CUSTOMS TARIFF (No. 3).
No. 81 of 1957.
An Act relating to Duties of Customs.
[Assented to 12th December, 1957.]
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 (No. 3) 1957.
(2.) The Customs Tariff 1933–1956, as
amended by the Customs Tariff 1957 and by the Customs Tariff (No.
2) 1957, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section one of the Customs Tariff (No.
2) 1957 is amended by omitting sub-section (4.).
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the Customs Tariff 1933–1957.
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 fourth day
of September, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven, 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 in respect of which a date later than the fourth
day of September, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven, is specified in
the Schedule to this Act is the later date so specified, at nine o’clock in the
forenoon, reckoned according to standard time in the Australian Capital
Territory.
THE SCHEDULE. Section
2.
Amendments
of the Schedule to the Principal Act.
IMPORT DUTIES.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential
Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
DIVISION VII.—OILS, PAINTS, AND VARNISHES. |
229. By omitting the whole of sub-item (a) and inserting in its stead the following sub-item:—
|
“(a) (1) Power kerosene as defined by Departmental By-laws
| Free | Free | Free |
(2) Aviation turbine kerosene; kerosene and other refined petroleum burning oils,
n.e.i.—
|
(a) As prescribed
by Departmental By-laws
| Free | Free | Free |
(b) Other------------------------------ per gallon
| 6½
d. | 6½
d. | 6½
d.” |
By omitting the whole of paragraph (6) of sub-item (b) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
|
“(6) (a) Residual oil n.e.i.------------------------- per
gallon
| 4d. | 4½
d. | 4½
d. |
(b) Solar oil, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws
|
per gallon | 4d. | 4½
d. | 4½
d. |
And on and after 7th
November, 1957 |
(b) Solar oil n.e.i.------------------------------ per
gallon
| 4d. | 4½
d. | 4½
d.” |
By adding to sub-item (b)
a new paragraph (9) as follows:—
|
“(9) Diesel fuel as defined by Departmental By-laws—
|
(a) As prescribed by Departmental By-laws----------
| Free | Free | Free |
(b) Other---------------------------------------- per
gallon
| 1s. | 1s. | 1s.” |