CUSTOMS
TARIFF (No. 3).
No. 62 of 1959.
An Act relating to Duties of
Customs.
[Assented
to 12th November, 1959.]
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) 1959.
(2.) The Customs
Tariff 1933–1958, as amended by the Customs
Tariff 1959 and by the Customs Tariff
(No. 2) 1959, is in this Act
referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section one of the Customs Tariff (No. 2)
1959 is amended by omitting sub-section (4.).
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the Customs Tariff 1933–1959.
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.The
time of the imposition of the duties of Customs imposed by this Act is the
fourteenth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine, 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.
THE SCHEDULE. Section
2.
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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. |
105.
By omitting from sub-paragraph (b)
of paragraph (1) of sub-item (d) the
following:—
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“except
piece goods enumerated in sub-items (a)
(1) (b) (a) (3), (aa), (d) (1) (a),
(d) (3) and (f) and in Item 122 (d) (5)” and
inserting instead the following:—
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“except
piece goods covered by sub-item (a) (1)
(b), (a) (3), (aa), (d) (1)
(a), (d) (2) (a) or (f)”.
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By
omitting paragraph (2) of sub-item (d) and
inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
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“(2)
Silk, or containing silk or having silk worked thereon, except piece goods
covered by sub-item (a) (1), (a) (3), (aa), (c) or (f)
of this item or by item 130 (b) (1)—
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(a) Silk or containing a mixture of
fibres in which silk predominates, printed per square yard
| 10½d. | 1s. 3d. | 1s. 5d. |
(b) Other, except piece goods covered
by sub-item (d) (1)—
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(1)
The value for duty of which does not exceed 2s. 10d. per square yard ad val.
| 7½ per cent. | 22½ per cent. | 27½ per cent. |
(2)
The value for duty of which exceeds 2s. 10d. per square yard
per square yard
| 3½d. | 8d. | 10d. |
or ad val.
| .. | .. | 27½ per cent. |
whichever rate
returns the higher duty;”
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114. By
omitting sub-item (h) and
inserting in its stead the following sub-item:—
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“(h) Bathing
hats; bathing (including shower) caps—
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(1) Wholly or principally of rubber---------------- ad val.
| 12½ per cent. | 22½ per cent. | 22½ per cent. |
(2) Other--------------------------------------------------- ad
val.
| Free | 10 per cent. | 10 per cent.” |
The Schedule—continued.
Import Duties—continued.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
Division V.—Textiles, Felts and Furs, and
Manufactures Thereof, and Attire—continued. |
117. By omitting from sub-item (b) the following:— |
“Lap Dusters;”; and “, including Buggy
Rugs or Aprons”.
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118. By adding a new sub-item (e) as follows:— |
“(e)
Bath mats, of cotton or containing a mixture of fibres in which cotton
predominates------------------------ ad
val.
| 17½per
cent. | 42½ per cent. | 42½ per cent.” |
120. By omitting
sub-item (c) and inserting in
its stead the following sub-item:—
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“(c) Towels and towelling, viz.:—
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(1) Towelling in the piece, cotton or linen or cotton and linen,
not defined for cutting up, provided suitably equivalent goods the
manufacture of Australia are not reasonably available, for use in the
manufacture of art needlework, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws-------------------------------- ad
val.
| Free | 7½ per cent. | 7½per
cent. |
(2) Towelling in the piece, not defined for cutting up, provided
suitably equivalent goods the manufacture of Australia are not reasonably
available, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws-------------------------------------- ad val.
| 5 per cent. | 12½per
cent. | 12½per
cent. |
(3) Towelling in the piece, defined for cutting up, provided
suitably equivalent goods the manufacture of Australia are not reasonably
available, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws ad val.
| 10 per cent. | 17½ per cent. | 17½ per cent. |
(4) Towels, other than terry towels, viz.:—crash, dowlas, forfar,
glass cloth, huckaback, kitchen, tea ad
val.
| 17½ per cent. | 27½ per cent. | 27½ per cent. |
(5) Terry towels, cut or uncut; towels, other, cut or uncut;
towelling, including terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, in the piece
whether or not defined for cutting up-------------------------- ad
val.
| 17½ per cent. | 55 per cent. | 55 per cent.” |
DIVISION VI.—METALS AND MACHINERY. |
219. By omitting from
clause (1) of sub-paragraph (b) of
paragraph (2) of sub-item (c)
the following:— “patternmakers’
(bevelled edge, long thin paring);”.
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DIVISION XVI.—MISCELLANEOUS. |
433. By omitting the
item and inserting in its stead the following item:—
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“433. Wool tops----------------------------------- per
lb.
| Free | 5d. | 5d.” |