CUSTOMS TARIFF (CANADIAN PREFERENCE).
No. 85 of 1952.
An Act to amend the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934–1950.
[Assented to 6th November, 1952.]
BE it enacted by the Queen’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 (Canadian Preference) 1952.
(2.) The Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934–1950, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934–1952.
Amendment of Tariff.
2. The Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934–1950 is amended as set out in the Schedule to this Act and duties of Customs are imposed in accordance with the first-mentioned Schedule as amended by the last-mentioned Schedule.
Time of Imposition of duties.
3. The time of the imposition of the duties of Customs imposed by this Act is the fourteenth day of November, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-one, 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
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Amendment of the Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934–1950.
Tariff Item. | Tariff on goods the produce or manufacture of Canada. |
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DIVISION XIV.—VEHICLES. |
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By inserting the following:— |
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“360. (a) Trucks, propelled by self-contained power, designed principally for loading unloading stacking or tiering of goods, and counterweighted or designed; to be counterweighted at the steering axle end to enable loads to be handled on forks or other attachments to elevating masts at the driving axle end, including any of the following equipment or attachments imported with and for use with such trucks, |
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Amendment of the Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) 1934–1950—continued.
Tariff Item. | Tariff on goods the produce or manufacture of Canada. |
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Division XIV.—Vehicles—continued. |
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viz., special forks, crane attachment, boom attachment, scoop attachment, roll-over or revolving head attachment, drum carrying attachment, side shifting attachment, squeeze gripping attachment, steady attachment or clamp lift, brick forks, bale carrying attachment, platform attachment, drum handling attachment, coal grab attachment, push pull attachment, pusher attachment, case grab attachment, and end or side dumping skip— |
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(1) Of lifting capacities up to and including 10,000 lb. weight. |
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ad val. | 22½ per cent. |
(2) Of lifting capacities in excess of 10,000 lb. weight-ad val. | 7½ per cent. |
(b) Trucks, elevating platform, propelled by self-contained power, and with platform elevation not exceeding 12 inches ad val. | 7½ per cent.” |