CUSTOMS TARIFF (PAPUA AND NEW
GUINEA PREFERENCE).
No.
25 of 1959.
An Act to amend
the Customs Tariff (Papua and New Guinea Preference) 1936-1958.
[Assented
to 29th April, 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 (Papua and New Guinea Preference) 1959.
(2.) The
Customs Tariff (Papua and New Guinea Preference) 1936-1958,
as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Papua and New
Guinea Preference) 1936-1959.
Amendment of Tariff.
2. The Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Papua and New
Guinea Preference) 1936-1958 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 twentieth day of March, 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.
—
Amendments of the Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Papua and New Guinea Preference) 1936-1958.
—
IMPORT
DUTIES.
Item
No. | Item
No. of Customs Tariff 1933-1959. | Item. | Rate
of Duty. |
22. By
omitting the following:— |
“paragraph
(1) of sub-item (n)” |
and inserting in its stead the
following:—
|
“sub-item
(n)”. |
* Act No. 84, 1936 as amended by
No. 80, 1950; No. 63, 1956; No. 64, 1957; and No. 40, 1958.
Import Duties—continued.
Item
No. | Item
No. of Customs Tariff 1933-1959. | Item. | Rate
of Duty. |
23. By omitting the item and
inserting in its stead the following item:—
|
“23 | 330 | Rubber
including latex,, natural, to which sub-item (a)
of item 330 in the Schedule to the Customs
Tariff 1933-1959, or that Act as amended from time to time, or as
proposed to be amended from time to time by a Customs Tariff alteration
proposed in the Parliament, applies; reclaimed rubber; waste rubber----------------
| Free” |
24.
By omitting, the item. |
25.
By omitting the item. |