CUSTOMS
TARIFF (No. 3).
No. 37 of 1958.
An Act
relating to Duties of Customs.
[Assented
to 26th August, 1958.]
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) 1958.
(2.) The Customs
Tariff 1933–1957, as amended by the Customs
Tariff 1958, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section one of the Customs Tariff (No. 2)
1958 is amended by omitting sub-section (4.).
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by the Customs Tariff (No. 2) 1958 and by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff 1933–1958.
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 or specified in an order expressed to
be made under the Customs Tariff 1933–1958
before the date on which this Act receives the Royal Assent) imposed by this
Act is the fifteenth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight, 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 fourteenth day of May, One thousand nine
hundred and fifty-eight, and before the eighteenth day of June, One thousand
nine hundred and fifty-eight, 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. Every Proclamation issued on or after the fourteenth day of
May, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight, and before the eighteenth day
of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight, 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 shall be deemed to have been lawfully made.
Section 2.THE
SCHEDULE
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Amendments of the Schedule to the Principal Act.
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IMPORT
DUTIES
Tariff
Items. | British
Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate
Tariff. | General
Tariff. |
DIVISION
V.—TEXTILES, FELTS AND FURS, AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF, AND ATTIRE.
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105.
By omitting sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph
(1) of sub-item (d) and
inserting in its stead the following sub-paragraph:—
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“(a) Woven, viz.:—wholly of artificial silk or containing a mixture
of fibres in which more than 50 per cent. by weight is artificial silk,
except tyre cord fabric and piece goods enumerated in sub-item (a) (3), (d) (3) or (f)---------------------------------- per square
yard
| 2s. 6d. | 2s. 8½d. | 3s. 1½d. |
less
ad val.
| 15 per cent. | 15 per cent. | 15 per cent. |
or
per square yard
| 1s. 6d. | 1s. 8½d. | 2s. 1½d. |
whichever
rate returns the higher duty.”
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DIVISION
VI.—METALS AND MACHINERY.
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140.
By omitting sub-item (a) and
inserting in its stead the following sub-item:— “(a) Blocks,
ingots and pigs-----------------------------------------------
| Free | Free | Free |
And for each £1 by which the
determined price of copper at the date of exportation of the goods is less
than £275 per ton, a duty of---------------------------------------------------------- per
ton
| £1 | £1 | £1 |
For
the purposes of this sub-item the determined price of copper shall be the
weekly average, as determined by the Minister, of the London Metal Exchange
quotations, expressed in Australian currency, for one ton of Electrolytic
Copper Wire Bars.”
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174.
By omitting paragraph (88) of sub-item (m)
and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:— “(88) Boring and reaming
machines, combined or separate or combined with drilling machines, with
mechanical feeds, having a drilling capacity exceeding 2¼ inches in mild
steel ---------------- ad val.
| Free | 7½ per cent. | 7½ per cent.” |
By omitting paragraph (89) of
sub-item (m). By omitting paragraph (90) of
sub-item (m). By omitting paragraph (91) of
sub-item (m). By omitting paragraph (92) of
sub-item (m). By omitting paragraph (93) of
sub-item (m). By omitting paragraph (94) of
sub-item (m). By omitting paragraph (95) of
sub-item (m). By adding to sub-item (m) a new paragraph (166) as follows:—
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“(166)
Slotting machines, for piston rings--------------------- ad
val.
| Free | 7½ per cent. | 7½ per cent.” |
The
Schedule—continued.
Import
Duties—continued.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
Division
VI.—Metals and Machinery—continued.
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175. By
omitting the item and inserting in its stead the following item:—
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“175. (a) Apparatus for the liquefaction of gases, but not
including compressors suitable for refrigeration or ice making ad val.
| Free | 7½ per cent. | 7½ per cent. |
(b)
Refrigerating appliances, viz.:—
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(1) Of the types used for food
storage, up to and including 16 cubic feet gross internal capacity, including
mechanical driving units and apparatus for transmitting power from such
driving units to the driven units when incorporated therein------- ad val.
| 20 per cent. | 37½ per cent. | 37½ per cent. |
(2) Other---------------------------------------- ad val.
| 30 per cent. | 47½ per cent. | 47½ per cent. |
(c) Parts for refrigerating appliances,
viz.:—
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Cabinets metal pressings for
cabinets compressors evaporators and sealed or semi-sealed units including
mechanical driving units and apparatus for transmitting power from such
driving units to the driven units, combined or separate; parts n.e.i----- ad val.
| 30 per cent. | 47½ per cent. | 47½ per cent. |
(d) Drilling machines, vertical, with or designed for
use with automatic feeds, having a drilling capacity exceeding 9/16 inch but
not exceeding 2¼
inches in mild steel ad val.
| 27½ per cent. | 35 per cent. | 35 per cent. |
(e) Drilling
machines n.e.i., metal-working, viz.:—
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(1) Bench type, having a drilling
capacity not exceeding ½inch in
mild steel; high speed, having a drilling capacity not exceeding ¼inch in mild steel; drilling heads,
multi-spindle ad val.
| 27½ per cent. | 37½ per cent. | 37½ per cent. |
(2) Other----------------------------------- ad val.
| Free | 7½ per cent. | 7½ per cent.” |
176. By
omitting paragraph (2) of sub-item (c)
and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
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“(2) Planing and shaping machines n.e.i., combined
ad val. By omitting paragraph (2) of sub-item (f).
| 27½ per cent. | 45 per cent. | 57½ per cent.” |
197. By omitting paragraph (2) of sub-item (b) and inserting in its stead the
following paragraph:—
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“(2) Knife sharpeners; forged
carving forks; cutlery spoons and forks, n.e.i.---------------------------------------------------------- ad
val.
| 5 per cent. | 27½ per cent. | 27½ per cent.” |
By omitting all sub-items after
sub-item (d).
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The Schedule—continued.
Import Duties—continued.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential
Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
DIVISION
X.—WOOD, WICKER, AND CANE
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291. By omitting
sub-item (d). By omitting sub-item (n) and inserting in its stead the
following sub-item:— “(n)
Veneers—
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(1)
The value for duty of which does not exceed 44s. per 100 square feet---------- ad val.
| 12½
per cent. | 30
per cent. | 37½
per cent. |
(2)
The value for duty of which exceeds 44s. per 100 square feet------ per 100 square feet
| 6s.
3d. | 13s.
2d. | 16s.
6d.” |
293.
By omitting sub-item (a). By omitting sub-item (c).
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