CUSTOMS
TARIFF (No. 4).
No. 98 of 1960.
An
Act relating to Duties of Customs.
[Assented
to 14th December, 1960.]
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) 1960.
(2.) The Customs
Tariff 1933-1959, as amended by the Customs
Tariff 1960, by the Customs Tariff (No. 2) 1960 and
by
the Customs Tariff (No. 3) 1960, is in this Act referred to
as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section one of the Customs Tariff (No. 3)
1960 is amended by omitting sub-section (4.).
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the Customs Tariff 1933-1960.
Commencement.
2.Except
as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act shall come into operation on the
day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Amendment
of Tariff in accordance with First Schedule.
3.—(1.) The Schedule to the Principal Act is amended
as set out in the First Schedule to this Act and duties of Customs are imposed
in accordance with the Schedule to the Principal Act as so amended.
(2.) The time of the imposition of the duties of
Customs imposed by the last preceding sub-section is the twenty-eighth day of
October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty, at nine o’clock in the forenoon,
reckoned according to standard time in the Australian Capital Territory, and
this section shall be deemed to have come into operation at that time.
Amendment
of Tariff in accordance with Second Schedule.
4.—(1.) The Schedule to the Principal Act as
amended by the last preceding section is further amended as set out in the
Second Schedule to this Act and duties of Customs are imposed in accordance
with the Schedule to the Principal Act as so amended and as so further amended.
(2.) The time of the imposition of the duties of
Customs imposed by the last preceding sub-section is the first day of December,
One thousand nine hundred and sixty, at nine o’clock in the forenoon, reckoned
according to standard time in the Australian Capital Territory, and this
section shall be deemed to have come into operation at that time.
Amendment
of Tariff in accordance with Second Schedule.
5.—(1.) The
Schedule to the Principal Act as amended by the last two preceding sections is
further amended as set out in the Third Schedule to this Act and duties of
Customs are imposed in accordance with the Schedule to the Principal Act as so
amended and as so further amended.
(2.) The time of the imposition of the duties of
Customs imposed by the last preceding sub-section is the third day of January,
One thousand nine hundred and sixty-one, at nine o’clock in the forenoon,
reckoned according to standard time in the Australian Capital Territory, and
this section shall come into operation at that time.
THE
SCHEDULES.
FIRST SCHEDULE Section
3.
Amendments of the
Schedule to the Principal Act.
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 .paragraph (3) of sub-item (a) and inserting in its stead the
following paragraphs— “(3) Woven piece goods, weighing six ounces
or more per square yard, of types which, either as imported or when further
processed, are principally used for furnishings drapes or upholstery, of
cotton, of linen, or of fibre and mixtures, but not including— piece, goods containing 20 per cent or more
by weight of man-made fibres piece goods containing wool bed tickings fabrics printed in fast colours chenille and pile
fabrics, not being moquettes of the type used for upholstery----------------------------------- ad
val.
| 37½ per cent. | 50 per cent. | 60
per cent.” |
By omitting from sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) of sub-item (d)
the following letter and figure:— “(a)
(3).”
By omitting paragraph (4) of sub-item (É) and inserting in its stead the following
paragraph:— “(4) Moquettes of or
containing wool, of types used for. Upholstery---------------------------------------------------------- per
square yard
| 6d. | 6d. | 6d. |
and ad val. | 17½
per cent | 30
per cent. | 47½
per cent.” |
SECOND SCHEDULE. Section
4.
Amendments of the
Schedule to the Principal Act as Amended by Section Three of this Act.
IMPORT DUTIES.
Tariff.
Items. | British
Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate
Tariff. | General
Tariff. |
DIVISION VI.—METALS AND MACHINERY. |
176. By omitting paragraph (2) of sub-item (k) and inserting, in its stead the
following paragraphs— “(2) Meters n.e.i mechanically, or
electrically operated, parts therefor and panels imported with and for use
therewith, for measuring gas air steam oil water or other fluids, but not
including— meters and parts therefor suitable for use in
the retailing of petrol
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Second Schedule—continued.
Tariff
Items. | British
Preferential. Tariff. | Intermediate
Tariff. | General
Tariff. |
Division VI.—Metals and Machinery—continued. |
176.—continued. “(2) Meters—continued. positive type water meters up to and
including 3 inches in size and parts therefor, other than meters constructed
for measuring hot water in boiler houses or engine houses inferential water meters of the turbine and
disc types and parts therefor inferential water
meters of the compound or combination types and parts therefor------ ad val.
| Free | 7½
per cent. | 7½
per cent. |
“(3) Chlorination
controllers and parts specially designed therefor ad val.
| Free | 7½
per cent. | 7½ per cent. |
“(4) Gauges and
controllers for water filtration plant and mechanisms for transmitting loss
of head or rate of flow to such gauges, and parts specially designed
therefor, not covered by paragraph (3) ad
val.
| Free | 7½
percent. | 7½
per cent. |
“(5) Gauges for
indicating or recording liquid level in reservoirs canals rivers or tanks,
and parts specially designed therefor, but not including gauges and parts
therefor of the types used in motor vehicles for indicating the amount of
petrol in the tank ad val.
| Free | 7½
per cent. | 7½
per cent. |
“(6) CO and CO2
indicators and recorders and parts specially designed therefor and aspirators
and filters for use therewith ad
val.
| Free | 7½
percent. | 7½
per cent. |
“(7) Regulating and
controlling devices, automatic, for regulating temperature humidity pressure
vacuum or rate of flow, and parts specially designed therefor, but not
including goods covered by paragraph (3), item 175 (b) or item 175 (c)-- ad val.
| Free | 7½
per cent. | 7½
per cent. |
“(8) Temperature measuring instruments,
indicating or recording, and apparatus for remote indication or recording of
temperature measurements, and parts therefor, operating on any of the
following basic principles— mercury in steel bulb gas filled bulb vapour bulb potentiometer thermocouple thermo-electric pyrometer electrical resistance thermometer bimetallic strip------------------------------------ ad
val.
| Free | 7½ per cent. | 7½
per cent.” |
179. By omitting sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) of sub-item (h)
and inserting in its stead the following sub-paragraph:— “(a) Two unit type or three unit type, for 6 volt or l2volt systems ad
val.
| 27½
per cent. | 40
per cent. | 40
per cent.” |
Second Schedule—continued.
Tariff
Items. | British
Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate
Tariff. | General
Tariff. |
DIVISION VIII.—EARTHENWARE, CEMENT, CHINA, GLASS, AND STONE. |
250. By omitting from
sub-item (h) the following word,
letters and figures:— “item
176 (k) (2) (6)”,
and
inserting in their stead the following word, letter and figures:— “item
176 (k) (8)”.
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DIVISION XVI.—MISCELLANEOUS. |
370. By inserting a
new sub-item as follows:— “(c) Goods imported by or being the
property of a Government of a country other than Australia, when for the
official use of that Government and not for purposes of trade, as prescribed
by Departmental By-laws-------------------------------------------------------------------
| Free | Free | Free” |
376. By omitting the
item and inserting in its stead the following item:— “376. (a) Baskets--------------------------------------------------- ad val.
| 15
per cent. | 32½
per cent. | 32½
per cent. |
(b)
Gun revolver and pistol covers and cases------- ad
val.
| 12½
per cent. | 27½
per cent. | 27½
per cent. |
(c) Travel goods (for example, trunks,
suitcases, hat boxes, travelling bags, haversacks, knapsacks, rucksacks,
kitbags), handbags, wallets, purses, satchels, brief cases, musical
instrument cases, collar boxes, dressing cases, pouches, toilet bags, sports
bags, tool cases, and similar containers, but not including containers
covered by item 120(a), 309(a), 309(b), 322, 346, 390(a)
(1) (b) or 413 (a)— (1) Of composition or
covering wholly or principally of leather, composition leather, vulcanized fibre,
artificial plastic material (rigid or flexible), paperboard or textile
fabric, or combinations thereof, whether or not having a foundation of wood
metal or other materials--- ad
val.
| 17½
per cent. | 45
per cent. | 45
per cent |
(2) Handbags and
purses, n.e.i.------------- ad
val.
| 17½ per cent. | 45 per cent. | 45 per cent |
(3) Other, but not
including containers covered by item 208 (d)
(1) or hand-bags and purses ad
val.
| 17½
per cent. | 45
per cent | 45
per cent” |
377. By omitting the
item and inserting in its stead the following item:— “377. (a) Kitbag frames------------------------------------------ ad
val.
| 22½
per cent. | 37½
per cent. | 45
per cent |
(b) Frames for ladies’ or children’s
handbags; catches (not being fasteners covered by item 106 (g) or item 106 (h)) for wallets or for ladies’ or
children’s handbags; purse frames ad
val.
| 17½
per cent. | 32½
per cent. | 40
per cent” |
THIRD
SCHEDULE. Section
5
Amendments of the
Schedule to the Principal Act as Amended by Sections Three and Four of this Act.
IMPORT DUTIES.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
DIVISION VI.—METALS AND MACHINERY. |
137. By omitting paragraph (3) of sub-item (a) and inserting in its stead the
following paragraph :— “(3) Unwrought copper (refined or not)----------------
| 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 £290 per ton, a duty of----------------------------------------------------- per
ton
| £1 | £1 | £1 |
For
the purposes of this paragraph the determined price of copper shall be a
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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