Customs Tariff (No. 5)
No. 136 of 1972
An Act relating to Duties of Customs.
[Assented to 2 November 1972]
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. 5) 1972.
(2.) The Customs Tariff 1966–1971, as amended by the Customs Tariff 1912, by the Customs Tariff (No. 2) 1972, by the Customs Tariff (No. 3) 1972 and by the Customs Tariff (No. 4) 1972,| is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section 1 of the Customs Tariff (No. 3) 1972, as amended by the Customs Tariff (No. 4) 1972, is amended by omitting sub-section (4.).
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff 1966–1972.
Commencement.
2. Except as otherwise provided, this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the twenty-ninth day of September, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two.
Amendments having effect from 29 September, 1972.
3. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the First Schedule to this Act.
Amendments having effect from 1 November, 1972.
4.—(1.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the last preceding section, is amended as set out in the Second Schedule to this Act.
(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of November, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two.
THE SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE Section 3.
AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT
AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE
1. In sub-item 73.29.1, after “and parts therefor”, insert “, not being goods falling within sub-item 73.29.2”.
2. After sub-item 73.29.1, insert the following sub-item:—
“73.29.2 | - Roller bush chain, inverted tooth sprocket chain or conveyor chain, being chain having a pitch not exceeding 25.4 millimetres, and parts therefor: |
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73.29.21 | - - As prescribed by by-law................... | 35% | 25% |
73.29.29 | - - Other............................... | 35%, and $8 per kg | 25%, and $8 per kg”. |
AMENDMENT OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE
After item 1479, insert the following items:—
“1479a | 73.29.21 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free |
1479b | 73.29.29 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free”. |
SECOND SCHEDULE Section 4.
AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3 OF THIS ACT
AMENDMENT OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE
Omit sub-item 44.15.1, insert the following sub-item:—
“44.15.1 | - Plywood, including plywood covered with any material | $0.0753 per m2, and $0.0136 per m2 for each mm in thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; or, if higher, 57½% | $0.0404 per m2, and $0.0073 per m2 for each mm in thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; or, if higher, 32½%”. |
AMENDMENT OF PART I. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE
Omit item 15, insert the following item:—
“15 | 44.15.1 | Not exceeding 23 millimetres in thickness............ | $0.0538 per m2, and $0.0102 per m2 for each mm in thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; or, if higher, 47½%”. |
AMENDMENT OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE
Omit item 823, insert the following item:—
“823 | 44.15.1 | Not exceeding 23 millimetres in thickness........... | (A): $0,032 per m2, and $0.0056 per m2 for each mm in thickness in excess of 5.5 mm; or, if higher, 26%”. |