Customs Tariff (No. 3) 1971 (Cth)

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Customs Tariff (No. 3)

No. 109 of 1971

An Act relating to Duties of Customs.

[Assented to 6 December 1971]

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) 1971.

(2.) The Customs Tariff 1966–1970, as amended by the Customs Tariff 1971 and by the Customs Tariff (No. 2) 1971, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) Section 1 of the Customs Tariff (No. 2) 1971 is amended by omitting sub-section (4.).

(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff 1966–1971.

Commencement.

2.Except as otherwise provided, this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one.

Amendments having effect from 1 July, 1971.

3.—(1.) Section 17a of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (d)of sub-section (16.) the word “July” and inserting in its stead the word “January”; and
(b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—
“(17.) If, in column 4 in Part V. of the Fifth Schedule, the letter ‘(M)’ is specified in relation to a rate of duty—
(a) that rate of duty shall, in respect of goods entered for home consumption on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-three, and before the date specified in the next succeeding paragraph, be read as a reference to that rate reduced by one-quarter;
(b) that rate of duty shall, in respect of goods entered for home consumption on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-five, and before the date specified in the next succeeding paragraph, be read as a reference to that rate reduced by one-half;
(c) that rate of duty shall, in respect of goods entered for home consumption on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven, and before the date specified in the next succeeding paragraph, be read as a reference to that rate reduced by three-quarters; and
(d) there shall, in respect of goods entered for home consumption on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine, be deemed to be substituted for that rate of duty the word ‘Free’.”.

(2.) The Principal Act is amended as set out in the First Schedule to this Act.

Amendments having effect from 26 July, 1971.

4.—(1.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the last preceding section, is amended as set out in the Second Schedule to this Act.

(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the twenty-sixth day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one.

Amendments having effect from 18 August, 1971.

5.—(1.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the preceding sections of this Act, is amended as set out in the Third Schedule to this Act.

(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the eighteenth day of August, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one.

THE SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE Section 3.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT

AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE

1. Omit item 08.11, insert the following item:—
“08.11	* Fruit provisionally preserved by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water, in other preservative solutions or in any other manner, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption:
08.11.1	- Passionfruit pulp.................................................................	$1.15 per gal	$0.92 per gal
08.11.2	- Cherries:...............................................................................
08.11.21	- - As prescribed by by-law..................................................	Free	Free
08.11.29	- - Other...................................................................................	A temporary duty of $0.06 per lb; from and including the date after the date on which the temporary rate ceases to operate—Free	A temporary duty of $0.06 per lb; from and including the date after the date on which the temporary rate ceases to operate—Free
08.11.9	- Other........................................................................................	$0.425 per gal	$0.225 per gal”.
2. Omit note 5 to Chapter 15, insert the following notes:—
“5.—(1.) Where a mixture of castor oil and another oil or of castor oil and other oils falls within sub-item 15.07.1, the mixture shall, for the purposes of that sub-item, be deemed to consist—
(a) if the mixture contains more than 50 per centum by weight of castor oil—wholly of castor oil; or
(b) in any other case—wholly of the other oil or the principal oil, as the case may be.
“(2.) In this note, ‘the principal oil’, in relation to a mixture of castor oil and other oils, means—
(a) where there is an oil of which there is a greater quantity, by weight, than the other oil or each of the other oils—that oil; or
(b) in any other case—such one of those oils as the Minister directs, not being an oil of which there is a lesser quantity, by weight, than another oil.
“(3.) A reference to an oil in paragraph (a) or (b) of the last preceding sub-note is a reference to an oil other than castor oil.
“6. Where a mixture of oils falls within item 15.07, being oil to which sub-item 15.07.1 does not apply, the mixture shall, for the purposes of a sub-item in item 15.07, be deemed to consist—
(a) if one only of the oils is an oil of a kind referred to in that sub-item—wholly of that oil;
(b) if two or more of the oils are oils of that kind and there is a greater quantity, by weight, of one of those oils than of any other—wholly of the oil of which there is a greater quantity; or
(c) in any other case—wholly of such one of those oils as the Minister directs.”.
3. Omit note 8 to Chapter 15.
4. Omit items 15.07 and 15.08, insert the following items:—
“15.07	* Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified:

First Schedule—continued

4.—continued

15.07.1	- Japan wax; myrtle wax; vegetable tallows; oil, or a mixture of oils, of any of the following kinds (not including a mixture containing an oil of another kind):— (a) almond oil; (b) apricot kernel oil; (c) avocado oil; (d) babassu oil; (e) castor oil; (f) coconut oil; (g) oiticica oil; (h) palm kernel oil; (i) palm oil; (j) pumpkin seed oil; (k) sesame oil; (l) tung oil; (m) walnut oil; (n) wheat germ oil:
15.07.11	- - Castor oil..............................................................................	$10.50 per ton	Free
15.07.19	- - Other......................................................................................	Free	Free
15.07.2	- Olive oil...................................................................................	$0.40 per gal	$0.35 per gal
15.07.3	- Maize oil; peanut oil; soya bean oil; rapeseed oil	$95 per ton	$63 per ton
15.07.9	- Other oil..................................................................................	$95 per ton	$95 per ton
15.08	* Animal and vegetable oils, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown or polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas, or otherwise modified:
15.08.1	- Epoxidised vegetable oil......................................................	40%	40%, less $4 per ton
15.08.2	- Linseed oil and rapeseed oil, not being goods falling within sub-item 15.08.1	$95 per ton	$95 per ton
15.08.3	- Safflower seed oil and soya bean oil, not being goods falling within sub-item 15.08.1	$95 per ton	$91 per ton
15.08.4	- Castor oil, dehydrated, not being goods falling within sub-item 15.08.1	$10.50 per ton	Free
15.08.5	- Other vegetable paint oils.....................................................	Free	Free
15.08.6	- Other vegetable oils...............................................................	$6 per ton	Free
15.08.7	- Animal oils.............................................................................	$0.025 per gal	Free”.
5. Omit sub-item 20.04.3, insert the following sub-item:—
“20.04.3	- Cherries...................................................................................	A temporary duty of $0.22 per lb; from and including the date after the date on which the temporary rate ceases to operate—Free	A temporary duty of $0.22 per lb; from and including the date after the date on which the temporary rate ceases to operate—Free”.
6. Omit item 22.03, insert the following item:—
“22.03	* Beer made from malt:
22.03.1	- Containing more than 2% of proof spirit...........................	$1.37 per gal	$1.26 per gal
22.03.9	- Other........................................................................................	27½%	17½%”.

First Schedule—continued

7. Omit sub-item 47.01.1, insert the following sub-items:—
“47.01.1	- Softwood pulp, as prescribed by by-law; pulp, other than softwood pulp, for use in the manufacture of paper or as furnish in the manufacture of other goods	Free	Free
47.01.2	- Softwood pulp for use in the manufacture of paper or as furnish in the manufacture of other goods	20%	20%”.
8. Omit item 48.10, insert the following item:—
“48.10	* Cigarette paper, cut to size, whether or not in the form of booklets or tubes:
48.10.1	- In rolls for use in the manufacture of cigarettes by a person who is a manufacturer for the purposes of the Excise Act 1901–1968	50%	27½%
48.10.9	- Other.................................................................	$0.017 per 60 tubes, papers, or the equivalent thereof	$0.017 per 60 tubes, papers, or the equivalent thereof”.
9. Omit sub-item 65.06.2, insert the following sub-item:—
“65.06.2	- Of furskin or of sheet paper or sheet paperboard, not being goods falling within sub-item 65.06.1	65%	40%”.
10. Omit item 67.02, insert the following item:—
“67.02	* Artificial flowers, foliage or fruit and parts therefor; goods made of artificial flowers, foliage or fruit	Free	Free”.
11. Omit sub-item 68.16.1, insert the following sub-item:—
“68.16.1	- Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory constructional goods	20%	10%”.
12. Omit items 69.01, 69.02 and 69.03, insert the following items:—
“69.01	* Heat-insulating bricks, blocks, tiles and other heat-insulating goods of infusorial earths, of kieselguhr, of siliceous fossil meal or of similar siliceous earths	20%	10%
69.02	* Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory constructional goods, other than goods falling within item 69.01	20%	10%
69.03	* Other refractory goods (including retorts, crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs, supports, cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths and rods), other than goods falling within item 69.01	20%	10%”.
13. Omit item 73.34, insert the following item:—
“73.34	* Pins (other than hatpins or other ornamental pins or drawing pins), hairpins and curling grips, of iron or steel:
73.34.1	- Ordinary pins with solid metal heads; bobby pins; curling grips	30%	20%
73.34.9	- Other.................................................................	7½%	Free”.
14. Omit item 74.19, insert the following item:—
“74.19	* Other goods made of copper:
74.19.1	- Ordinary pins with solid metal heads; bobby pins; curling grips	30%	20%
74.19.2	- Pins, other..........................................................	7½%	Free

First Schedule—continued

14.—continued

74.19.3	- Smoking requisites and parts therefor................................	35%	20%
74.19.4	- Furniture and parts therefor, not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item; stationery and parts therefor; travel goods, handbags, wallets, vanity compacts and similar goods and parts therefor	45%	17½%
74.19.5	- Parts or fittings of a kind used solely or principally in ships, boats or other vessels	37½%	27½%
74.19.9	- Other........................................................................................	52½%	27½%”.
15. Omit note 14 to Chapter 84.
16. Omit sub-item 84.02.1, insert the following sub-items:—
“84.02.1	- Economisers, flue-heated, of cast-iron or cast-iron clad	7½%	Free
84.02.2	- Other flue-heated economizers...........................................	7½%, and a temporary duty of 20%	A temporary duty of 20%; from and including the date after the date on which the temporary rate ceases to operate—Free”.
17. Omit sub-items 84.21.6 and 84.21.7, insert the following sub-items:—
“84.21.6	- Power operated garden and field spraying machines; appliances of a kind commonly used for spraying or dispersing pesticides or herbicides, not hand or foot operated	25%	5%
84.21.7	- Garden or field irrigators, not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item; hand or foot operated appliances of a kind commonly used for spraying or dispersing pesticides or herbicides; appliances of a kind used solely or principally for spraying paints, enamels, lacquers, varnishes and the like or for spraying powders, not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item	45%	22½%”.
18. Omit sub-item 84.23.5, insert the following sub-item:—
“84.23.5	- Diamond drilling machines:
84.23.51	- - Drill rods or pipes...............................................................	20%	10%
84.23.59	- - Other......................................................................................	30%	20%”.
19. Omit paragraph 84.23.91, insert the following paragraph:—
“84.23.91	- - Coal cutting machines; rotary and percussive rock drills	7½%	Free”.
20. Omit note 6 to Chapter 97.
21. Omit item 97.05, insert the following item:—
“97.05	* Carnival articles; entertainment articles (including articles designed for conjuring tricks or novelty jokes); Christmas tree decorations and similar articles for Christmas festivities (including artificial Christmas trees, Christmas stockings, imitation yule logs, Nativity scenes and figures therefor)	30%	20%”.

First Schedule—continued

AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

1. Omit—
“73.34.39	”,
insert—
“73.34.9...............	Goods other than— (a) safety pins, not being gold or silver plated or packed in fancy boxes; or (b) hairpins (other than bobby pins) not being gold or silver plated or packed in fancy boxes”.
2. Omit—
“74.19.49	”,
insert—
“74.19.2...............	Goods other than safety pins not being safety pins that are gold or silver plated or packed in fancy boxes”.
3. Omit—
“84.23.5	”,
insert—
“84.23.51	”.

AMENDMENT OF PART I. OF THE THIRD SCHEDULE

Omit—
“Sub-item	73.34.1
Sub-item	74.19.2	”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE THIRD SCHEDULE

1. After—
“Sub-item	46.02.9	”
insert—
“Sub-item	48.10.1	”.
2. Omit—
“Sub-item	65.06.2	”,
insert—
“Sub-item	65.06.2..................	Goods of sheet paper and sheet paper board”.
3. Omit—
“Paragraph	68.16.19
Sub-item	69.02.9
Paragraph	69.03.91	”.
4. Omit—
“Paragraph	73.34.31	”.
5. Omit—
“Sub-item	74.19.3
Paragraph	74.19.41	”.
6. Omit—
“Sub-item	84.21.7..................	Goods other than lawn sprinklers”,
insert—
“Sub-item	84.21.7..................	Goods other than garden or field irrigators”.
7. Omit—
“Sub-item	97.05.3

AMENDMENTS OF PART IV. OF THE THIRD SCHEDULE

1. Omit—
“Sub-item	69.03.2	”.
2. Omit—
“Sub-paragraph	74.19.599
Paragraph	74.19.99	”,
insert—
“Sub-item	74.19.9	Goods wholly of brass, bronze or gunmetal”.
3. Omit—
“Paragraph	97.05.91	”.

First Schedule—continued

AMENDMENT OF PART I. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

Omit item 43, insert the following item:—
“43	74.19.5	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	30%”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART III. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

1. After item 2 insert the following item:—
“3	08.11.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.92 per gal”.
2. Omit items 5 and 6.

AMENDMENTS OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

1. Omit item 42, insert the following items:—
“42	07.01.9	Capers and olives..................................................................................	Free
42a	07.01.9	Goods not being goods falling within the preceding item	22½%”.
2. After item 73 insert the following items:—
“74	08.11.1	Passionfruit pulp in packs of a gallon or more	$0.82 per gal
75	08.11.29	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free”.
3. Omit item 79a.
4. Omit item 88, insert the following item:—
“88	11.02	Groats and meal, other than of wheat, maslin, maize or oats	Free”.
5. Omit items 112 to 117c (inclusive), insert the following items:—
“112	15.07.11	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free
113	15.07.19	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free
114	15.07.2	Oil in bulk or in packs exceeding one gallon...................................	(A): $0.28 per gal
115	15.07.3	Rapeseed oil, rapeseed oil mixtures; other oil in bulk or in packs exceeding one gallon	Free
116	15.07.9	Safflower seed oil..................................................................................	To and including 31 December 1971— $27 per ton From and including 1 January 1972, to and including 31 December 1973—$13.50 per ton From and including 1 January 1974—Free
117	15.07.9	Oil in bulk or in packs exceeding one gallon, other than safflower seed oil	Free”.
6. Omit item 210b, insert the following item:—
“210b	22.03.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$1.1375 per gal”.
7. Omit item 210c.

First Schedule—continued

8. After item 219 insert the following item:—
“220	22.10	Apple cider vinegar.........................................	Free”.
9. Omit item 491, insert the following items:—
“491	35.03.1	Edible gelatin..................................................	(M): 20%, or, if higher, $0.08 per lb
491a	35.03.1	Goods not being goods falling within the preceding item	30%, or, if higher, $0.117 per lb”.
10. Omit items 571a to 571c (inclusive), insert the following items:—
“571a	38.14.1	Oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors and similar prepared additives for mineral oils	(M): 12%
571b	38.15.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	(D): 24%
571c	38.15.2	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	(D): 12%
571d	38.15.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free”.
11. After item 592 insert the following item:—
“592a	39.07.53	Flat shapes of hardened casein, cut from rod or sheet but not further worked	(M): 18%”.
12. Omit items 606a to 606c (inclusive), insert the following items:—
“606a	40.07	Thread and cord composed wholly of unhardened vulcanised rubber	(M): 16%
606b	40.08.11	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	12½%
606c	40.08.19	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	25%
606d	40.08.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	12½%”.
13. Omit item 612b, insert the following items:—
“612b	40.14.9	Unmounted characters for use with goods of a kind falling within item 98.07 in the First Schedule	(M): 10%
612c	40.16	Floats for fishing nets..........................................	Free”.
14. Omit item 684, insert the following items:—
“684	44.14.91	Sheets of wood veneer covered on both sides with kraft paper	Free
684a	44.14.91	Goods not being goods falling within the preceding item	(A): 10%”.
15. After item 701 insert the following item:—
“701a	47.01.2	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free”.
16. Omit items 762 and 762a, insert the following items:—
“762	48.10.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free
762a	48.10.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.0145 per 60 tubes, papers, or the equivalent thereof”.

First Schedule—continued

17. Omit item 772a, insert the following items:—
“772a	48.15.4	Dress pattern envelopes, printed and cut to shape	Free
772b	48.15.5	Goods other than— (a) sheets not exceeding 400 square inches in area; or (b) strips not exceeding 400 square inches in area	Free”.
18. Omit item 773a, insert the following items:—
“773a	48.16.1	Gramophone record covers..................................................	(M): 18%, or, if higher, $0.06 per lb
773b	48.16.91	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	27½%”.
19. After item 775a insert the following items:—
“775b	48.21.3	Patterns for apparel (excluding patterns for apparel packed in envelopes)	Free
775c	48.21.9	Solid rods or sticks of circular cross-section..................	(M):22%”.
20. After item 900a insert the following item:—
“900b	59.02	Felts not including needleloom felts or articles of felt	Free”.
21. Omit item 994f, insert the following item:—
“994f	62.04	Sails and tents.........................................................................	To and including 30 June 1973—5% From and including 1 July 1973—Free”.
22. Omit item 1018, insert the following item:—
“1018	65.06.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	22½%”.
23. After item 1033 insert the following item:—
“1033a	68.14.1	Goods not being goods falling within the preceding item	(M): 22%”.
24. After item 1034 insert the following items:—
“1034a	68.15	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	(A): 10%
1034b	68.16.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free
1034c	69.01	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free
1034d	69.02	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free”.
25. Omit item 1035, insert the following item:—
“1035	69.03	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free”.
26. After item 1036 insert the following item:—
“1036a	70.03.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	(M): 10%”.

First Schedule—continued

27. After item 1042b insert the following items:—
“1042c	70.14.1	Illuminating glassware, other than electric lighting glassware	(M): 18%
1042d	70.14.2	Illuminating glassware, other than electric lighting glassware	(M): 10%”.
28. Omit item 1045a, insert the following item:—
“1045a	70.14.99	Goods, as follows:— (a) illuminating glassware, other than glasses for miner’s safety lamps and electric lighting glassware; (b) magnifying glasses	Free”.
29. Omit item 1071, insert the following items:—
“1071	71.12.9	Wrist straps and wrist bands for watches	(M): 18%
1071a	71.12.9	Goods not being goods falling within the preceding item	22½%”.
30. Omit items 1076 and 1077, insert the following items:—
“1075b	71.15	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	22½%
1076	71.16	Wrist straps and wrist bands for watches	(M): 18%
1077	71.16	Goods, not being goods falling within the preceding item	22½%”.
31. Omit items 1099 to 1099b (inclusive), insert the following items:—
“1099	73.31.9	Goods, as follows:— (a) nails, hook-nails and corrugated nails of a kind used solely or principally by boot-makers; (b) tacks	Free
1099a	73.31.9	Goods, not being goods falling within the preceding item	$0.002 per lb
1099b	73.32.91	Screws for wood...............................................	10%
1099c	73.32.91	U-bolts and shackle bolts...................................	27½%”.
32. Omit item 1103.
33. Omit items 1115a and 1115b, insert the following items:—
“1115a	73.38.9	Enamelled sanitary ware, other than baths..........	(M): 18%
1115b	73.38.9	Enamelled ware, other than— (a) capacity measures; or (b) sanitary ware falling within the preceding item	22½%
1115c	73.39	Iron or steel wool........................................	10%”.
34. Omit items 1125 and 1125a, insert the following items:—
“1124d	74.04.9	Plates, sheets and strip of unalloyed copper whether or not cut to non-rectangular shape, not worked, or decorated but not further worked	(H): 10%
1125	74.04.9	Goods of unalloyed copper, other than corrugated or perforated, not being goods falling within the preceding item	(H): 22%
1125a	74.05.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	(M): 20%”.

First Schedule—continued

35. Omit items 1133c to 1133f (inclusive), insert the following items:—
“1133c	74.15	Rivets of unalloyed copper, not being rivets falling within a preceding item	(M): 18%
1133d	74.15	Washers and spring washers, of unalloyed copper, not being goods falling within a preceding item	22½%
1133e	74.15	Cotters and cotter-pins, not being goods falling within a preceding item	(M):22%
1133f	74.15	Screws of a kind not suitable for use with nuts, not being goods falling within a preceding item	17½%
1133g	74.15	Goods, as follows:— (a) rivets of copper alloys; (b) screw studs and studding; (c) taper pins; and (d) threaded spikes and studs for footwear, not being goods falling within a preceding item	(M): 24%, less $0.0024 per lb
1133h	74.15	Goods not being goods falling within a preceding item	30%, less $0.003 per lb”.
36. Omit items 1137 to 1140b (inclusive), insert the following items:—
“1137	74.19.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free
1138	74.19.9	Sprinklers for perfume bottles........................................	Free
1139	74.19.9	Machine belt fasteners.....................................................	20%
1140	74.19.9	Nose rings for animals; clips, tags, rings and the like, for the identification of animals, birds or fish	(D): 22%”.
37. After item 1160 insert the following item:—
“1161	76.16.9	Goods, as follows:— (a) seals and glands for use with mineral insulated metal sheathed cables; (b) sign animation material	(M): 20%”.
38. Omit item 1198, insert the following items:—
“1198	80.03	Goods of tin alloys, whether or not cut to non-rectangular shape, not worked, or decorated but not further worked	(M): 20%
1198a	80.03	Goods not being goods falling within the preceding item	(M): 22%”.
39. After item 1231 insert the following item:—
“1231a	82.01.2	Hoes and rakes..................................................................	(M): 20%”.
40. Omit item 1287b, insert the following item:—
“1287b	82.11.9	Goods, as follows:— (a) safety razors; (b) safety razor blades; (c) razor blade blanks; (d) parts of razors	Free”.
41. Omit item 1298b, insert the following item:—
“1298b	83.07.9	Goods, as follows:— (a) lamps and parts therefor, of a kind specially designed for use in lighthouses or as harbour or airport beacons; (b) lamps specially designed for use in photographic printing; (c) ship and aircraft navigation lamps	Free”.

First Schedule—continued

42. After item 1311 insert the following item:—
“1311a	84.02.2	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free”.
43. Omit items 1329c to 1329e (inclusive), insert the following items:—
“1329c	84.17.5	Laboratory equipment, as follows:— (a) hot air, sterilising or drying ovens; (b) temperature controlled cabinets; (c) water baths; (d) water stills	(M): 22%
1329d	84.17.6	Laboratory equipment, as follows:— (a) hot air, sterilising or drying ovens; (b) temperature controlled cabinets; (c) water baths; (d) water stills	(M): 14%
1329e	84.17.6	Goods not being goods falling within the preceding item	30%
1329f	84.17.9	Laboratory equipment, as follows:— (a) hot air, sterilising or drying ovens; (b) temperature controlled cabinets; (c) water baths; (d) water stills	(M): 22%
1329g	84.17.9	Machines specially designed for use in the sugar industry	22½%
1329h	84.17.9	Digesters; manure drying machines; wool drying machines	17½%”.
44. Omit item 1332, insert the following items:—
“1331a	84.18.3	Centrifuges, being domestic hydro-extractors, that is to say, clothes dryers	17½%
1332	84.18.3	Centrifuges, not being goods falling within a preceding item	(M): 14%”.
45. Omit item 1337, insert the following items:—
“1337	84.19.9	Dish washing machines, non-domestic and parts therefor	(M): 14%
1337a	84.19.9	Goods, as follows:— (a) dish washing machines, not falling within the preceding item; (b) machinery for washing bottles or other containers	17½%”.
46. Omit items 1339 and 1339a, insert the following items:—
“1338e	84.20.9	Machines, as follows:— (a) balances, sensitive to 500 milligrammes or better; (b) weight-count machines (weighing and counting scales)	Free
1339	84.20.9	Machines, not being machines falling within the preceding item	To and including 31 December 1971—10% From and including 1 January 1972, to and including 31 December 1973—7% From and including 1 January 1974, to and including 31 December 1975—3½% From and including 1 January 1976—Free
1339a	84.21.2	Steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines	(M): 22%”.

First Schedule—continued

47. Omit item 1350, insert the following items:—
“1349e	84.23.59	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free
1350	84.23.91	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free”.
48. After item 1463c insert the following item:—
“1463d	84.59.9	Plastic injection and blow moulding machines..............	(M): 22%”.
49. Omit item 1470, insert the following items:—
“1470	84.61.99	Petrol dispensing nozzles, automatic shut-off type	(M): 22%
1470a	84.61.99	Goods, not being goods falling within the preceding item	27½%”.
50. After item 1567 insert the following items:—
“1567a	87.14.219	Trailer axle assemblies having a rated carrying capacity of 3 tons or exceeding 3 tons	In respect of a component specified in note 9 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; in respect of the remainder of the goods—(M): 22%
1567b	87.14.29	Trailer axle assemblies having a rated carrying capacity of 3 tons or exceeding 3 tons	(M): 22%”.
51. Omit items 1668g and 1668h, insert the following items:—
“1668g	91.04.1	Goods other than synchronous motor clocks...............	(M): 22%
1668h	91.04.9	Battery operated clocks....................................................	Free
1668j	91.04.9	Electrically operated clocks, not being goods falling within the preceding item	(M): 14%
1668k	91.04.9	Goods, not being goods falling within the preceding item	(M): 16%”.
52. Omit item 1718b, insert the following item:—
“1718b	97.05	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free”.
53. After item 1719a insert the following items:—
“1719b	97.06.1	Cricket balls.......................................................................	Free
1719c	97.06.9	Snow skis made from artificial plastic material, reinforced with glass fibre	(M): 14%”.
54. Omit item 1721a, insert the following item:—
“1721a	97.06.9	Tennis balls........................................................................	Free”.
55. After item 1723 insert the following item:—
“1723a	98.01.11	Button blanks of hardened casein..................................	(M): Four-fifths of an amount per gross equal to the product of $0.012 and the number of lignes (disregarding any fraction) in the diameter of the goods, that is to say, in the maximum transverse measurement of the goods, less 12½%”.

First Schedule—continued

56. Omit item 1733b, insert the following item:—
“1733b	98.07	Goods not being goods falling within a preceding item	(M): 14%”.
AMENDMENT OF PART VIa. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE
After item 1 insert the following item:—
“2	21.05.19	Goods prepared from fish, crustaceans or molluscs	$0.019 per lb”.
AMENDMENTS OF PART VII. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE
1. After item 7 insert the following item:—
“8	08.11.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$0.92 per gal”.
2. Omit items 20 and 21.

SECOND SCHEDULE Section 4.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3 OF THIS ACT

AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE

1. After note 13 to Chapter 84 insert the following notes:—

“14. The following goods are specified for the purposes of sub-item 84.52.1, that is to say—

(a) goods that—
(i) were in transit to Australia on 9 June 1971; and
(ii) are entered for home consumption within 21 days after importation; or
(b) goods that—
(i) the Collector is satisfied were on firm order overseas on or before 1 January 1971; and
(ii) are entered for home consumption on or before 30 June 1972.

“15. The following goods are specified for the purposes of sub-item 84.55.2, that is to say, goods that—

(a) were in transit to Australia on 9 June 1971; and
(b) are entered for home consumption within 21 days after importation.”.

2. Omit item 84.52, insert the following item:—
“84.52	* Calculating machines; accounting machines, cash registers, postage-franking machines, ticket-issuing machines and similar machines, incorporating a calculating device:
84.52.1	- Electronic data processing machines of the computer type of which cathode ray display terminals form a part, not being goods specified in note 14 to this Chapter	In respect of cathode ray display terminals—7½%, and a temporary duty of 25%; in respect of the remainder of the goods—7½%	In respect of cathode ray display terminals—a temporary duty of 25%; from and including the date after the date on which the temporary rate ceases to operate—Free; in respect of the remainder of the goods—Free
84.52.9	- Other........................................................................................	7½%	Free”.

Second Schedule—continued

3. After sub-item 84.55.1 insert the following sub-item:—
“84.55.2	- Cathode ray display terminals of a kind commonly used with electronic data processing machines, not being goods specified in note 15 to this Chapter	7½%, and a temporary duty of 25%	A temporary duty of 25%; from and including the date after the date on which the temporary rate ceases to operate—Free”.

AMENDMENT OF PART II. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE

Omit—
“84.52	”,
insert—
“84.52.1
84.52.9	”.

AMENDMENTS OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

1. Omit items 1450 and 1451, insert the following items:—
“1450	84.52.1	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free
1451	84.52.9	Ticket-issuing and similar machines not including machines that print tickets	(A): 22%
1452	84.52.9	Goods not being goods falling within the preceding item	Free”.
2. After item 1456 insert the following item:—
“1456a	84.55.2	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	Free”.

THIRD SCHEDULE Section 5.

AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 3 AND 4 OF THIS ACT

AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE

1. Omit sub-items 24.02.1 and 24.02.2, insert the following sub-items:—
“24.02.1	- Cigarettes; fine cut tobacco suitable for the manufacture of cigarettes, not put up for retail sale	$6.31 per lb	$6.31 per lb
24.02.2	- Cigars, cigarillos and cheroots........................	$6.08 per lb	$6.08 per lb
2. Omit sub-item 24.02.9, insert the following sub-item:—
“24.02.9	- Other............................................................	$3.44 per lb	$3.34 per lb”.
3. Omit paragraph 27.07.39, insert the following paragraph:—
“27.07.39	- - Other..........................................................	$0.173 per gal	$0.173 per gal”.

Third Schedule—continued

4. Omit sub-item 27.10.2, insert the following sub-item:—
“27.10.2	- Diesel fuel, not being goods falling within sub-item 27.10.1:
27.10.21	- - Kerosene for use as fuel for propulsion purposes in aircraft, as prescribed by by-law	$0.129 per gal	$0.129 per gal
27.10.22	- - Other kerosene for use as fuel for propulsion purposes in aircraft	$0.179 per gal	$0.179 per gal
27.10.23	- - Diesel fuel as prescribed by by-law, not being kerosene	$0.175 per gal	$0.175 per gal
27.10.29	- - Other.........................................................	$0.225 per gal	$0.225 per gal”.
5. Omit sub-items 27.10.4 and 27.10.5, insert the following sub-items:—
“27.10.4	- Gasoline and other oils having a flash point of less than 73° Fahrenheit when tested in an Abel Pensky closed test apparatus:
27.10.41	- - As prescribed by by-law..............................	Free	Free
27.10.42	- - For use as fuel for propulsion purposes in aircraft, as prescribed by by-law	$0.1457 per gal	$0.1457 per gal
27.10.43	- - As prescribed by by-law for the purposes of this paragraph	$0.173 per gal	$0.173 per gal
27.10.44	- - For use as fuel for propulsion purposes in aircraft	$0.2207 per gal	$0.2207 per gal
27.10.49	- - Other.........................................................	$0.248 per gal	$0.248 per gal
27.10.5	- Mineral turpentine:
27.10.51	- - In bulk or in packs exceeding a gallon, as prescribed by by-law	Free	Free
27.10.59	- - Other.........................................................	$0.173 per gal	$0.173 per gal”.
6. Omit paragraph 29.01.19, insert the following paragraph:—
“29.01.19	- - Other.........................................................	$0.173 per gal	$0,173 per gal”.

AMENDMENT OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

Omit items 260 and 260a, insert the following items:—
“260	27.10.44	Goods in packs not exceeding a gallon.....................	$0.173 per gal
260a	27.10.49	Goods in packs not exceeding a gallon.....................	$0.173 per gal”.

AMENDMENT OF PART VII. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

Omit item 82a, insert the following item:—
“82a	24.02.9	Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies	$3.34per lb”

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