CUSTOMS TARIFF (PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA PREFERENCE).
No. 64 of 1957.
An Act to amend the Customs Tariff (Papua and New Guinea Preference) 1936–1956.
[Assented to 25th November, 1957.]
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
(Papua and New Guinea
Preference) 1957.
(2.) The Customs Tariff (Papua and New Guinea Preference) 1936–1956,
as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Papua and New Guinea Preference) 1936–1957.
Amendment of Tariff.
2. The Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Papua and New Guinea Preference) 1936–1956
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 eighteenth day of October, One thousand nine
hundred and fifty-seven, 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 Customs
Tariff (Papua and New Guinea Preference) 1936–1956.
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IMPORT DUTIES.
Item No | Item No. of Customs Tariff 1933–1957 | Item. | Rate of Duty. |
By adding a new Item No. 23 as follows:— |
“23 | 331(a) | Crude
rubber; rubber waste; masticated rubber; powdered rubber: reclaimed rubber------------------------------------- per
lb.
| 2d.” |
By adding a new Item No.
24 as follows:— |
“24 | 331(d) | Rubber latex— |
on the
rubber content------------------------------------ per
lb.
| 2d.” |