Customs Tariff (No. 2)

No. 18 of 1972

An Act relating to Duties of Customs.

[Assented to 12 May 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. 2) 1972.

(2.) The Customs Tariff 1966–1971, as amended by the Customs Tariff 1972, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) Section 1 of the Customs Tariff 1972 is amended by omitting subsection (3.).

(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Customs Tariff 1966–1972.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

FOB price.

3. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-section (2.), after the word “fixed” (first occurring), the words “, or other action was taken or other arrangements were made,”;

(b) by inserting in sub-section (2.), after the word “duty”, the words “or support duty”; and

(c) by inserting in sub-section (2.), after the word “fixed” (second occurring), the words “, or that other action had not been taken or those other arrangements had not been made,”.

Landed cost.

4. Section 31 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-section (2.), after the word “fixed” (first occurring), the words “,or other action was taken or other arrangements were made,”; and

(b) by inserting in sub-section (2.), after the word “fixed” (second occurring), the words “,or that other action had not been taken or those other arrangements had not been made,”.