CUSTOMS TARIFF (No. 2).
No. 4 of 1954.
An
Act relating to Duties of Customs.
[Assented to 20th April, 1954.]
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.
l.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff (No. 2) 1954.
(2.) The Customs
Tariff 1933-1953, as amended by the Customs
Tariff 1954, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section one of the Customs Tariff 1954 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the Customs Tariff 1933-1954.
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 imposed in accordance with the first-mentioned
Schedule as amended by the last-mentioned Schedule.
Time
of imposition of duties.
3.—(1.) The time of the imposition of the duties of
Customs (not being duties of Customs the time of the imposition of which is
fixed by the next succeeding sub-section) imposed by this Act is the seventh
day
of April, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-four, at nine o’clock in the
forenoon, reckoned according to standard time in the Australian Capital
Territory, and this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation at that
time.
(2.) The time of the imposition of the duties of
Customs imposed by this Act and set out in the column headed “Intermediate
Tariff” in the Schedule to this Act, upon goods which are specified in, and are
the produce or manufacture of a British or foreign country specified in, a
Proclamation issued on or after the seventh day of April, One thousand nine
hundred and fifty-four, and prior to the date on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent, applying or varying the application of the rates of duty so set
out to those goods, is the time and date specified in that Proclamation.
Validation
of Proclamations.
4.—(1.) Every
Proclamation issued on or after the seventh day of April, One thousand nine
hundred and fifty-four, and prior to the date on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent, applying or varying the application of rates of duty set out in
the column headed “Intermediate Tariff” in the Schedule to this Act to goods
which are specified in, and are the produce or manufacture of a British or
foreign country specified in, the Proclamation, and every Proclamation issued
during that period revoking or varying any such Proclamation, shall be deemed
to have been lawfully made.
(2.) The power conferred by sub-section (3.) of
section nine a of the Principal
Act to issue a Proclamation revoking or varying a Proclamation issued in
pursuance of sub-section (1.) of that section includes a power to revoke or
vary a Proclamation referred to in the last preceding sub-section.
THE
SCHEDULE. Section 2.
Amendments of the
Schedule to the Principal Act.
IMPORT DUTIES.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
DIVISION VI—METALS AND MACHINERY. |
179.
By omitting the whole of paragraph (1) of sub-item (b) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
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“(1) (a) Outdoor circuit breakers—
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(1) For use at voltages exceeding 1,000 but not exceeding 15,000
if the rated breaking capacity is 500 mva
or higher; for use at voltages exceeding 15,000 but not exceeding
38,500 if the rated breaking capacity is 1,500 mva or higher; for use at voltages exceeding 38,500 ad val.
| Free | 12½ per cent. | 12½ per cent. |
The Schedule—continued.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
Division VI.—Metals and Machinery—continued. |
79.—continued. |
“(1) (a)—continued.
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(2)
For use at voltages exceeding 1,000 but not exceeding 15,000 if the rated
breaking capacity is lower than 250 MVA ad
val.
| 22½ per cent. | 45 per cent. | 50 per cent. |
(3) For use at voltages exceeding 1,000, other ad
val.
| 22½ per cent. | 40 per cent. | 50 per cent. |
(b) Switch units, circuit breakers other than outdoor circuit
breakers—
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(1) For use at voltages exceeding 1,000 but not exceeding 2,500 if the rated breaking capacity is 150 MVA or higher; for use at voltages exceeding 2,500 but not exceeding 4,500 if the rated breaking capacity is 250 MVA or higher; for use at voltages exceeding 4,500 but
not exceeding 10,000 if the rated breaking capacity is 350 MVA or
higher; for use at voltages exceeding
10,000 but not exceeding 15,000 if the rated breaking capacity is 500 MVA or
higher; for use at voltages exceeding 15,000 but not exceeding 25,000 if the
rated breaking capacity is 350 MVA or higher; for use at voltages exceeding
25,000 ad val.
| Free | 12½ per cent. | 12½ per cent. |
(2)
For use at voltages exceeding 1,000 but not exceeding 2,500 if the rated
breaking capacity is lower than 150 MVA; for use at voltages exceeding 2,500
but not exceeding 15,000 if the rated breaking capacity is lower than 250 MVA
ad val.
| 22½ per cent. | 45 per cent. | 55 per cent. |
(3) For use at voltages exceeding 1,000, other ad
val.
| 27½ per cent. | 45 per cent. | 55 per cent.” |
By omitting from
sub-item (b) the words—
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“For the purposes of
paragraph (1) of this sub-item k.v.a. shall be determined as prescribed by Departmental
By-law.”
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DIVISION VII.-OILS, PAINTS, AND VARNISHES. |
1. By adding to
sub-item (E) a new paragraph (3) as follows:—
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“(3)
Titanium oxide; titanium white per
ton
| £28 | £48 | £56” |