CUSTOMS
TARIFF (No. 5).
No. 64 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. 5) 1959.
(2.) The Customs
Tariff 1933–1958, as amended by the Customs
Tariff 1959, by the Customs Tariff
(No. 2) 1959, by the Customs Tariff (No. 3) 1959 and by the Customs
Tariff (No. 4) 1959,¶ is in this
Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section one of the Customs Tariff (No. 4)
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
ninth day of October, 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
clause (1) of sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) of sub-item (a) and inserting in its stead the
following clause:—
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“(1) Weighing not more than 7 ounces per square yard, 37 inches
or over in width and not exceeding 100 inches in width, twill woven, bleached
or unbleached, not printed, for use in the manufacture of bed sheets or pillow
cases per lb.
| 4d. | 10d. | 10d. |
and
ad val. | 27½ per cent | 45 per cent. | 45 per cent.” |
By omitting clauses
(1), (2) and (3) of sub-paragraph (c)
of paragraph (1) of sub-item (a)
and inserting in their stead the following clauses:—
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“(1) Unbleached, not printed, as prescribed by Departmental
By-laws------------------------------- per
square yard
| ½d. | ⅞d. | 2¾d. |
or ad val. whichever rate returns the lower duty. | 5 per cent. | .. | .. |
“(2) Bleached, not printed, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws-------------------------------------- per
square yard
| ½d. | 1d. | 3d. |
or ad val. whichever rate returns the lower duty. | 5 per cent. | .. | .. |
“(3) Dyed or coloured, not printed, as prescribed by Departmental
By-laws---------------------------- per
square yard
| ½d. | 2d. | 3½d. |
or ad val. whichever rate returns the lower duty. | 5 per cent. | .. | .. |
“(4) Other, not printed------------------------ ad
val.
| 10 per cent. | 12½ per cent. | 12½ per cent. |
And for each 1d. or part thereof by which the value for duty is
less than 120d. per lb., an additional duty of ad val.
| 1 per cent. | 1 per cent. | 1 per cent.” |
122. By omitting paragraph
(3) of sub-item (d). |
DIVISION
VI.—METALS AND MACHINERY. |
174. By omitting from
paragraph (50) of sub-item (x) the following words:—
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“wedgewood” and “, power-driven”.
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180. By omitting
sub-item (d). |
181. By omitting from
clause (1) of sub-paragraph (b) of
paragraph (1) of sub-item (a)
the following words:—
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“Arc lamps n.e.i.;
electric vacuum tubes n.e.i.; and inserting in their stead the following
words:—
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“Electric vacuum
tubes n.e.i.;”.
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The Schedule—continued.
Import Duties—continued.
Tariff
Items. | British
Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate
Tariff. | General
Tariff. |
Division VI.—Metals and Machinery—continued. |
181.—continued. |
By inserting a new sub-item (d) as follows:—
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“(d) Electric filament
lamps and electric discharge lamps (including infra-red and ultra-violet
lamps); arc-lamps; electrically ignited photographic flash bulbs—
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(1)
Filament lamps—
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(a)
Provided suitably equivalent lamps the manufacture of Australia are not reasonably
available, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws ad
val.
| Free | 7½
per cent. | 7½
per cent. |
or
per lb. whichever
rate returns the lower duty. | .. | 1s.
6d. | 1s.
6d. |
(b)
Of types ordinarily used in motor vehicles for lighting purposes
| Free | Free | Free |
(c) Other------------------------------------------------ per
lb.
| 1s. | 2s.
6d. | 4s. |
(2)
Discharge lamps—
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(a) Fluorescent--------------------------------------- per
lb.
| 1s. | 2s.
6d. | 4s. |
(b) N.E.I.----------------------------------------------- ad
val.
| 5
per cent. | 35
per cent. | 45
per cent. |
(3)
Arc-lamps—
|
(a) For projection purposes----------------------- ad
val.
| 15
per cent. | 42½
per cent. | 47½
per cent. |
(b) Other----------------------------------------------- ad
val.
| Free | 12½
per cent. | 12½
per cent. |
(4) Photographic flash bulbs-------------------------- ad val.
| Free | 17½
per cent. | 17½
per cent.” |
206. By omitting from sub-item (a)
the following words:— |
“parts n.e.i. of lamps (other than miners’
portable acetylene lamps) and lanterns, except wicks;”.
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DIVISION VIII.—EARTHENWARE, CEMENT, CHINA, GLASS, AND STONE. |
263. By omitting the item and inserting in
its stead the following item:—
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“263. Pestles and
mortars, n.e.i.------------------------------ ad
val.
| Free | 17½
per cent. | 17½
per cent.” |
DIVISION IX.—DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. |
280. By omitting paragraph (2) of sub-item (i) and inserting in its stead the
following paragraph:—
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“(2) Phenothiazine---------------------------------------------- ad
val.
| 10
per cent. | 17½
per cent. | 17½
per cent.” |
DIVISION X.—WOOD, WICKER, AND CANE. |
303. By omitting sub-item (d). |
DIVISION XI.—JEWELLERY AND FANCY GOODS. |
320. By omitting from paragraph (2) of
sub-item (b) the following
words:—
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“, including arc lamps for projection
purposes”.
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The Schedule—continued.
Import Duties—continued.
Tariff
Items. | British
Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate
Tariff. | General
Tariff. |
DIVISION XIV.—VEHICLES. |
359. By omitting from sub-item (d) the following figures and letter:—
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“180 (d)
(1)” and inserting in their stead the following figures and letters:—
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“181 (d)
(1) (b)”.
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DIVISION XVI.—MISCELLANEOUS. |
392. By omitting sub-item (d) and inserting in its stead the
following sub-item:—
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“(d) Silk; silk admixed with man-made fibres,
n.e.i. ad val.
| 12½
per cent. | 32½
per cent. | 32½
per cent.” |
By omitting sub-items (g), (h)
and (i) and inserting in their
stead the following sub-items:—
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“(g)
Wholly or in chief part by weight of continuous man-made fibres, not covered
by sub-item (c) and not
including monofil of 60 denier or more—
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(1)
Man-made fibres admixed with silk only
ad
val. | 12½
per cent. | 32½
per cent. | 32½
per cent. |
(2) Viscose rayon tyre yarn----------------------------------- per
lb.
| 7½d. | 1s.
3d. | 1s.
7d. |
(3)
Wholly of continuous filament acetate rayon
ad
val. | 10
per cent. | 22½
per cent. | 25
per cent. |
(4) Other----------------------------------------------------- ad
val.
| Free | 12½
per cent. | 12½
per cent. |
“(h) N.E.I.----------------------------------------------------------- ad
val.
| Free | 7½
per cent. | 7½
per cent. |
“(i)
Wholly or in chief part by weight of discontinuous or waste man-made fibres,
not covered by sub-item (c)—
(1)
Man-made fibres admixed with silk only
ad
val. | 12½
per cent. | 32½
per cent. | 32½.
per cent. |
(2) Wholly or containing more than 50 per
cent, by weight of viscose staple fibre, acetate staple fibre or viscose and
acetate staple fibre, not covered by paragraph (1)—
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(a)
Single yarns in counts up to and including No. 24 count, calculated on the
cotton count system ad val.
| 10
per cent. | 22½
per cent. | 22½
per cent. |
And for each 1d. or part thereof by which the
F.O.B. price is less than 50d. per lb., an additional duty of---- ad val.
| 2
per cent. | 2
per cent. | 2
per cent. |
(b)Folded yarns having any single ply in
a count up to and including No. 24 count, calculated on the cotton count
system ad val.
| 10
per cent. | 22½
per cent. | 22½
per cent. |
And for each 1d. or part thereof by which the
F.O.B. price is less than 55d. per lb., an additional duty of----- ad val.
| 2½
per cent. | 2½ per cent. | 2½
per cent. |
(3) Other-------------------------------------------------- ad
val.
| Free | 7½
per cent. | 7½
per cent.” |
451. By inserting a new item as follows:— |
“451. Clothes pegs—
|
(a) Spring type-------------------------------------- per
gross
| 1s.
3d. | 2s. | 2s. |
(b) Other---------------------------------------------- per
gross
| 6d. | 1s.
3d. | 1s.
3d.” |