CUSTOMS TARIFF (No. 7).
No. 64 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. 7) 1939.
(2.) Section one of the Customs Tariff (No. 6)
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, by the Customs Tariff (No. 5)
1939, and by the Customs Tariff (No. 6) 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 is the
first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-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. Sec. 2.
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AMENDMENTS OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE PRINCIPAL
ACT.
IMPORT
DUTIES.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
DIVISION XI.—JEWELLERY AND FANCY GOODS. |
20. By omitting the
whole of paragraph (1) of sub-item (c)
and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—
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“(1) Sensitized kinematograph film,
unexposed—
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(a)
As prescribed by Departmental By-laws
| Free | Free | Free |
(b) Otherwise-------------------------- per lineal foot
| 1d. | 1d. | 1d.” |
By omitting the whole
of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph
(2) of sub-item (c) and inserting in its stead the fol-lowing sub-paragraph:—
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“(a)
Suitable for use only with home kinematographs per lineal foot
| 1d. | 1d. | 1½d.” |
By omitting the whole
of clause (1) of sub-paragraph (c)
(fourth time occurring) of paragraph (2) of sub-item (c) and inserting in its stead the following clause:—
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“(1) (a) Film for
exhibition purposes only and not imported for or intended for purposes of
copying per lineal foot
| 1d. | 5d. | 5d. |
(b) Negative film or
film imported for or intended for purposes of copying topical, scenic,
travel-talk and similar films, serial films, and complete films not exceeding
2,000 lineal feet in length, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws------ per lineal foot
| Free | 4d. | 4d.” |
By omitting the whole
of clause (3) of sub-paragraph (c)
(fourth time occurring) of paragraph (2) of sub-item (c) and inserting in its stead the following clause:—
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“(3) N.E.I.--------------------------------- per
lineal foot
| 1d. | 5d. | 5d.” |
By adding a further
proviso to paragraph (2) of sub-item (c)
as follows:—
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“And provided
further, that, in respect of this paragraph, where a film is imported
containing more than one series of exposures placed side by side across its width,
duty shall be charged on each series of exposures as if each series were a
separate film.”
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