STATUTORY RULES
1966 No. 15
REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1965.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901-1965.
Dated this twenty-sixth day of January, 1966.
CASEY
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
(Sgd.) KEN ANDERSON
Minister of State for Customs and Excise.
Amendment of the Customs Regulations†
1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the fourteenth day of February, 1966.
2. Regulation 93 of the Customs Regulations is amended by omitting the scale of rent and charges in sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following scale:—
Item No. | Goods | Rent for Week or Part of a Week | Charge for Receipt and Delivery |
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| $ | $ |
1 | Wines, spirits, and other spirituous liquids (other than beer)— |
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| (a) per tun, puncheon, butt or pipe of more than 90 gallons. | 0.28 | 1.10 |
| (b) per hogshead of more than 71 gallons but not more than 90 gallons | 0.10 | 0.40 |
| (c) per hogshead of more than 40 gallons but not more than 71 gallons | 0.10 | 0.30 |
| (d) per barrel or quarter cask of more than 20 gallons but not more than 40 gallons | 0.07 | 0.22 |
| (e) per octave or smaller package of not less than 9 gallons but not more than 20 gallons | 0.05 | 0.15 |
| (f) per package containing less than 9 gallons.......... | 0.03 | 0.05 |
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 3 February 1966.
† Statutory Rules 1926, No. 203, as amended by Statutory Rules 1927, Nos. 17, 95 and 121; 1928, Nos. 47, 57, 74 and 95; 1929, Nos. 25, 56 and 127; 1930, Nos. 91, 138 and 140; 1931, Nos. 16, 42 and 90; 1932, No. 90; 1933, Nos. 21, 105, 106 and 129; 1934, Nos. 109 and 127; 1935, Nos. 1, 41, 69 and 113; 1936, Nos. 49 and 163; 1938, No. 111; 1939, No. 157; 1940, Nos. 203 and 256; 1946, Nos. 127 and 161; 1947, Nos. 29, 83, 94 and 152; 1948, No. 156; 1949, Nos. 34, 78, 95 and 111; 1950, No. 17; 1951, Nos. 34, 38, 71, 99, 106, 109 and 159; 1952, No. 96; 1953, No. 102; 1954, No. 21; 1955, Nos. 15, 32 and 66; 1956, Nos. 71, 83, 91 and 127; 1957, Nos. 57 and 76; 1958, No. 86; 1959, No. 106; 1960, Nos. 29 and 70; 1961, Nos. 60 and 144; 1962, Nos. 102 and 103; 1963, No. 149; and 1964, No. 141.
4144/65.—Price 6d. (5c) 9/14.12.1965
Item No. | Goods | Rent for Week or Part of a Week | Charge for Receipt and Delivery |
2 | Beer— | $ | $ |
| (a) per hogshead............................. | 0.08 | 0.25 |
| (b) per half-hogshead or barrel.................... | 0.05 | 0.18 |
| (c) per case................................. | 0.05 | 0.10 |
3 | Tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and snuff— |
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| (a) per package of not less than 90 lb net weight........ | 0.08 | 0.45 |
| (b) per package of not less than 40 lb net weight, but less than 90 lb net weight | 0.06 | 0.38 |
| (c) per package of less than 40 lb net weight........... | 0.04 | 0.35 |
4 | Drugs (including medicinal opium), per package........... | 0.10 | 0.12 |
5 | Timber, for each 100 superficial feet or measurement of less than 100 superficial feet | 0,07 | 0.17 |
6 | Dutiable postal articles— |
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| (a) per package.............................. | .. | 0.02 |
| (b) for each 3 lb net weight or part of 3 lb net weight..... | 0.02 | .. |
7 | Motor cars— |
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| (a) for each ton by weight or part of a ton............. | .. | 4.00 |
| (b) for each 40 cubic feet or measurement of less than 40 cubic feet | 0.25 | .. |
8 | Goods in respect of which the Collector directs that special precautions be taken because of their value, for every $200 or part of $200 in value | 0.18 | 0.10 |
9 | General merchandise— |
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| (a) per package, or in the case of a group of packages bearing the same import mark or being in the same consignment, per group of packages— |
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| (i) where the weight or aggregate of the weights, as the case may be, is more than 56 lb but not more than 560 lb and the measurement or the aggregate of the measurements, as the case may be, is more than 2 cubic feet but not more than 10 cubic feet | 0.10 | 0.60 |
| (ii) where the weight or aggregate of the weights, as the case may be, is more than 28 lb but not more than 56 lb and the measurement or the aggregate of the measurements, as the case may be, is more than 1 cubic foot but not more than 2 cubic feet | 0.05 | 0.40 |
| (iii) where the weight or aggregate of the weights, as the case may be, is not more than 28 lb and the measurement or the aggregate of the measurements, as the case may be, is not more than 1 cubic foot | 0.05 | 0.25 |
| (b) other general merchandise, for each 40 cubic feet or measurement of less than 40 cubic feet | 0.25 | 0.80 |
By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra