Customs Tariff (No. 3)
No. 109 of 1971
An Act relating to Duties of Customs.
[Assented to 6 December 1971]
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. 3) 1971.
(2.) The Customs Tariff 1966–1970, as amended by the Customs Tariff 1971 and by the Customs Tariff (No. 2) 1971, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) Section 1 of the Customs Tariff (No. 2) 1971 is amended by omitting sub-section (4.).
(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff 1966–1971.
Commencement.
2. Except as otherwise provided, this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one.
Amendments having effect from 1 July, 1971.
3.—(1.) Section 17a of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting from paragraph (d) of sub-section (16.) the word “July” and inserting in its stead the word “January”; and
(b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—
“(17.) If, in column 4 in Part V. of the Fifth Schedule, the letter ‘(M)’ is specified in relation to a rate of duty—
(a) that rate of duty shall, in respect of goods entered for home consumption on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-three, and before the date specified in the next succeeding paragraph, be read as a reference to that rate reduced by one-quarter;
(b) that rate of duty shall, in respect of goods entered for home consumption on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-five, and before the date specified in the next succeeding paragraph, be read as a reference to that rate reduced by one-half;
(c) that rate of duty shall, in respect of goods entered for home consumption on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven, and before the date specified in the next succeeding paragraph, be read as a reference to that rate reduced by three-quarters; and
(d) there shall, in respect of goods entered for home consumption on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine, be deemed to be substituted for that rate of duty the word ‘Free’.”.
(2.) The Principal Act is amended as set out in the First Schedule to this Act.
Amendments having effect from 26 July, 1971.
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 twenty-sixth day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one.
Amendments having effect from 18 August, 1971.
5.—(1.) The Principal Act, as amended in accordance with the preceding sections of this Act, is amended as set out in the Third Schedule to this Act.
(2.) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the eighteenth day of August, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-one.
THE SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE Section 3.
AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT
AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE
1. Omit item 08.11, insert the following item:— | |||
“08.11 | * Fruit provisionally preserved by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water, in other preservative solutions or in any other manner, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption: |
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08.11.1 | - Passionfruit pulp........................ | $1.15 per gal | $0.92 per gal |
08.11.2 | - Cherries:.............................. |
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08.11.21 | - - As prescribed by by-law.................. | Free | Free |
08.11.29 | - - Other............................... | A temporary duty of $0.06 per lb; from and including the date after the date on which the temporary rate ceases to operate—Free | A temporary duty of $0.06 per lb; from and including the date after the date on which the temporary rate ceases to operate—Free |
08.11.9 | - Other................................. | $0.425 per gal | $0.225 per gal”. |
2. Omit note 5 to Chapter 15, insert the following notes:— |
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“5.—(1.) Where a mixture of castor oil and another oil or of castor oil and other oils falls within sub-item 15.07.1, the mixture shall, for the purposes of that sub-item, be deemed to consist— | |||
(a) if the mixture contains more than 50 per centum by weight of castor oil—wholly of castor oil; or | |||
(b) in any other case—wholly of the other oil or the principal oil, as the case may be. | |||
“(2.) In this note, ‘the principal oil’, in relation to a mixture of castor oil and other oils, means— | |||
(a) where there is an oil of which there is a greater quantity, by weight, than the other oil or each of the other oils—that oil; or | |||
(b) in any other case—such one of those oils as the Minister directs, not being an oil of which there is a lesser quantity, by weight, than another oil. | |||
“(3.) A reference to an oil in paragraph (a) or (b) of the last preceding sub-note is a reference to an oil other than castor oil. | |||
“6. Where a mixture of oils falls within item 15.07, being oil to which sub-item 15.07.1 does not apply, the mixture shall, for the purposes of a sub-item in item 15.07, be deemed to consist— | |||
(a) if one only of the oils is an oil of a kind referred to in that sub-item—wholly of that oil; | |||
(b) if two or more of the oils are oils of that kind and there is a greater quantity, by weight, of one of those oils than of any other—wholly of the oil of which there is a greater quantity; or | |||
(c) in any other case—wholly of such one of those oils as the Minister directs.”. | |||
3. Omit note 8 to Chapter 15. | |||
4. Omit items 15.07 and 15.08, insert the following items:— | |||
“15.07 | * Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified: |
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First Schedule—continued
4.—continued
15.07.1 | - Japan wax; myrtle wax; vegetable tallows; oil, or a mixture of oils, of any of the following kinds (not including a mixture containing an oil of another kind):— (a) almond oil; (b) apricot kernel oil; (c) avocado oil; (d) babassu oil; (e) castor oil; (f) coconut oil; (g) oiticica oil; (h) palm kernel oil; (i) palm oil; (j) pumpkin seed oil; (k) sesame oil; (l) tung oil; (m) walnut oil; (n) wheat germ oil: |
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15.07.11 | - - Castor oil............................. | $10.50 per ton | Free |
15.07.19 | - - Other................................ | Free | Free |
15.07.2 | - Olive oil............................... | $0.40 per gal | $0.35 per gal |
15.07.3 | - Maize oil; peanut oil; soya bean oil; rapeseed oil | $95 per ton | $63 per ton |
15.07.9 | - Other oil............................... | $95 per ton | $95 per ton |
15.08 | * Animal and vegetable oils, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown or polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas, or otherwise modified: |
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15.08.1 | - Epoxidised vegetable oil.................... | 40% | 40%, less $4 per ton |
15.08.2 | - Linseed oil and rapeseed oil, not being goods falling within sub-item 15.08.1 | $95 per ton | $95 per ton |
15.08.3 | - Safflower seed oil and soya bean oil, not being goods falling within sub-item 15.08.1 | $95 per ton | $91 per ton |
15.08.4 | - Castor oil, dehydrated, not being goods falling within sub-item 15.08.1 | $10.50 per ton | Free |
15.08.5 | - Other vegetable paint oils.................... | Free | Free |
15.08.6 | - Other vegetable oils....................... | $6 per ton | Free |
15.08.7 | - Animal oils............................. | $0.025 per gal | Free”. |
5. Omit sub-item 20.04.3, insert the following sub-item:— | |||
“20.04.3 | - Cherries............................... | A temporary duty of $0.22 per lb; from and including the date after the date on which the temporary rate ceases to operate—Free | A temporary duty of $0.22 per lb; from and including the date after the date on which the temporary rate ceases to operate—Free”. |
6. Omit item 22.03, insert the following item:— | |||
“22.03 | * Beer made from malt: |
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22.03.1 | - Containing more than 2% of proof spirit.......... | $1.37 per gal | $1.26 per gal |
22.03.9 | - Other................................. | 27½% | 17½%”. |
First Schedule—continued
7. Omit sub-item 47.01.1, insert the following sub-items:— | |||
“47.01.1 | - Softwood pulp, as prescribed by by-law; pulp, other than softwood pulp, for use in the manufacture of paper or as furnish in the manufacture of other goods | Free | Free |
47.01.2 | - Softwood pulp for use in the manufacture of paper or as furnish in the manufacture of other goods | 20% | 20%”. |
8. Omit item 48.10, insert the following item:— | |||
“48.10 | * Cigarette paper, cut to size, whether or not in the form of booklets or tubes: |
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48.10.1 | - In rolls for use in the manufacture of cigarettes by a person who is a manufacturer for the purposes of the Excise Act 1901–1968 | 50% | 27½% |
48.10.9 | - Other............................. | $0.017 per 60 tubes, papers, or the equivalent thereof | $0.017 per 60 tubes, papers, or the equivalent thereof”. |
9. Omit sub-item 65.06.2, insert the following sub-item:— | |||
“65.06.2 | - Of furskin or of sheet paper or sheet paperboard, not being goods falling within sub-item 65.06.1 | 65% | 40%”. |
10. Omit item 67.02, insert the following item:— | |||
“67.02 | * Artificial flowers, foliage or fruit and parts therefor; goods made of artificial flowers, foliage or fruit | Free | Free”. |
11. Omit sub-item 68.16.1, insert the following sub-item:— | |||
“68.16.1 | - Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory constructional goods | 20% | 10%”. |
12. Omit items 69.01, 69.02 and 69.03, insert the following items:— | |||
“69.01 | * Heat-insulating bricks, blocks, tiles and other heat-insulating goods of infusorial earths, of kieselguhr, of siliceous fossil meal or of similar siliceous earths | 20% | 10% |
69.02 | * Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory constructional goods, other than goods falling within item 69.01 | 20% | 10% |
69.03 | * Other refractory goods (including retorts, crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs, supports, cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths and rods), other than goods falling within item 69.01 | 20% | 10%”. |
13. Omit item 73.34, insert the following item:— | |||
“73.34 | * Pins (other than hatpins or other ornamental pins or drawing pins), hairpins and curling grips, of iron or steel: |
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73.34.1 | - Ordinary pins with solid metal heads; bobby pins; curling grips | 30% | 20% |
73.34.9 | - Other............................. | 7½% | Free”. |
14. Omit item 74.19, insert the following item:— | |||
“74.19 | * Other goods made of copper: |
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74.19.1 | - Ordinary pins with solid metal heads; bobby pins; curling grips | 30% | 20% |
74.19.2 | - Pins, other.......................... | 7½% | Free |
First Schedule—continued
14.—continued
74.19.3 | - Smoking requisites and parts therefor............ | 35% | 20% |
74.19.4 | - Furniture and parts therefor, not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item; stationery and parts therefor; travel goods, handbags, wallets, vanity compacts and similar goods and parts therefor | 45% | 17½% |
74.19.5 | - Parts or fittings of a kind used solely or principally in ships, boats or other vessels | 37½% | 27½% |
74.19.9 | - Other................................. | 52½% | 27½%”. |
15. Omit note 14 to Chapter 84. | |||
16. Omit sub-item 84.02.1, insert the following sub-items:— | |||
“84.02.1 | - Economisers, flue-heated, of cast-iron or cast-iron clad | 7½% | Free |
84.02.2 | - Other flue-heated economizers................ | 7½%, and a temporary duty of 20% | A temporary duty of 20%; from and including the date after the date on which the temporary rate ceases to operate—Free”. |
17. Omit sub-items 84.21.6 and 84.21.7, insert the following sub-items:— | |||
“84.21.6 | - Power operated garden and field spraying machines; appliances of a kind commonly used for spraying or dispersing pesticides or herbicides, not hand or foot operated | 25% | 5% |
84.21.7 | - Garden or field irrigators, not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item; hand or foot operated appliances of a kind commonly used for spraying or dispersing pesticides or herbicides; appliances of a kind used solely or principally for spraying paints, enamels, lacquers, varnishes and the like or for spraying powders, not being goods falling within a preceding sub-item | 45% | 22½%”. |
18. Omit sub-item 84.23.5, insert the following sub-item:— | |||
“84.23.5 | - Diamond drilling machines: |
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84.23.51 | - - Drill rods or pipes........................ | 20% | 10% |
84.23.59 | - - Other................................ | 30% | 20%”. |
19. Omit paragraph 84.23.91, insert the following paragraph:— | |||
“84.23.91 | - - Coal cutting machines; rotary and percussive rock drills | 7½% | Free”. |
20. Omit note 6 to Chapter 97. | |||
21. Omit item 97.05, insert the following item:— | |||
“97.05 | * Carnival articles; entertainment articles (including articles designed for conjuring tricks or novelty jokes); Christmas tree decorations and similar articles for Christmas festivities (including artificial Christmas trees, Christmas stockings, imitation yule logs, Nativity scenes and figures therefor) | 30% | 20%”. |
First Schedule—continued
AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE
1. Omit— |
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“73.34.39 | ”, |
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“73.34.9...... | Goods other than— (a) safety pins, not being gold or silver plated or packed in fancy boxes; or (b) hairpins (other than bobby pins) not being gold or silver plated or packed in fancy boxes”. |
2. Omit— |
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“74.19.49 | ”, |
insert— |
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“74.19.2...... | Goods other than safety pins not being safety pins that are gold or silver plated or packed in fancy boxes”. |
3. Omit— |
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“84.23.5 | ”, |
insert— |
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“84.23.51 | ”. |
AMENDMENT OF PART I. OF THE THIRD SCHEDULE
Omit— |
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“Sub-item | 73.34.1 |
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Sub-item | 74.19.2 | ”. |
AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE THIRD SCHEDULE
1. After— |
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“Sub-item | 46.02.9 | ” |
insert— |
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“Sub-item | 48.10.1 | ”. |
2. Omit— |
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“Sub-item | 65.06.2 | ”, |
insert— |
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“Sub-item | 65.06.2....... | Goods of sheet paper and sheet paper board”. |
3. Omit— |
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“Paragraph | 68.16.19 |
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Sub-item | 69.02.9 |
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Paragraph | 69.03.91 | ”. |
4. Omit— |
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“Paragraph | 73.34.31 | ”. |
5. Omit— |
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“Sub-item | 74.19.3 |
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Paragraph | 74.19.41 | ”. |
6. Omit— |
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“Sub-item | 84.21.7....... | Goods other than lawn sprinklers”, |
insert— |
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“Sub-item | 84.21.7....... | Goods other than garden or field irrigators”. |
7. Omit— |
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“Sub-item | 97.05.3 |
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AMENDMENTS OF PART IV. OF THE THIRD SCHEDULE
1. Omit— |
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“Sub-item | 69.03.2 | ”. |
2. Omit— |
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“Sub-paragraph | 74.19.599 |
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Paragraph | 74.19.99 | ”, |
insert— |
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“Sub-item | 74.19.9 | Goods wholly of brass, bronze or gunmetal”. |
3. Omit— |
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“Paragraph | 97.05.91 | ”. |
First Schedule—continued
AMENDMENT OF PART I. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE
Omit item 43, insert the following item:— | |||
“43 | 74.19.5 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | 30%”. |
AMENDMENTS OF PART III. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE
1. After item 2 insert the following item:— | |||
“3 | 08.11.1 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | $0.92 per gal”. |
2. Omit items 5 and 6. | |||
AMENDMENTS OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE
1. Omit item 42, insert the following items:— | |||
“42 | 07.01.9 | Capers and olives............................... | Free |
42a | 07.01.9 | Goods not being goods falling within the preceding item | 22½%”. |
2. After item 73 insert the following items:— | |||
“74 | 08.11.1 | Passionfruit pulp in packs of a gallon or more | $0.82 per gal |
75 | 08.11.29 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free”. |
3. Omit item 79a. | |||
4. Omit item 88, insert the following item:— | |||
“88 | 11.02 | Groats and meal, other than of wheat, maslin, maize or oats | Free”. |
5. Omit items 112 to 117c (inclusive), insert the following items:— | |||
“112 | 15.07.11 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free |
113 | 15.07.19 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free |
114 | 15.07.2 | Oil in bulk or in packs exceeding one gallon............. | (A): $0.28 per gal |
115 | 15.07.3 | Rapeseed oil, rapeseed oil mixtures; other oil in bulk or in packs exceeding one gallon | Free |
116 | 15.07.9 | Safflower seed oil.............................. | To and including 31 December 1971— $27 per ton From and including 1 January 1972, to and including 31 December 1973—$13.50 per ton From and including 1 January 1974—Free |
117 | 15.07.9 | Oil in bulk or in packs exceeding one gallon, other than safflower seed oil | Free”. |
6. Omit item 210b, insert the following item:— | |||
“210b | 22.03.1 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | $1.1375 per gal”. |
7. Omit item 210c. | |||
First Schedule—continued
8. After item 219 insert the following item:— |
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“220 | 22.10 | Apple cider vinegar................... | Free”. |
9. Omit item 491, insert the following items:— | |||
“491 | 35.03.1 | Edible gelatin....................... | (M): 20%, or, if higher, $0.08 per lb |
491a | 35.03.1 | Goods not being goods falling within the preceding item | 30%, or, if higher, $0.117 per lb”. |
10. Omit items 571a to 571c (inclusive), insert the following items:— | |||
“571a | 38.14.1 | Oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors and similar prepared additives for mineral oils | (M): 12% |
571b | 38.15.1 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | (D): 24% |
571c | 38.15.2 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | (D): 12% |
571d | 38.15.9 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free”. |
11. After item 592 insert the following item:— | |||
“592a | 39.07.53 | Flat shapes of hardened casein, cut from rod or sheet but not further worked | (M): 18%”. |
12. Omit items 606a to 606c (inclusive), insert the following items:— | |||
“606a | 40.07 | Thread and cord composed wholly of unhardened vulcanised rubber | (M): 16% |
606b | 40.08.11 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | 12½% |
606c | 40.08.19 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | 25% |
606d | 40.08.9 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | 12½%”. |
13. Omit item 612b, insert the following items:— | |||
“612b | 40.14.9 | Unmounted characters for use with goods of a kind falling within item 98.07 in the First Schedule | (M): 10% |
612c | 40.16 | Floats for fishing nets................... | Free”. |
14. Omit item 684, insert the following items:— | |||
“684 | 44.14.91 | Sheets of wood veneer covered on both sides with kraft paper | Free |
684a | 44.14.91 | Goods not being goods falling within the preceding item | (A): 10%”. |
15. After item 701 insert the following item:— | |||
“701a | 47.01.2 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free”. |
16. Omit items 762 and 762a, insert the following items:— | |||
“762 | 48.10.1 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free |
762a | 48.10.9 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | $0.0145 per 60 tubes, papers, or the equivalent thereof”. |
First Schedule—continued
17. Omit item 772a, insert the following items:— | |||
“772a | 48.15.4 | Dress pattern envelopes, printed and cut to shape | Free |
772b | 48.15.5 | Goods other than— (a) sheets not exceeding 400 square inches in area; or (b) strips not exceeding 400 square inches in area | Free”. |
18. Omit item 773a, insert the following items:— | |||
“773a | 48.16.1 | Gramophone record covers................... | (M): 18%, or, if higher, $0.06 per lb |
773b | 48.16.91 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | 27½%”. |
19. After item 775a insert the following items:— | |||
“775b | 48.21.3 | Patterns for apparel (excluding patterns for apparel packed in envelopes) | Free |
775c | 48.21.9 | Solid rods or sticks of circular cross-section...... | (M):22%”. |
20. After item 900a insert the following item:— | |||
“900b | 59.02 | Felts not including needleloom felts or articles of felt | Free”. |
21. Omit item 994f, insert the following item:— | |||
“994f | 62.04 | Sails and tents........................... | To and including 30 June 1973—5% From and including 1 July 1973—Free”. |
22. Omit item 1018, insert the following item:— | |||
“1018 | 65.06.9 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | 22½%”. |
23. After item 1033 insert the following item:— | |||
“1033a | 68.14.1 | Goods not being goods falling within the preceding item | (M): 22%”. |
24. After item 1034 insert the following items:— | |||
“1034a | 68.15 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | (A): 10% |
1034b | 68.16.1 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free |
1034c | 69.01 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free |
1034d | 69.02 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free”. |
25. Omit item 1035, insert the following item:— | |||
“1035 | 69.03 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free”. |
26. After item 1036 insert the following item:— | |||
“1036a | 70.03.9 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | (M): 10%”. |
First Schedule—continued
27. After item 1042b insert the following items:— | |||
“1042c | 70.14.1 | Illuminating glassware, other than electric lighting glassware | (M): 18% |
1042d | 70.14.2 | Illuminating glassware, other than electric lighting glassware | (M): 10%”. |
28. Omit item 1045a, insert the following item:— | |||
“1045a | 70.14.99 | Goods, as follows:— (a) illuminating glassware, other than glasses for miner’s safety lamps and electric lighting glassware; (b) magnifying glasses | Free”. |
29. Omit item 1071, insert the following items:— | |||
“1071 | 71.12.9 | Wrist straps and wrist bands for watches | (M): 18% |
1071a | 71.12.9 | Goods not being goods falling within the preceding item | 22½%”. |
30. Omit items 1076 and 1077, insert the following items:— | |||
“1075b | 71.15 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | 22½% |
1076 | 71.16 | Wrist straps and wrist bands for watches | (M): 18% |
1077 | 71.16 | Goods, not being goods falling within the preceding item | 22½%”. |
31. Omit items 1099 to 1099b (inclusive), insert the following items:— | |||
“1099 | 73.31.9 | Goods, as follows:— (a) nails, hook-nails and corrugated nails of a kind used solely or principally by boot-makers; (b) tacks | Free |
1099a | 73.31.9 | Goods, not being goods falling within the preceding item | $0.002 per lb |
1099b | 73.32.91 | Screws for wood..................... | 10% |
1099c | 73.32.91 | U-bolts and shackle bolts................ | 27½%”. |
32. Omit item 1103. | |||
33. Omit items 1115a and 1115b, insert the following items:— | |||
“1115a | 73.38.9 | Enamelled sanitary ware, other than baths..... | (M): 18% |
1115b | 73.38.9 | Enamelled ware, other than— (a) capacity measures; or (b) sanitary ware falling within the preceding item | 22½% |
1115c | 73.39 | Iron or steel wool.................. | 10%”. |
34. Omit items 1125 and 1125a, insert the following items:— | |||
“1124d | 74.04.9 | Plates, sheets and strip of unalloyed copper whether or not cut to non-rectangular shape, not worked, or decorated but not further worked | (H): 10% |
1125 | 74.04.9 | Goods of unalloyed copper, other than corrugated or perforated, not being goods falling within the preceding item | (H): 22% |
1125a | 74.05.1 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | (M): 20%”. |
First Schedule—continued
35. Omit items 1133c to 1133f (inclusive), insert the following items:— | |||
“1133c | 74.15 | Rivets of unalloyed copper, not being rivets falling within a preceding item | (M): 18% |
1133d | 74.15 | Washers and spring washers, of unalloyed copper, not being goods falling within a preceding item | 22½% |
1133e | 74.15 | Cotters and cotter-pins, not being goods falling within a preceding item | (M):22% |
1133f | 74.15 | Screws of a kind not suitable for use with nuts, not being goods falling within a preceding item | 17½% |
1133g | 74.15 | Goods, as follows:— (a) rivets of copper alloys; (b) screw studs and studding; (c) taper pins; and (d) threaded spikes and studs for footwear, not being goods falling within a preceding item | (M): 24%, less $0.0024 per lb |
1133h | 74.15 | Goods not being goods falling within a preceding item | 30%, less $0.003 per lb”. |
36. Omit items 1137 to 1140b (inclusive), insert the following items:— | |||
“1137 | 74.19.1 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free |
1138 | 74.19.9 | Sprinklers for perfume bottles............... | Free |
1139 | 74.19.9 | Machine belt fasteners.................... | 20% |
1140 | 74.19.9 | Nose rings for animals; clips, tags, rings and the like, for the identification of animals, birds or fish | (D): 22%”. |
37. After item 1160 insert the following item:— | |||
“1161 | 76.16.9 | Goods, as follows:— (a) seals and glands for use with mineral insulated metal sheathed cables; (b) sign animation material | (M): 20%”. |
38. Omit item 1198, insert the following items:— | |||
“1198 | 80.03 | Goods of tin alloys, whether or not cut to non-rectangular shape, not worked, or decorated but not further worked | (M): 20% |
1198a | 80.03 | Goods not being goods falling within the preceding item | (M): 22%”. |
39. After item 1231 insert the following item:— | |||
“1231a | 82.01.2 | Hoes and rakes......................... | (M): 20%”. |
40. Omit item 1287b, insert the following item:— |
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“1287b | 82.11.9 | Goods, as follows:— (a) safety razors; (b) safety razor blades; (c) razor blade blanks; (d) parts of razors | Free”. |
41. Omit item 1298b, insert the following item:— | |||
“1298b | 83.07.9 | Goods, as follows:— (a) lamps and parts therefor, of a kind specially designed for use in lighthouses or as harbour or airport beacons; (b) lamps specially designed for use in photographic printing; (c) ship and aircraft navigation lamps | Free”. |
First Schedule—continued
42. After item 1311 insert the following item:— | |||
“1311a | 84.02.2 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free”. |
43. Omit items 1329c to 1329e (inclusive), insert the following items:— | |||
“1329c | 84.17.5 | Laboratory equipment, as follows:— (a) hot air, sterilising or drying ovens; (b) temperature controlled cabinets; (c) water baths; (d) water stills | (M): 22% |
1329d | 84.17.6 | Laboratory equipment, as follows:— (a) hot air, sterilising or drying ovens; (b) temperature controlled cabinets; (c) water baths; (d) water stills | (M): 14% |
1329e | 84.17.6 | Goods not being goods falling within the preceding item | 30% |
1329f | 84.17.9 | Laboratory equipment, as follows:— (a) hot air, sterilising or drying ovens; (b) temperature controlled cabinets; (c) water baths; (d) water stills | (M): 22% |
1329g | 84.17.9 | Machines specially designed for use in the sugar industry | 22½% |
1329h | 84.17.9 | Digesters; manure drying machines; wool drying machines | 17½%”. |
44. Omit item 1332, insert the following items:— | |||
“1331a | 84.18.3 | Centrifuges, being domestic hydro-extractors, that is to say, clothes dryers | 17½% |
1332 | 84.18.3 | Centrifuges, not being goods falling within a preceding item | (M): 14%”. |
45. Omit item 1337, insert the following items:— | |||
“1337 | 84.19.9 | Dish washing machines, non-domestic and parts therefor | (M): 14% |
1337a | 84.19.9 | Goods, as follows:— (a) dish washing machines, not falling within the preceding item; (b) machinery for washing bottles or other containers | 17½%”. |
46. Omit items 1339 and 1339a, insert the following items:— | |||
“1338e | 84.20.9 | Machines, as follows:— (a) balances, sensitive to 500 milligrammes or better; (b) weight-count machines (weighing and counting scales) | Free |
1339 | 84.20.9 | Machines, not being machines falling within the preceding item | To and including 31 December 1971—10% From and including 1 January 1972, to and including 31 December 1973—7% From and including 1 January 1974, to and including 31 December 1975—3½% From and including 1 January 1976—Free |
1339a | 84.21.2 | Steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines | (M): 22%”. |
First Schedule—continued
47. Omit item 1350, insert the following items:— | |||
“1349e | 84.23.59 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free |
1350 | 84.23.91 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free”. |
48. After item 1463c insert the following item:— | |||
“1463d | 84.59.9 | Plastic injection and blow moulding machines..... | (M): 22%”. |
49. Omit item 1470, insert the following items:— | |||
“1470 | 84.61.99 | Petrol dispensing nozzles, automatic shut-off type | (M): 22% |
1470a | 84.61.99 | Goods, not being goods falling within the preceding item | 27½%”. |
50. After item 1567 insert the following items:— | |||
“1567a | 87.14.219 | Trailer axle assemblies having a rated carrying capacity of 3 tons or exceeding 3 tons | In respect of a component specified in note 9 to Chapter 87 in the First Schedule—the rate of duty set out in column 4 in the tariff classification in the First Schedule that would apply to the component if it were imported separately; in respect of the remainder of the goods—(M): 22% |
1567b | 87.14.29 | Trailer axle assemblies having a rated carrying capacity of 3 tons or exceeding 3 tons | (M): 22%”. |
51. Omit items 1668g and 1668h, insert the following items:— | |||
“1668g | 91.04.1 | Goods other than synchronous motor clocks...... | (M): 22% |
1668h | 91.04.9 | Battery operated clocks................... | Free |
1668j | 91.04.9 | Electrically operated clocks, not being goods falling within the preceding item | (M): 14% |
1668k | 91.04.9 | Goods, not being goods falling within the preceding item | (M): 16%”. |
52. Omit item 1718b, insert the following item:— | |||
“1718b | 97.05 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free”. |
53. After item 1719a insert the following items:— | |||
“1719b | 97.06.1 | Cricket balls.......................... | Free |
1719c | 97.06.9 | Snow skis made from artificial plastic material, reinforced with glass fibre | (M): 14%”. |
54. Omit item 1721a, insert the following item:— | |||
“1721a | 97.06.9 | Tennis balls........................... | Free”. |
55. After item 1723 insert the following item:— | |||
“1723a | 98.01.11 | Button blanks of hardened casein............. | (M): Four-fifths of an amount per gross equal to the product of $0.012 and the number of lignes (disregarding any fraction) in the diameter of the goods, that is to say, in the maximum transverse measurement of the goods, less 12½%”. |
First Schedule—continued
56. Omit item 1733b, insert the following item:— | |||
“1733b | 98.07 | Goods not being goods falling within a preceding item | (M): 14%”. |
AMENDMENT OF PART VIa. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE | |||
After item 1 insert the following item:— | |||
“2 | 21.05.19 | Goods prepared from fish, crustaceans or molluscs | $0.019 per lb”. |
AMENDMENTS OF PART VII. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE | |||
1. After item 7 insert the following item:— | |||
“8 | 08.11.1 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | $0.92 per gal”. |
2. Omit items 20 and 21. | |||
SECOND SCHEDULE Section 4.
AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3 OF THIS ACT
AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE
1. After note 13 to Chapter 84 insert the following notes:—
“14. The following goods are specified for the purposes of sub-item 84.52.1, that is to say—
(a) goods that—
(i) were in transit to Australia on 9 June 1971; and
(ii) are entered for home consumption within 21 days after importation; or
(b) goods that—
(i) the Collector is satisfied were on firm order overseas on or before 1 January 1971; and
(ii) are entered for home consumption on or before 30 June 1972.
“15. The following goods are specified for the purposes of sub-item 84.55.2, that is to say, goods that—
(a) were in transit to Australia on 9 June 1971; and
(b) are entered for home consumption within 21 days after importation.”.
2. Omit item 84.52, insert the following item:— | |||
“84.52 | * Calculating machines; accounting machines, cash registers, postage-franking machines, ticket-issuing machines and similar machines, incorporating a calculating device: |
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84.52.1 | - Electronic data processing machines of the computer type of which cathode ray display terminals form a part, not being goods specified in note 14 to this Chapter | In respect of cathode ray display terminals—7½%, and a temporary duty of 25%; in respect of the remainder of the goods—7½% | In respect of cathode ray display terminals—a temporary duty of 25%; from and including the date after the date on which the temporary rate ceases to operate—Free; in respect of the remainder of the goods—Free |
84.52.9 | - Other..................................... | 7½% | Free”. |
Second Schedule—continued
3. After sub-item 84.55.1 insert the following sub-item:— | |||
“84.55.2 | - Cathode ray display terminals of a kind commonly used with electronic data processing machines, not being goods specified in note 15 to this Chapter | 7½%, and a temporary duty of 25% | A temporary duty of 25%; from and including the date after the date on which the temporary rate ceases to operate—Free”. |
AMENDMENT OF PART II. OF THE SECOND SCHEDULE
Omit— |
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“84.52 | ”, |
insert— |
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“84.52.1 |
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84.52.9 | ”. |
AMENDMENTS OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE
1. Omit items 1450 and 1451, insert the following items:— | |||
“1450 | 84.52.1 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free |
1451 | 84.52.9 | Ticket-issuing and similar machines not including machines that print tickets | (A): 22% |
1452 | 84.52.9 | Goods not being goods falling within the preceding item | Free”. |
2. After item 1456 insert the following item:— | |||
“1456a | 84.55.2 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | Free”. |
THIRD SCHEDULE Section 5.
AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 3 AND 4 OF THIS ACT
AMENDMENTS OF PART II. OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE
1. Omit sub-items 24.02.1 and 24.02.2, insert the following sub-items:— | |||
“24.02.1 | - Cigarettes; fine cut tobacco suitable for the manufacture of cigarettes, not put up for retail sale | $6.31 per lb | $6.31 per lb |
24.02.2 | - Cigars, cigarillos and cheroots........... | $6.08 per lb | $6.08 per lb |
2. Omit sub-item 24.02.9, insert the following sub-item:— | |||
“24.02.9 | - Other........................... | $3.44 per lb | $3.34 per lb”. |
3. Omit paragraph 27.07.39, insert the following paragraph:— | |||
“27.07.39 | - - Other.......................... | $0.173 per gal | $0.173 per gal”. |
Third Schedule—continued
4. Omit sub-item 27.10.2, insert the following sub-item:— | |||
“27.10.2 | - Diesel fuel, not being goods falling within sub-item 27.10.1: |
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27.10.21 | - - Kerosene for use as fuel for propulsion purposes in aircraft, as prescribed by by-law | $0.129 per gal | $0.129 per gal |
27.10.22 | - - Other kerosene for use as fuel for propulsion purposes in aircraft | $0.179 per gal | $0.179 per gal |
27.10.23 | - - Diesel fuel as prescribed by by-law, not being kerosene | $0.175 per gal | $0.175 per gal |
27.10.29 | - - Other.......................... | $0.225 per gal | $0.225 per gal”. |
5. Omit sub-items 27.10.4 and 27.10.5, insert the following sub-items:— | |||
“27.10.4 | - Gasoline and other oils having a flash point of less than 73° Fahrenheit when tested in an Abel Pensky closed test apparatus: |
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27.10.41 | - - As prescribed by by-law............. | Free | Free |
27.10.42 | - - For use as fuel for propulsion purposes in aircraft, as prescribed by by-law | $0.1457 per gal | $0.1457 per gal |
27.10.43 | - - As prescribed by by-law for the purposes of this paragraph | $0.173 per gal | $0.173 per gal |
27.10.44 | - - For use as fuel for propulsion purposes in aircraft | $0.2207 per gal | $0.2207 per gal |
27.10.49 | - - Other.......................... | $0.248 per gal | $0.248 per gal |
27.10.5 | - Mineral turpentine: |
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27.10.51 | - - In bulk or in packs exceeding a gallon, as prescribed by by-law | Free | Free |
27.10.59 | - - Other.......................... | $0.173 per gal | $0.173 per gal”. |
6. Omit paragraph 29.01.19, insert the following paragraph:— | |||
“29.01.19 | - - Other.......................... | $0.173 per gal | $0,173 per gal”. |
AMENDMENT OF PART V. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE
Omit items 260 and 260a, insert the following items:— | |||
“260 | 27.10.44 | Goods in packs not exceeding a gallon.......... | $0.173 per gal |
260a | 27.10.49 | Goods in packs not exceeding a gallon.......... | $0.173 per gal”. |
AMENDMENT OF PART VII. OF THE FIFTH SCHEDULE
Omit item 82a, insert the following item:— | |||
“82a | 24.02.9 | Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies | $3.34per lb” |