CUSTOMS TARIFF (No. 7).
No. 64 of 1939.
An Act relating to Duties of Customs.
[Assented to 15th December, 1939.]
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. 7) 1939.
(2.) Section one of the Customs Tariff (No. 6) 1939 is amended by omitting sub-section (4.).
(3.) The Customs Tariff 1933–1938, as amended by the Customs Tariff 1939, by the Customs Tariff (No. 2) 1939, by the Customs Tariff (No. 3) 1939, by the Customs Tariff (No. 4) 1939, by the Customs Tariff (No. 5) 1939, and by the Customs Tariff (No. 6) 1939, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff 1933–1939.
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 first day of December, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-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. Sec. 2.
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AMENDMENTS OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT.
IMPORT DUTIES.
Tariff Items. | British Preferential Tariff. | Intermediate Tariff. | General Tariff. | |
DIVISION XI.—JEWELLERY AND FANCY GOODS. | ||||
20. By omitting the whole of paragraph (1) of sub-item (c) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:— |
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“(1) Sensitized kinematograph film, unexposed— |
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(a) As prescribed by Departmental By-laws | Free | Free | Free | |
(b) Otherwise---------------per lineal foot | 1d. | 1d. | 1d.” | |
By omitting the whole of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) of sub-item (c) and inserting in its stead the fol-lowing sub-paragraph:— |
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“(a) Suitable for use only with home kinematographs per lineal foot | 1d. | 1d. | 1½d.” | |
By omitting the whole of clause (1) of sub-paragraph (c) (fourth time occurring) of paragraph (2) of sub-item (c) and inserting in its stead the following clause:— |
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“(1) (a) Film for exhibition purposes only and not imported for or intended for purposes of copying per lineal foot | 1d. | 5d. | 5d. | |
(b) Negative film or film imported for or intended for purposes of copying topical, scenic, travel-talk and similar films, serial films, and complete films not exceeding 2,000 lineal feet in length, as prescribed by Departmental By-laws per lineal foot | Free | 4d. | 4d.” | |
By omitting the whole of clause (3) of sub-paragraph (c) (fourth time occurring) of paragraph (2) of sub-item (c) and inserting in its stead the following clause:— |
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“(3) N.E.I.-------------------per lineal foot | 1d. | 5d. | 5d.” | |
By adding a further proviso to paragraph (2) of sub-item (c) as follows:— |
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“And provided further, that, in respect of this paragraph, where a film is imported containing more than one series of exposures placed side by side across its width, duty shall be charged on each series of exposures as if each series were a separate film.” |
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