Excise Tariff Amendment Act (No. 3) 1997 (Cth)

No. 135, 1997

Excise Tariff Amendment Act (No. 3) 1997

No. 135, 1997

Excise Tariff Amendment Act (No. 3) 1997

An Act to amendthe Excise Tariff Act1921, and for related purposes

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Schedule1—AmendmentoftheExciseTariffAct1921 3

ExciseTariffAmendmentAct(No.3)1997

No.135,1997

An Act to amendthe Excise Tariff Act1921, and for related purposes

[Assentedto19September1997]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the ExciseTariffAmendmentAct(No.3)1997.

2Commencement

(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Schedule 1 is taken to have commenced on 7 August 1997.

3Schedule(s)

Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of the ExciseTariff Act 1921

1Item 6 of the Schedule

Repeal the item, substitute:

6 Tobacco (except tobacco delivered under item 8 or item 9A of this Schedule) $251.27 per kilogram

2Item 7 of the Schedule

Repeal the item, substitute:

7 Cigars (except cigars delivered under item 9A of this Schedule) $251.27 per kilogram

3Item 8 of the Schedule

Repeal the item, substitute:

8 Cigarettes (except cigarettes delivered under item 9A of this Schedule); fine-cut tobacco suitable for the manufacture of cigarettes (except goods delivered under item 6 or item 9A of this Schedule) $251.27 per kilogram

4Subparagraphs 11(A)(3)(b) and 11(A)(3)(c) of the Schedule

Repeal the subparagraphs, substitute:

(b) For use otherwise than in aircraft and having a lead content exceeding 13 milligrams per litre $0.44972 per litre

(c) For use otherwise than in aircraft and having a lead content not exceeding 13 milligrams per litre $0.42797 per litre

5Paragraph 11(B)(3) of the Schedule

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

(3) N.E.I. $0.42797 per litre

6Subparagraphs 11(C)(2)(a) and 11(C)(2)(b) of the Schedule

Repeal the subparagraphs, substitute:

(a) Having a lead content exceeding 13 milligrams per litre $0.44972 per litre

(b) Other $0.42797 per litre

7Paragraph 11(E)(2) of the Schedule

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

(2) Goods, as follows: (a) automotive diesel oil (b) industrial diesel fuel (c) marine diesel fuel $0.42797 per litre

8Subparagraph 11(G)(2)(b) of the Schedule

Repeal the subparagraph, substitute:

(b) Other $0.42797 per litre

9Application

The amendments made by this Act apply in respect of goods:

(a) that fall to an item, or to a paragraph or subparagraph of an item, of the Schedule to the ExciseTariffAct1921 as amended by this Act that is referred to in an item of this Schedule; and

(b) that are entered for home consumption on or after 7 August 1997.

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