CUSTOMS TARIFF (NEW ZEALAND PREFERENCE) (No. 2).
No. 39 of 1963.
An Act to amend the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1933-1962, as amended by the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) (No. 1) 1963.
[Assented to 20th September, 1963.]
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 (New Zealand Preference) (No. 2) 1963.
(2.) The Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1933-1962, as amended by the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) (No. 1) 1963, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section one of the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) (No. 1) 1963 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) 1933–1963.
Commencement.
2. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Amendment of Tariff in accordance with First Schedule.
3.—(1.) The Schedule to the Principal Act is amended as set out in the First Schedule to this Act and duties of Customs are imposed in accordance with the Schedule to the Principal Act as so amended.
(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the nineteenth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-three.
Amendment of Tariff in accordance with Second Schedule.
4.—(1.) The Schedule to the Principal Act as amended by the last preceding section is further amended as set out in the Second Schedule to this Act and duties of Customs are imposed in accordance with the Schedule to the Principal Act as so amended and as so further amended.
(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the twenty-fourth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-three.
THE SCHEDULES.
first schedule. Section 3.
Amendments of the Schedule to the Principal Act.
Consecutive No. | Tariff Item. | Tariff Rates on Goods the Produce or Manufacture of New Zealand. |
76. By omitting the item and inserting in its stead the following item:— | ||
“76 | 199 340 (d) Stereotypes, Electrotypes, Matrices, Halftone and Line Blocks— In sizes 6 square inches or smaller---------------- | 9d. per design per matrix or block. |
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| Other----------------------------------- | 9d. per design per matrix or block and, per square inch by which each and every design exceeds 6 square inches an additional duty of l½d.” |
106. By omitting the item and inserting in its stead the following item:— | ||
“106 | 337 Articles of paper or paperboard— (a) (2) Bags, not printed or embossed------------ 365 Regenerated cellulose— (b) (2) Bags n.e.i.------------------------- | £22 per ton or 20 per cent., ad val. whichever rate returns the higher duty.” |
First Schedule—continued.
Consecutive No. | Tariff Item. | Tariff Rates on Goods the Produce or Manufacture of New Zealand. |
108. By omitting the item and inserting in its stead the following item:— | ||
“108 | 336 Paper and paperboard cut to size or shape or in rolls or sheets or being articles— |
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| (d) Writing blocks, envelopes, letter cards, plain postcards, correspondence cards; boxes pouches wallets and writing compendiums of paper or paperboard, containing only an assortment of paper stationery— |
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| (1) Postcards, plain----------------------------------- | 17½ per cent., ad val. |
| (2) Other----------------------------------------- | 22½ per cent., ad val. |
| 337 Articles of paper or paperboard— |
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| (b) Box files letter trays storage boxes and similar articles of paper or paperboard of a kind commonly used in offices shops and the like | 22½ per cent., ad val. |
| (c) Registers, exercise books, note books, memorandum blocks, order books, receipt books, blotting pads, binders (loose-leaf or other) file covers and other stationery of paper or paperboard; sample and other albums and book covers of paper or paperboard— |
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| (3) Other----------------------------------------------- | 22½ per cent., ad val. |
| 340 (a) Christmas New Year Easter and Birthday cards; postcards and other greeting cards having pictorial designs thereon | 17½ per cent., ad val. |
| (c) Manufactured stationery n.e.i. (i.e. other than of paper or paper-board); fittings for loose-leaf binders, for files or for stationery books; letter clips; paper clips; indexing tabs (other than of paper or paperboard) | 17½ per cent., ad val. |
| 452 Date, sealing and similar stamps, not incorporating clock (time) movements, designed for operating in the hand | 17½ per cent., ad val.” |
109. By omitting the item and inserting in its stead the following item:— | ||
“109 | 337 Articles of paper or paperboard— |
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| (c)(2) Registers; account books, betting books, copy books, copying books, drawing books, exercise books, guard books, letter books, pocket books, receipt books, sketch books, note books, order books and the like | 22½ per cent., ad val. |
| 340 (b) Cheque books------------------------------------------ | 22½ per cent., ad val.” |
119. By omitting the item. | ||
SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.
Amendment of the Schedule to the Principal Act as Amended by Section Three of this Act.
Consecutive No. | Tariff Item. | Tariff Rates on Goods the Produce or Manufacture of New Zealand. |
74. By omitting the item and inserting in its stead the following item:— |
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“74 | Ex 176 (l) (4) (b) Pneumatically operated control valves-------------------- | 10 per cent. ad val. |
| Ex 208 (a) Valves, taps, tobies, hydrants and similar articles, of any material | 27½ per cent. ad val.” |