CUSTOMS TARIFF (No.
2).
No.
35 of 1928.
An Act relating to
Duties of Customs.
[Assented to 22nd
September, 1928.]
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) 1928.
(2.) Section one of the Customs Tariff 1928 is amended by omitting sub-section (2.).
(3.) The Customs
Tariff 1921-1926, as amended by the Customs
Tariff 1928, 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 1921-1928.
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 twenty-fifth day of April One thousand nine hundred and
twenty-eight at nine o’clock in the forenoon, reckoned according to the
standard time in the Territory for the Seat of Government.
(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 twenty-fifth day of April One
thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, the duty, increase of duty or decrease
of duty shall be deemed to have been imposed as on and from such later date.
Saving.
4. Nothing
in this Act shall affect the operation of the Customs Tariff (New Zealand
Preference) 1922-1926, the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference)1922
(No. 2) or the Customs Tariff (Papua and New Guinea Preference) 1926.
THE SCHEDULE.
Amendment
to the Schedule to the Customs Tariff 1921-1926, as amended by the customs
tariff 1928.
IMPORT DUTIES.
Tariff Item. | British
Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate
Tariff. | General
Tariff. |
Division
XI.—Jewellery and Fancy Goods. |
320. By omitting
clause (b) of paragraph (2) of 1
sub-item (c) and inserting in its
stead the following clause:—
|
“(b) Other--------------------- per lineal foot And on and after 15th
June, 1928
| Free | 1d. | 2d. |
(b) Other------------------------------- per lineal foot
| Free | 1d. | 1¾d.” |
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