CUSTOMS TARIFF (EXCHANGE ADJUSTMENT).
No. 4 of 1938.
An Act to amend the Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) Act 1933-1936.
[Assented to 6th June, 1938.]
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 (Exchange Adjustment) Act 1938.
(2.) The Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) Act 1933–1936, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) Act 1933–1938.
Amendment.
2. The Schedule to the Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) Act 1933–1936 is amended as set out in the Schedule to this Act
Further variation of duties.
3. All duties of Customs (other than primage duty and duty imposed by the Customs Tariff (Industries Presentation) Act 1921–1936, or any Act amending or in substitution for that Act), as varied in accordance with the Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) Act 1933–1936, are further varied in the manner provided by the last-mentioned Act in respect of the goods specified in the Schedule to that last-mentioned Act, as amended by this Act, or covered by the Customs Tariff Items so specified, as on and after the ninth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, at nine o’clock in (he forenoon, reckoned according to standard time in the Territory for the Seat of Government, and this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation at that time.
Section 2 THE SCHEDULE.
amendments to the schedule to the CUSTOMS TARIFF (EXCHANGE ADJUSTMENT) ACT 1933–1936.
by omitting “9”.
by omitting “11 (b)”.
by omitting “16”.
by omitting “42” and inserting in its stead “42 (a)” and “42 (b)”.
by omitting “44 (b) (2)”, “44 (c) (2)”, “44 (c) (3)”, “44 (d)”, “44 (e)” and “44 (f)”.
by omitting “64 (a)”.
by omitting “79”.
by omitting “84”.
by omitting “88”.
by omitting “89 (b)”.
by omitting “105 (f) (4)” and “105 (f) (5)”.
by omitting “116”.
by omitting “118 (b)”.
by omitting “120 (a)” and “120 (b)”.
by omitting “121 (a)”.
by adding after “130 (a)” the following:—”130 (b) (1) (b)”.
by omitting “131 (a)”.
by omitting “152 (a) (2)”, “152 (b) (2)” and “152 (c)”.
by omitting “153”.
by omitting “161 (c)”.
by omitting “173 (a)”.
by omitting “176 (c)” and “176 (h)”.
by omitting “180 (b) (1)” and “180 (b) (2) (b)”.
by omitting “181 (b)” and inserting in its stead “181 (b) (1)”.
by omitting “185” and inserting in its stead “185 (a)” and “185 (c)”
by omitting “203” and inserting in its stead “203 (b)”.
by omitting “204 (b)”.
by omitting “206 (d)”.
by omitting “209”.
by omitting “216 (b)”.
by omitting “231 (h)”.
by omitting “234 (a) except as to goods entered for home consumption on or after 29th November, 1935, and before the 2nd April, 1936”, “234 (b) and 234 (c)—Up to and including 30th November, 1936” and “234 (b) and 234 (c)—On and after 1st December, 1936.”
by omitting “237 (c)”.
by omitting “240”.
by omitting “241 (b)”.
by omitting “241 (c)” and “241 (c) except as to goods entered for home consumption on or after the 29th November, 1935, and before the 1st April, 1936”.
by inserting “241 (c) except as to goods entered for home consumption on or after the 9th December, 1937, and before the 20th May, 1938”.
by omitting “301 (d)”.
by omitting “303” and inserting in its stead “303 (b)”, “303 (c)” and “303 (d)”.
by omitting “334(i)”, “334 (j) (as to blotting paper only)”, “334 (o) (1)”, “334 (o) (4)”, “334 (q)” and “ 334 (s) (1)”.
by omitting “342”.
by omitting “343”.
by adding after “359 (g) (5)” the following:—“359 (i)”.
by omitting “419 (e) (2) only as to those goods the rate of duty on which is determined by an item specified in this schedule”.