CUSTOMS TARIFF (CANADIAN PREFERENCE).
No. 7 of 1948.
An Act to amend the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934–1939.
[Assented to 27th April, 1948.]
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, tie 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 (Canadian Preference) 1948.
(2.) The Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934–1939 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 (Canadian Preference) 1934–1948.
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.
Time for imposition of duties.
3. The time of the imposition of the duties of Customs imposed by this Act is the fifteenth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, at nine o’clock in the forenoon reckoned according to standard time in the Australian Capital Territory, and this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation at that time.
THE SCHEDULE.
——
Section 2. AMENDMENTS OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT.
Tariff Item. | Tariff on goods the produce or manufacture of Canada. |
|
|
DIVISION VI.—METALS AND MACHINERY. | |
157. By omitting:— |
|
“on and after 2nd April, 1936 |
|
157. Barbed wire -----------------------------------------per ton | 50s. |
And for each £1 by which the equivalent in Australian currency of £100 sterling is less than £125 at the date of exportation— |
|
An additional duty of---------------------------------per ton | 2s.” |
and inserting in its stead the following:— |
|
“ 157. Barbed wire------------------------------------------per ton | 50s.” |
By inserting after Item 157 the following:— |
|
“Ex 176. (O) Lifting jacks-------------------------------------each | 6s. 6d. |
or ad val. | 22½ per cent. |
whichever rate returns the higher duty.” |
|
DIVISION X.—WOOD, WICKER, AND CANE. | |
Ex 291. By omitting:— |
|
“(C) Logs, not sawn, viz.:— |
|
(2) Other— |
|
(b) N.E.I.------------------------------------ad val. | 20 per cent.” |
and inserting in its stead the following:— |
|
“(C) Logs, not sawn, viz.:— |
|
(2) Other— |
|
(b) N.E.I-------------------------------------ad val. | 17½ per cent.” |
* Act No. 5. 1934, as amended by Nos. 16 and 70. 1936. No. 5. 1938; and Nos. 58 and 61. 1939.
The Schedule—continued.
Tariff Item. | Tariff on goods the produce or manufacture of Canada. |
|
|
Division X.—Wood, Wicker, and Cane—continued. | |
Ex 291—continued. |
|
By omitting:— |
|
“(D) Spars in the rough— |
|
(2) Other --------------------------------------------ad val. | 20 per cent.” |
and inserting in its stead the following:— |
|
“(D) Spars in the rough— |
|
(2) Other--------------------------------------------ad val. | 17½ per cent.” |
By omitting:— “(K) Timber, bent or cut into shape, dressed or partly dressed, n.e.i. |
|
ad val. | 55 per cent.” |
and inserting in its stead the following:— |
|
“(K) Timber, bent or out into shape, dressed or partly dressed, n.e.i, |
|
ad val. By omitting:— | 47½ per cent.” |
“(M) Plywood including Plywood veneered with any material:— |
|
(1) Not exceeding three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness |
|
per 100 square feet | 5s. |
or ad val. | 55 per cent. |
whichever rate returns the higher duty. |
|
(2) Exceeding three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness but not exceeding seven-eights of an inch in thickness |
|
| |
per 100 square feet | 5s. |
with an additional duty for each one-sixteenth of an inch in thickness in excess of three-sixteenths of an inch per 100 square feet |
|
1s. 6d. | |
or, as an alternative to the cumulative fixed rates provided |
|
Above------------------------------------ad val. | 55 per cent. |
whichever rate returns the higher duty. |
|
(3) N.E.I.-------------------------------------------ad val. | 55 per cent,” |
and inserting in its stead the following:— |
|
“(M) Plywood including Plywood veneered with any material:— |
|
(1) Not exceeding three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness |
|
per 100 square feet | 5s. |
or ad val. | 47½ per cent. |
whichever rate returns the higher duty. |
|
(2) Exceeding three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness but not exceeding seven-eights of an inch in thickness |
|
| |
per 100 square feet | 5s. |
with an additional duty for each one-sixteenth of an inch in thickness in excess of three-sixteenths of an inch |
|
| |
per 100 square feet | 1s. 6d. |
or, as an alternative to the cumulative fixed rates provided |
|
Above-------------------------------------ad val. | 47½ per cent. |
whichever rate returns the higher duty. |
|
(3) N.E.I.-------------------------------------------ad val. | 47½ per cent.” |
By omitting:— |
|
“(N) Veneers— |
|
(1) The value for duty of which does not exceed 25s per 100 square |
|
Feet------------------------------------------ad val. | 27½ per cent. |
And in respect of paragraph (1)— |
|
For each £1 by which the equivalent in Australian currency of £100 sterling is less than £125 at the date of exportation— |
|
| |
An additional duty of --------------------------ad val. | .6 per cent. |
The Schedule—continued.
Tariff Item. | Tariff on goods the produce or manufacture of Canada. | |
|
| |
Division X.—Wood, Wicker, and Cane—continued. | ||
Ex 291—continued. |
| |
(2) The value for duty of which exceeds 25s per 100 square feet |
| |
per 100 square feet | 8s. | |
And in respect of paragraph (2)— |
| |
For each £1 by which the equivalent in Australian currency of £100 sterling is less than £125 at the date of exportation— |
| |
An additional duty of ----------per 100 square feet | 1.8d.” | |
and inserting in its stead the following: — |
| |
“(N) Veneers— |
| |
(1) The value for duty of which does not exceed 28s. 6d. per 100 |
| |
square feet--------------------------------------ad val. | 25 per cent. | |
(2) The value for duty of which exceeds 28s. 6d. per 100 square |
| |
Feet--------------------------------per 100 square feet | 8s.” | |
DIVISION XII.—HIDES, LEATHER, AND RUBBER. |
| |
328. By omitting :— |
| |
“328. Goloshes, rubber sand boots and shoes and plimsolls-------------per pair | 1s. 5d. | |
or ad val. | 25 per cent. | |
whichever rate returns the higher duty. |
| |
And for each £1 by which the equivalent in Australian currency of £100 sterling is less than £125 at the date of exportation— |
| |
An additional duty of-------------------------------per pair | .16d. | |
or ad val. | .2 per cent. | |
whichever is applicable.” |
| |
and inserting in its stead the following:— |
| |
“328. Goloshes, rubber sand boots and shoes and plimsolls------------per pair | 1s. 5d. | |
or ad val. | 22½ per cent. | |
whichever rate returns the higher duty.” |
| |
DIVISION XIV.—VEHICLES. |
| |
351. (B) (1) By omitting:— |
| |
“351. (B) (1) Brake and transmission linings------------------------ad val. | 25 per cent. | |
And in respect of paragraph (1)— |
| |
For each £1 by which the equivalent in Australian currency of £100 sterling is less than £125 at the date of exportation— |
| |
An additional duty of------------------------------ad val. | .6 per cent.” | |
and inserting in its stead the following:— |
| |
“351. (B) (1) Brake and transmission linings-----------------------ad val. | 22½ per cent.” | |
Ex 359. By omitting :— |
| |
“(J) Radiator assemblies when imported for use as original equipment of any goods covered by sub-item (D) of Item 359 per assembly | £1 12s. 6d. | |
And in respect of sub-item (J)— | ||
For each £1 by which the equivalent in Australian currency of £100 sterling is less than £125 at the date of exportation— |
| |
An additional duty of---------------------per assembly | 2.4d. | |
Radiator assemblies include the radiator core, upper and lower tanks, side members, anchorages, inlet and outlet sections, overflow pipe, baffle and filler neck but do not include the shell filler cap or drain cock” and inserting in its stead the following:— |
| |
“(J) Radiator assemblies when imported for use as original equipment of any goods covered by sub-item (D) of Item 359 per assembly |
| |
£1 12s. 6d. | ||
Radiator assemblies include the radiator core, upper and lower tanks, side members, anchorages, inlet and outlet sections, overflow pipe, baffle and filler neck but do not include the shell, filler cap or drain cock. |
| |
| ||