CUSTOMS TARIFF (No. 3).
No. 60 of 1950.
An Act relating to Duties of Customs.
[Assented to 14th December, 1950.]
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 (No. 3) 1950.
(2.) The Customs Tariff 1933–1949, as amended by the Customs Tariff 1950 and by the Customs Tariff (No. 2) 1950, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section one of the Customs Tariff (No. 2) 1950 is amended by omitting sub-section (4.).
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff 1933–1950.
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 of imposition of duties.
3. The time of the imposition of the duties of Customs imposed by this Act is the twenty-seventh day of October, One thousand nine hundred and fifty, 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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Amendments of the Schedule to the Principal Act.
Import Duties.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
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DIVISION IV.—AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND GROCERIES. | |||
73. By omitting the whole item and inserting in its stead the following item:— |
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“73. Matches and Vestas of all kinds:— |
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(a) (1) Wax, in boxes containing 50 vestas or less per gross of boxes | 5s. 7d. | 6s. 7d. | 6s. 7d. |
(2) Wood, in boxes containing 70 matches or less per gross of boxes | 7s. 10d. | 8s. 9d. | 8s. 9d. |
(b) (1) Wax, in boxes containing over 50, but not exceeding 100 vestas per gross of boxes | 11s. 2d. | 13s. 2d. | 13s. 2d. |
(2) Wood, in boxes containing over 70, but not exceeding 140 matches per gross of boxes | 15s. 8d. | 17s. 10d. | 17s. l0d. |
(c) (1) Wax, for each additional 50 vestas or portion of 50 vestas per box, an additional duty per gross of boxes | 5s. 7d. | 6s. 7d. | 6s. 7d. |
(2) Wood, for each additional 70 matches or portion of 70 matches per box, an additional duty per gross of boxes | 7s. l0d. | 8s. 9d. | 8s. 9d. |
(d) N.E.I. per 1,000 matches or vestas | 11d. | 1s. 0½d. | 1s. 0½d. |
(e) When put up in boxes or in other form for retail sale, unless the number of matches or vestas contained in each box or other retail unit is printed or stamped thereon, in addition to the duties set out in (a), (b), (c), (d) above per gross of boxes | 2s. | 2s. | 2s. |
or per 1,000 matches or vestas |
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whichever rate is applicable. | 3d. | 3d. | 3d.” |