CUSTOMS TARIFF (No. 2).
No.
45 of 1926.
An
Act relating to Duties of Customs.
[Assented
to 16th August, 1926.]
BE it
enacted by the King’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 (No. 2) 1926.
(2.) Section one of the Customs Tariff
1926 is amended by omitting sub-section (2.).
(3.) The Customs Tariff 1921-1924,
as amended by the Customs Tariff 1926,
is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff 1921-1926.
Amendment
of Tariff.
2.The Schedule to the Principal Act is amended as set
out in the Schedule to this Act, and duties of Customs are hereby imposed in
accordance with the first-mentioned Schedule as amended by the last-mentioned
Schedule.
Date
from which new duties commence.
3.—(1). Subject to sub-section (2.) of this section,
the duties imposed by the Schedule to this Act shall be deemed to have been
imposed as from the ninth day of July One thousand nine hundred and twenty-six
at nine o’clock in the forenoon, reckoned according to standard time in the
State of Victoria.
(2.) Where, by an amendment made by this Act, any duty, increase of duty
or decrease of duty is imposed on any particular article as on and from any
date later than the ninth day of July One thousand nine hundred and twenty-six,
the duty, increase of duty or decrease of duty shall be deemed to have been
imposed as on or from such later date.
Saving.
4. Nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1922,
the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1922 (No. 2), the Customs Tariff (Papua and New Guinea Preference) 1926 or the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference)
1926.
THE SCHEDULE.
Amendment
to the Schedule to the Customs Tariff 1921-1924.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential
Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
Division
VII.—Oils, Paints, and Varnishes. |
229. By omitting the whole of sub-item (c) and inserting in its stead the
following; sub-item:—
|
“(c) Petroleum and Shale, viz.:—Naphtha,
Benzine, Benzoline, Gasoline, Pentane, Petrol, Turpentine Substitutes, and
other Petroleum or Shale Spirit - - - -
per gallon
| 2½.d | 3d. | 3d. |
And on and after 11th
August, 1920 |
(c) (1)
Petroleum and Shale, viz.:—Naphtha, Benzine, Benzoline, Gasoline, Pentane,
Petrol, and other Petroleum or Shale Spirit, n.e.i. - - - - per gallon
| 2½d. | 3d. | 3d. |
(2) Petroleum and Shale, viz.:—Naphtha, Benzine,
Benzoline, Gasoline, Pentane, Petrol, and other Petroleum or Shale Spirit,
for purposes other than for use in motor driven vehicles, cycles, tractors,
road rollers and similar appliances using public roads, as prescribed by Departmental
By-laws - - - per
gallon
| ½d. | 1d. | 1d. |
(3) Turpentine
Substitutes - - per
gallon
| ½d. | 1d. | 1d.” |