Customs Amendment Act 1980
No. 15 of 1980
An Act to amend the law relating to duties of Customs
[Assented to 15 April 1980]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Customs Amendment Act 1980.
(2) The Customs Act 1901 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come into operation on the date on which the Customs Tariff (Uranium Concentrate Export Duty) Act 1980 comes into operation.
Export duties
3. Section 133 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
“(5) Duty imposed on Alligator Rivers Region uranium concentrate by the Customs Tariff (Uranium Concentrate Export Duty) Act 1980 shall be payable at the rate in force when that concentrate is exported and shall be paid before that concentrate is exported or within such further period as the Collector allows.”.
Alterations to agreements where duty altered
4. Section 152 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
“(3) Sub-section (1) does not apply in relation to duty imposed by the Customs Tariff (Uranium Concentrate Export Duty) Act 1980.”.