NT Customs Act 1875 (SA)

[Asscntcd to, 1 5 th October, 1875.1

W HEREAS i t is cxpcclirnt thaB certain Duties of Customs Preamble.

and certain Ihxties: under the Marine Board Acts should not be imposed within that portion of South Australia, known as the Northern Territory-Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of thc yrovince of South -inrstrczlin, with the advice and consent of the Lc@sl;~tivc Council smd House of Asscnibly of the said Province, in this prcscnt Parliament assembled, as follows:

l. After the passing of this Act, no duties of Customs shall be Collectionof Cu~~toma duties in Northern

imposed, levied, or collected within that portion of the said Province Tedtov	aboliahad.
annexed thereto by the Queen's Letters Patent, bearing date the sixth day of July, in the twenty-seventh year of her Majesty's reign, commonly known. as the Northern Territory.

2. X11 goods imported or brought from the said Territory to that exceptions Goode,. with ~mported certain

portion of thc said Provincc lying south of the twcnty-sixth praUel f,, Northern T~*.

of south latitude, shall be chargeable with the same Customs duties tor^ liabletoduties.

as woulcl be chargeable thereon if the same had been imported or brought from a foreign port: Provided that the Governor may, by Proclamatioii published in the Government Gazette, nnthorise the importation, duty free, during such period as shall be specified

in such Proclamation, of 1111 or any of the following products and

articles, that is to say-

I. Natural products of the soil actually raised or grown in the

said Territory:

N 11. Articles

46 38" & 39' VICTORIB, No. 11.

Abolition of Customs (Northern Territory) Act.-1875.

Ir. Articles rnstnufactured in the said Territory from such natnml

products:

upon proof give11 to the satisfaction of the Collector or Officers of Custonts that the same vere such natural products, or were so manufactured as aforesaid.

Drmvbiiclrs allowed (3. Goods may be exported from the said portion of the said Province

On from goods any other exported pa~tsof lying south of the twenty-sixth pa rde l of south latitude, to any port

c010.r to X O ~ ~ ~ W I I or landing-place in the said Territo~y, upon the same terms and with

Territory.	the same prlvilegcs as to drawback and otherwise as if such port or landing-place were a foreign port; and Act No. 12 of 1872, in- tituled "-4n Act to amend the Customs Act, 1864," shall be read and construed as if the words "and also all ports and landing-places in the Northern Territory" had been inserted in the second section of such Act immediately after the words, a in the said Colonies of Wew South Wales and Victoria.
Holders of goods
ent.itlrd to repayment	4. The Governor, npon appliciition made within six months from packages, in the said 'I'errito~y, upon which thc duty shall have actually been paid in the s ad Territory, or at any port in South Australia, may allow and cause to be repaid to such holder the amount of duty paid upon the said goocis.

duties actually the passing hereof, by the holder. of goods: in original m d unbroken

paid.

Ship in N o r t h n

Territory pelts 5, All ships (within the meaning of the term " ships " as defi~~ed

c ~ m p t c~~argea by the (' Marinc Board Act nf l860 ") entering, remaining in, and

leaving any port in the said Northern T ~ e i t o r ~ - shall be exempt

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from all 11strbor clucs, light dues, and chargcs imposed by the said

a '1SiIarine Board Act of 1860," and by " The Marinc Board Aniend-

ment Act, 1873."

Regulntionsnlaybe	G. The Govcrr~or may, from time to time, make, alter, ailcl hereof as shall bc necessary for carrying this: Act into eEcct, and may ttiercby fix the amount of penalty for the breach of
made.	rescind such ?:egulations not being inconsistent with the provisions
any such regu1:ttions. Such regulat,ions shall, whcn published in the
Gocernment Gazette, haw the force of law: and shall bc laid before
both IIouscs of Parlirtmcr~t within fourteen days after the making thereof, if Parliament be then sitting, :trd if Parliament be not sitting, then within fourteen clays after the commcncrment of the nest Session of Parlkmeut.

In the name anc! on behalf of Her Majctjty, I hereby

asscnt to this Rill,

A. MUSGRAVX, Governor.

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Adelaide : By authority, E. SPILLER, Acting G o v e m e n t Piiiter, Korth-terrace.