CUSTOMS TARIFF (No. 4).
No. 63 of 1959.
An Act relating to Duties of Customs.
[Assented to 12th November, 1959.]
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 (No. 4) 1959.
(2.) The Customs Tariff 1933–1958, as amended by the Customs Tariff 1959, by the Customs Tariff (No. 2) 1959 and by the Customs Tariff (No. 3) 1959, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section one of the Customs Tariff (No. 3) 1959 is amended by omitting sub-section (4.).
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff 1933–1959.
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 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 twelfth day of August, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine, 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.
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IMPORT DUTIES.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
DIVISION VII.—OILS, PAINTS, AND VARNISHES. | |||
229. By omitting sub-items (a), (b), (c) and (d) and inserting in their stead the following sub-items:— |
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“(a) (1) Power kerosine as defined by Departmental Bylaws per gallon | ½d. | ½d. | ½d. |
(2) Aviation turbine kerosine; kerosine and other refined petroleum burning oils, n.e.i.— |
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(a) As prescribed by Departmental By-laws per gallon | l½d. | l½d. | l½d. |
(b) Other------------------per gallon | 8d. | 8d. | 8d. |
“(b) Petroleum and shale products, viz.:— |
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(1) Crude petroleum, residual oil†, solar oil— |
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(a) For use in the treatment of metallic ores by the flotation process, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws per gallon | l½d. | l½d. | l½d. |
(b) For use as fuel provided that the recoverable gasoline content* of crude petroleum does not exceed 15 per cent., as prescribed by Departmental By-laws— |
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(1) For use in the gold mining industry | Free | Free | Free |
(2) For use as fuel in ships per gallon | Free | ½d. | ½d. |
(3) Other-----------------per gallon | 1d. | 1d. | 1d. |
(c) For use in the manufacture of gas, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws per gallon | 2½d. | 3d. | 3d. |
(2) Crude petroleum, crude petroleum enriched with a distillate from crude petroleum, residual oil†, and residual oil† enriched with a distillate from crude petroleum, for use in the production of petroleum products by distillation cracking or other similar processes or of petrochemicals, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws— |
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(a) Having a recoverable gasoline content* not exceeding 70 per cent. | Free | Free | Free |
(b) Having a recoverable gasoline content* exceeding 70 per cent.— |
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On the total recoverable gasoline content* per gallon | 1d. | 1d. | 1d. |
(3) Once-run distillate from crude petroleum for use in the production of petroleum products by distillation cracking or other similar processes or of petrochemicals, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws— |
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On the total recoverable gasoline content* per gallon | 1d. | 1d. | 1d. |
The Schedule—continued.
Import Duties—continued.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
Division VII.—Oils, Paints, and Varnishes—continued. | |||
229.—continued. |
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“(b)—continued. |
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(4) Crude petroleum n.e.i., crude petroleum enriched with a distillate from crude petroleum, n.e.i.— |
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(a) Having a recoverable gasoline content* not exceeding 70 per cent. per gallon | 5d. | 5½d. | 5½d. |
(b) Having a recoverable gasoline content* exceeding 70 per cent. per gallon | 1s. 0½d. | 1s. 0½d. | 1s. 0½d. |
(5) Once-run distillate from crude petroleum, n.e.i. per gallon | 1s. 0½d. | 1s. 0½d. | 1s. 0½d. |
(6) Solar and residual oils†, n.e.i.---------per gallon | 5d. | 5½d. | 5½d. |
(7) Crude lubricating distillate from crude petroleum for use in the production of mineral lubricating oils, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws per gallon | 5½d. | 6½d. | 8d. |
(8) Heavy distillate for use in the production of petroleum products (other than mineral lubricating oils) or of petrochemicals, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws | Free | Free | Free |
(9) Diesel fuel as defined by Departmental By-laws— |
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(a) As prescribed by Departmental By-laws— |
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(1) For use in the gold mining industry | Free | Free | Free |
(2) For use as fuel in ships per gallon | Free | ½d. | ½d. |
(3) For use in the manufacture of gas per gallon | 2½d. | 3d. | 3d. |
(4) Other per gallon | 1d. | 1d. | 1d. |
(b) Other---------------------per gallon | 1s. 1d. | 1s. 1d. | 1s. 1d. |
† Residual Oil for the purposes of this sub-item shall be as defined by Departmental By-law. | |||
* For the purposes of this sub-item the term “recoverable gasoline content’’ shall mean the quantity of gasoline recoverable by distillation when the crude petroleum, crude petroleum enriched with a distillate from crude petroleum, residual oil, residual oil enriched with a distillate from crude petroleum or once-run distillate from crude petroleum is tested in conformity with a method or methods prescribed by Departmental By-law. | |||
“(c) Gasoline and other petroleum or shale spirit, having a flash point of less than 73 degrees Fahrenheit when tested in an Abel Pensky closed test apparatus— |
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(1) For use in aircraft, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws per gallon | 9½d. | 9½d. | 9½d. |
(2) Other-------------------------per gallon | 1s. 0½d. | 1s. 0½d. | 1s. 0½d. |
“(d) Mineral turpentine— |
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(1) As prescribed by Departmental By-laws per gallon | ½d. | 1d. | 1d. |
(2) Other-------------------------per gallon | 1s. 0½d. | 1s. 0½d. | 1s. 0½d.” |
By omitting sub-item (i) and inserting in its stead the following sub-item:— |
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“(i) N.E.I.----------------------------per gallon | 6d. | 9d. | 9d.” |
By omitting sub-item (k) and inserting in its stead the following sub-item:— |
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“(k) Petroleum and shale oils— |
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(1) Medicinal, not compounded----------per gallon | Free | Free | 9d. |
(2) Colourless or pale straw, bloomless or nearly debloomed, n.e.i., not compounded per gallon | 6d. | 6d. | 9d. |
(3) N.E.I.-------------------------per gallon | 1s. 2d. | 1s. 5d. | 1s. 5d.” |