CUSTOMS
TARIFF (No. 4).
No. 63 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. 4) 1959.
(2.) The Customs
Tariff 1933–1958, as amended by the Customs
Tariff 1959, by the Customs Tariff
(No. 2) 1959 and by the Customs Tariff (No. 3) 1959, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section one of the Customs Tariff (No. 3)
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
twelfth day of August, 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.
———
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 sub-items (a), (b), (c) and (d) and inserting in their stead the
following sub-items:—
|
“(a)
(1) Power
kerosine as defined by Departmental Bylaws per
gallon
| ½d. | ½d. | ½d. |
(2) Aviation turbine kerosine; kerosine and
other refined petroleum burning oils, n.e.i.—
|
(a)
As prescribed by Departmental By-laws per
gallon
| l½d. | l½d. | l½d. |
(b) Other-------------------------------------- per
gallon
| 8d. | 8d. | 8d. |
“(b) Petroleum and shale
products, viz.:—
|
(1) Crude petroleum, residual oil , solar
oil—
|
(a) For use in the treatment of metallic ores by the flotation
process, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws per gallon
| l½d. | l½d. | l½d. |
(b)
For use as fuel provided that the recoverable gasoline content* of crude
petroleum does not exceed 15 per cent., as prescribed by Departmental
By-laws—
|
(1) For use in the gold mining industry
| Free | Free | Free |
(2) For use as fuel in ships per gallon
| Free | ½d. | ½d. |
(3) Other----------------------------------- per
gallon
| 1d. | 1d. | 1d. |
(c)
For use in the manufacture of gas, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws per gallon
| 2½d. | 3d. | 3d. |
(2) Crude petroleum, crude petroleum enriched
with a distillate from crude petroleum, residual oil , and residual oil
enriched with a distillate from crude petroleum, for use in the production of
petroleum products by distillation cracking or other similar processes or of
petrochemicals, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws—
|
(a) Having a recoverable gasoline content* not exceeding 70 per
cent.--------------------------------------
| Free | Free | Free |
(b)
Having a recoverable gasoline content* exceeding 70 per cent.—
|
On the total
recoverable gasoline content* per
gallon
| 1d. | 1d. | 1d. |
(3) Once-run distillate from crude petroleum
for use in the production of petroleum products by distillation cracking or
other similar processes or of petrochemicals, as prescribed by Departmental
By-laws—
|
On the total recoverable gasoline content* per gallon
| 1d. | 1d. | 1d. |
The Schedule—continued.
Import Duties—continued.
Tariff
Items. | British
Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate
Tariff. | General
Tariff. |
Division VII.—Oils, Paints, and Varnishes—continued. |
229.—continued. |
“(b)—continued.
|
(4) Crude petroleum n.e.i., crude petroleum
enriched with a distillate from crude petroleum, n.e.i.—
|
(a)
Having a recoverable gasoline content* not exceeding 70 per cent. per gallon
| 5d. | 5½d. | 5½d. |
(b)
Having a recoverable gasoline content* exceeding 70 per cent. per gallon
| 1s.
0½d. | 1s.
0½d. | 1s.
0½d. |
(5) Once-run distillate from crude petroleum,
n.e.i. per
gallon
| 1s.
0½d. | 1s.
0½d. | 1s.
0½d. |
(6) Solar and residual oils , n.e.i.----------------- per gallon
| 5d. | 5½d. | 5½d. |
(7) Crude lubricating distillate from crude
petroleum for use in the production of mineral lubricating oils, as
prescribed by Departmental By-laws per
gallon
| 5½d. | 6½d. | 8d. |
(8) Heavy distillate for use in the
production of petroleum products (other than mineral lubricating oils) or of
petrochemicals, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws
| Free | Free | Free |
(9) Diesel fuel as defined by Departmental
By-laws—
|
(a)As prescribed by Departmental
By-laws—
|
(1) For use in the gold mining industry
| Free | Free | Free |
(2) For use as fuel in ships per gallon
| Free | ½d. | ½d. |
(3) For use in the manufacture of gas per
gallon
| 2½d. | 3d. | 3d. |
(4) Other per
gallon
| 1d. | 1d. | 1d. |
(b) Other--------------------------------------- per
gallon
| 1s.
1d. | 1s.
1d. | 1s.
1d. |
Residual Oil for the purposes of this
sub-item shall be as defined by Departmental By-law.
|
* For the purposes of this sub-item the term “recoverable
gasoline content’’ shall mean the quantity of gasoline recoverable by
distillation when the crude petroleum, crude petroleum enriched with a
distillate from crude petroleum, residual oil, residual oil enriched with a
distillate from crude petroleum or once-run distillate from crude petroleum
is tested in conformity with a method or methods prescribed by Departmental
By-law.
|
“(c)
Gasoline and other petroleum or shale spirit, having a flash point of less
than 73 degrees Fahrenheit when tested in an Abel Pensky closed test
apparatus—
|
(1) For use in aircraft, as prescribed by
Departmental By-laws per gallon
| 9½d. | 9½d. | 9½d. |
(2) Other--------------------------------------------- per
gallon
| 1s.
0½d. | 1s.
0½d. | 1s.
0½d. |
“(d) Mineral turpentine—
|
(1) As prescribed by Departmental By-laws per gallon
| ½d. | 1d. | 1d. |
(2) Other--------------------------------------------- per
gallon
| 1s.
0½d. | 1s.
0½d. | 1s.
0½d.” |
By omitting sub-item (i) and inserting in its stead the following sub-item:—
|
“(i)
N.E.I.---------------------------------------------------- per
gallon
| 6d. | 9d. | 9d.” |
By omitting sub-item (k) and inserting in its stead the following sub-item:—
|
“(k) Petroleum and shale oils—
|
(1) Medicinal, not compounded------------------- per gallon
| Free | Free | 9d. |
(2) Colourless or pale straw, bloomless or
nearly debloomed, n.e.i., not compounded per
gallon
| 6d. | 6d. | 9d. |
(3) N.E.I.--------------------------------------------- per
gallon
| 1s.
2d. | 1s.
5d. | 1s.
5d.” |