) Preserved
in tins or other airtight vessels, including the weight of the liquid
contents-------------------------------------
| 2d. per lb. |
(d)
(2) Preserved by cold process----------------------------
| 10 per cent. ad val.” |
87. By omitting the item and
inserting in its stead the following item:— |
“87
| 255 (b) (2) (a) | Casein---------------------------------------
| 17½ per cent. ad val.” |
366 (a) (1) (b) |
88. By omitting the item and
inserting in its stead the following item:— |
“88
| 256 (a) (1)
Glues, animal or fish, in dry form---------------------- | 5d. per lb. or 25 per cent. ad
val., whichever rate returns the higher duty |
256 (b) | Gelatine------------------------------------------
| 1s. 2d. per lb. or 30 per cent. ad
val., whichever rate returns the higher duty.” |
366 (b) (1) |
92. By omitting the item and
inserting in its stead the following item:— |
“92 | 27 (b)
Lactose---------------------------------------------------------- | Free” |