CUSTOMS TARIFF (No. 4).
No.
86 of 1956.
An Act relating to Duties of Customs.
[Assented to 8th November, 1956.]
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. 4) 1956.
(2.) The Customs Tariff 1933–1954,
as amended by the Customs Tariff 1956, by the Customs Tariff (No.
2) 1956 and by the Customs Tariff (No. 3) 1956, is in this
Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section one of the Customs
Tariff (No. 3) 1956 is amended by omitting sub-section (4.).
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended
by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff 1933–1956.
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
thirty-first day of August, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-six, 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.
Amendments of the Schedule to the Principal Act.
IMPORT
DUTIES.
Tariff
Items. | British
Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate
Tariff. | General
Tariff. |
DIVISION VI.—METALS AND MACHINERY. |
180. By inserting after “cabinets,” in paragraph (15) of sub-item (e) the following:—
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“cathode ray tubes (picture tubes),”.
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By inserting after “cabinets,” in paragraph (16)
of sub-item (e) the following:—
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“cathode ray tubes (picture tubes),”.
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181. By adding to sub-item (a)
a new paragraph (3) as follows:—
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“(3) Cathode ray tubes (picture tubes) as used in
television receiving sets, whether imported separately or otherwise
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each
| £7 | £7 | £7 |
and
ad val. | .. | 12½
per cent. | 12½
per cent.” |