Customs Act 1966
No. 28 of 1966
An Act to repeal section 141 of the Customs Act 1901-1965, and to amend that Act in relation to Decimal Currency.
[Assented to 24 May, 1966]
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 Act 1966.
(2.) The Customs Act 1901-1965 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Act 1901-1966.
Commencement.
2.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2.) Section 3 of this Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.
Duty on condensed articles.
3. Section 141 of the Principal Act is repealed.
Amendments in relation to decimal currency.
4. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule to this Act.
THE SCHEDULE Section 4.
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Amendments of the Principal Act in Relation to Decimal Currency
Provisions amended | Omit— | Insert— |
Section 19....................... | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
Section 24....................... | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
Section 28....................... | Fifty pounds | One hundred dollars |
Section 33....................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 37(3.)..................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 40....................... | Fifty pounds | One hundred dollars |
Section 40b(8.).................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 50(4.)..................... | Five hundred pounds | One thousand dollars |
Section 58....................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 59(1.)..................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 59(2.)..................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 60(1.)..................... | Fifty pounds | One hundred dollars |
Section 60(2.)..................... | Fifty pounds | One hundred dollars |
Section 60(3.)..................... | Fifty pounds | One hundred dollars |
Section 61....................... | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
Section 62....................... | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
Section 63....................... | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
Section 64....................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 65(1.)..................... | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
Section 65(2.)..................... | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
Section 66....................... | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
Section 67....................... | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
Section 73....................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 74....................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 75....................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 92....................... | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
Section 92a(1.).................... | Fifty pounds | One hundred dollars |
Section 93....................... | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
Section 103...................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 113...................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 114a(1.)................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 115...................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 116...................... | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
The Schedule—continued
Provisions amended | Omit— | Insert— |
Section118.................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 120................... | Fifty pounds | One hundred dollars |
Section 123(1.)................. | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 123(2.)................. | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 124................... | Fifty pounds | One hundred dollars |
Section 125................... | Fifty pounds | One hundred dollars |
Section 159................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 176................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 183p................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 185................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 188................... | Fifty pounds | One hundred dollars |
Section 191................... | Fifty pounds | One hundred dollars |
Section 192................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 197................... | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
Section 197a................... | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
Section 202................... | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
Section 210(2.)................. | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
Section 214(1.)................. | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 228................... | One thousand pounds | Two thousand dollars |
Section 232a................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 233(1.)................. | Five hundred pounds | One thousand dollars |
Section 233a................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 234................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 234a (1.)................ | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
Section 238................... | Ten pounds | Twenty dollars |
Section 245................... | Five hundred pounds | One thousand dollars |
Section 246................... | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 268................... | Twenty pounds | Forty dollars |
Section 268a(3.)(a).............. | One hundred pounds | Two hundred dollars |
Section 270(2.)................. | Fifty pounds | One hundred dollars |
Section 275a(2.)................ | Five hundred pounds | One thousand dollars |