CUSTOMS TARIFF (No. 4).
No. 98 of 1960.
An Act relating to Duties of Customs.
[Assented to 14th December, 1960.]
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) 1960.
(2.) The Customs Tariff 1933-1959, as amended by the Customs Tariff 1960, by the Customs Tariff (No. 2) 1960 and
by the Customs Tariff (No. 3) 1960, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section one of the Customs Tariff (No. 3) 1960 is amended by omitting sub-section (4.).
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff 1933-1960.
Commencement.
2. Except as otherwise provided in 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.) The time of the imposition of the duties of Customs imposed by the last preceding sub-section is the twenty-eighth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and sixty, at nine o’clock in the forenoon, reckoned according to standard time in the Australian Capital Territory, and this section shall be deemed to have come into operation at that time.
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.) The time of the imposition of the duties of Customs imposed by the last preceding sub-section is the first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and sixty, at nine o’clock in the forenoon, reckoned according to standard time in the Australian Capital Territory, and this section shall be deemed to have come into operation at that time.
Amendment of Tariff in accordance with Second Schedule.
5.—(1.) The Schedule to the Principal Act as amended by the last two preceding sections is further amended as set out in the Third 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.) The time of the imposition of the duties of Customs imposed by the last preceding sub-section is the third day of January, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-one, at nine o’clock in the forenoon, reckoned according to standard time in the Australian Capital Territory, and this section shall come into operation at that time.
THE SCHEDULES.
FIRST SCHEDULE Section 3.
Amendments of the Schedule to the Principal Act.
IMPORT DUTIES.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
DIVISION V.—TEXTILES, FELTS AND FURS, AND MANUFACTURES THEREOF, AND ATTIRE. | |||
105; By omitting .paragraph (3) of sub-item (a) and inserting in its stead the following paragraphs— “(3) Woven piece goods, weighing six ounces or more per square yard, of types which, either as imported or when further processed, are principally used for furnishings drapes or upholstery, of cotton, of linen, or of fibre and mixtures, but not including— piece, goods containing 20 per cent or more by weight of man-made fibres piece goods containing wool bed tickings fabrics printed in fast colours chenille and pile fabrics, not being moquettes of the type used for upholstery ad val. | 37½ per cent. | 50 per cent. | 60 per cent.” |
By omitting from sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) of sub-item (d) the following letter and figure:— “(a) (3).” By omitting paragraph (4) of sub-item (É) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:— “(4) Moquettes of or containing wool, of types used for. Upholstery per square yard | 6d. | 6d. | 6d. |
and ad val. | 17½ per cent | 30 per cent. | 47½ per cent.” |
SECOND SCHEDULE. Section 4.
Amendments of the Schedule to the Principal Act as Amended by Section Three of this Act.
IMPORT DUTIES.
Tariff. Items. | British Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
DIVISION VI.—METALS AND MACHINERY. | |||
176. By omitting paragraph (2) of sub-item (k) and inserting, in its stead the following paragraphs— “(2) Meters n.e.i mechanically, or electrically operated, parts therefor and panels imported with and for use therewith, for measuring gas air steam oil water or other fluids, but not including— meters and parts therefor suitable for use in the retailing of petrol |
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Second Schedule—continued.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential. Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
Division VI.—Metals and Machinery—continued. | |||
176.—continued. “(2) Meters—continued. positive type water meters up to and including 3 inches in size and parts therefor, other than meters constructed for measuring hot water in boiler houses or engine houses inferential water meters of the turbine and disc types and parts therefor inferential water meters of the compound or combination types and parts therefor ad val. | Free | 7½ per cent. | 7½ per cent. |
“(3) Chlorination controllers and parts specially designed therefor ad val. | Free | 7½ per cent. | 7½ per cent. |
“(4) Gauges and controllers for water filtration plant and mechanisms for transmitting loss of head or rate of flow to such gauges, and parts specially designed therefor, not covered by paragraph (3) ad val. | Free | 7½ percent. | 7½ per cent. |
“(5) Gauges for indicating or recording liquid level in reservoirs canals rivers or tanks, and parts specially designed therefor, but not including gauges and parts therefor of the types used in motor vehicles for indicating the amount of petrol in the tank ad val. | Free | 7½ per cent. | 7½ per cent. |
“(6) CO and CO2 indicators and recorders and parts specially designed therefor and aspirators and filters for use therewith ad val. | Free | 7½ percent. | 7½ per cent. |
“(7) Regulating and controlling devices, automatic, for regulating temperature humidity pressure vacuum or rate of flow, and parts specially designed therefor, but not including goods covered by paragraph (3), item 175 (b) or item 175 (c) ad val. | Free | 7½ per cent. | 7½ per cent. |
“(8) Temperature measuring instruments, indicating or recording, and apparatus for remote indication or recording of temperature measurements, and parts therefor, operating on any of the following basic principles— mercury in steel bulb gas filled bulb vapour bulb potentiometer thermocouple thermo-electric pyrometer electrical resistance thermometer bimetallic strip------------------ad val. | Free | 7½ per cent. | 7½ per cent.” |
179. By omitting sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) of sub-item (h) and inserting in its stead the following sub-paragraph:— “(a) Two unit type or three unit type, for 6 volt or l2volt systems ad val. | 27½ per cent. | 40 per cent. | 40 per cent.” |
Second Schedule—continued.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
DIVISION VIII.—EARTHENWARE, CEMENT, CHINA, GLASS, AND STONE. | |||
250. By omitting from sub-item (h) the following word, letters and figures:— “item 176 (k) (2) (6)”, and inserting in their stead the following word, letter and figures:— “item 176 (k) (8)”. | . |
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DIVISION XVI.—MISCELLANEOUS. | |||
370. By inserting a new sub-item as follows:— “(c) Goods imported by or being the property of a Government of a country other than Australia, when for the official use of that Government and not for purposes of trade, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws | Free | Free | Free” |
376. By omitting the item and inserting in its stead the following item:— “376. (a) Baskets--------------------------ad val. | 15 per cent. | 32½ per cent. | 32½ per cent. |
(b) Gun revolver and pistol covers and cases----ad val. | 12½ per cent. | 27½ per cent. | 27½ per cent. |
(c) Travel goods (for example, trunks, suitcases, hat boxes, travelling bags, haversacks, knapsacks, rucksacks, kitbags), handbags, wallets, purses, satchels, brief cases, musical instrument cases, collar boxes, dressing cases, pouches, toilet bags, sports bags, tool cases, and similar containers, but not including containers covered by item 120(a), 309(a), 309(b), 322, 346, 390(a) (1) (b) or 413 (a)— (1) Of composition or covering wholly or principally of leather, composition leather, vulcanized fibre, artificial plastic material (rigid or flexible), paperboard or textile fabric, or combinations thereof, whether or not having a foundation of wood metal or other materials ad val. | 17½ per cent. | 45 per cent. | 45 per cent |
(2) Handbags and purses, n.e.i.------ad val. | 17½ per cent. | 45 per cent. | 45 per cent |
(3) Other, but not including containers covered by item 208 (d) (1) or hand-bags and purses ad val. | 17½ per cent. | 45 per cent | 45 per cent” |
377. By omitting the item and inserting in its stead the following item:— “377. (a) Kitbag frames---------------------ad val. | 22½ per cent. | 37½ per cent. | 45 per cent |
(b) Frames for ladies’ or children’s handbags; catches (not being fasteners covered by item 106 (g) or item 106 (h)) for wallets or for ladies’ or children’s handbags; purse frames ad val. | 17½ per cent. | 32½ per cent. | 40 per cent” |
THIRD SCHEDULE. Section 5
Amendments of the Schedule to the Principal Act as Amended by Sections Three and Four of this Act.
IMPORT DUTIES.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. |
DIVISION VI.—METALS AND MACHINERY. | |||
137. By omitting paragraph (3) of sub-item (a) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph :— “(3) Unwrought copper (refined or not)--------- | Free | Free | Free |
And for each £1 by which the determined price of copper at the date of exportation of the goods is less than £290 per ton, a duty of per ton | £1 | £1 | £1 |
For the purposes of this paragraph the determined price of copper shall be a weekly average, as determined by the Minister, of the London Metal Exchange quotations, expressed in Australian currency, for one ton of Electrolytic Copper Wire Bars.” |
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