CUSTOMS TARIFF.
No. 16 of 1922.
An Act relating to Duties of Customs.
[Assented to 28th September, 1922.]
BE it enacted by the King’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 1922.
(2.) The Customs Tariff 1921 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff 1921–1922.
Amendment of Tariff.
2. The Schedule to the Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule to this Act, and Duties of Customs are hereby imposed in accordance with the first-mentioned Schedule as amended by the last-mentioned Schedule.
Date from which new duties commence.
3. The duties imposed by the Schedule to this Act shall be deemed to have been imposed, and any article by that Schedule declared to be free of duty shall be deemed to have been free, as from the fourteenth day of September, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, at nine o’clock in the forenoon, Victorian time.
THE SCHEDULE.
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Amendments to the Schedule to the Custom Tariff 1921.
Item No. | Tariff Items. | British Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
136 (e) | By omitting from the item the whole of sub-item (e) (three times occurring) and inserting in its stead the following sub-item:— |
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| “(e) (1) Wire of No. 16 or finer gauge......ad val. | 20 per cent. | 30 per cent. | 35 per cent. |
| (2) Wire, fencing, of gauges No. 8 to 14, both gauges inclusive, for use only as fencing wire without further manufacture, or for such manufacturing purposes as may be prescribed by Departmental By-laws ad val. | Free | 5 per cent. | 10 per cent |
| (3) Wire, other.................per ton | 52s. | 72s. 6d. | 90s.” |
145 | By omitting from the item the following words:— |
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| “And on and after 1st January, 1922 |
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| per ton | 72s. | 90s. | 110s.” |
158 | By omitting the whole of the item and inserting in its stead the following item:— |
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| “158. Wire Netting...................ad val. | Free | 5 per cent. | 10 per cent.” |
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177 | By omitting from sub-item (a) of the item the words “Traction Engines n.e.i.”, and |
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| By omitting from sub-item (b) of the item the words “of a class or kind not made in Australia, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws”. |
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181 | By inserting in sub-item (a) (second time occurring) after the words “Measuring and Recording Instruments” the words “other than Alternating Current Recording Watt-hour Meters” and by inserting after that sub-item |
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| (a) the following:— |
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| “(aa) Alternating Current Recording Watt-hour Meters |
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| ad val. | 35 per cent. | 40 per cent. | 45 per cent.” |