CUSTOMS TARIFF (No. 6).
No. 62 of 1939.
An
Act relating to Duties of Customs.
[Assented to 15th December, 1939.]
BE it enacted by the King’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. 6) 1939.
(2.) Section one of the Customs Tariff (No. 5)
1939 is amended by omitting sub-section (4.).
(3.) The Customs
Tariff 1933–1938, as amended by the Customs
Tariff 1939, by the Customs Tariff (No. 2) 1939, by the Customs Tariff (No. 3) 1939, by the Customs Tariff (No. 4)
1939, and by the Customs Tariff (No. 5) 1939, is in this Act referred to
as the Principal Act.
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the Customs Tariff 1933–1939.
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 hereby 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 shall be at
nine o’clock in the forenoon, reckoned according to standard time in the
Australian Capital Territory, on a date to be fixed by Proclamation, and this
Act shall come into operation at that time.
Sec. 2. THE SCHEDULE.
AMENDMENTS OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE PRINCIPAL
ACT.
IMPORT
DUTIES.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
DIVISION VI.—METALS AND MACHINERY. |
176. By adding a new sub-item (r) as follows:— |
“(r) Machinery,
boilers and auxiliaries, for use in the construction of vessels, as
prescribed by Departmental By-laws
| Free | Free | Free.” |
DIVISION XVI.—MISCELLANEOUS. |
424. By omitting the
whole of sub-item (b) (twice
occurring) and inserting in its stead the following sub-item:—
|
“(b) Vessels, n.e.i., trading intrastate
or interstate for any continuous period of three months or otherwise employed
in Australian waters for any continuous period of three months—
|
(1) Not exceeding 100 tons gross register; exceeding 100 tons
gross register but not exceeding 500 tons gross register being vessels on
which, if built in Australia, a bounty would not be payable------------------- ad val.
| 30 per cent. | 50 per cent. | 50 per cent. |
And in respect of paragraph (1)— For each £1 by which the equivalent in
Australian currency of £100 sterling is less than £125 at the date of
exportation— An
additional duty of--------- ad
val.
| .6 per cent. | .6 per cent. | .6 per cent. |
(2) Other--------------------------------------- ad
val.
| Free | 15 per cent. | 15 per cent. |
By adding to sub-item
(f) (second time occurring) a
new paragraph (3) as follows:—
|
“(3) Vessels exceeding 500 tons gross register in respect of
which firm orders were placed with oversea suppliers before the 14th October,
1932, and which were entered at an Australian port before the 14th January,
1934-------------------
| Free | Free | Free.” |