2016‑2017‑2018
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill 2018
No. , 2018
(Law Enforcement and Cyber Security)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Customs Tariff Act 1995, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
Part 1—Amendments commencing 20 September 2017 3
Customs Tariff Act 1995 3
Part 2—Amendments commencing 1 July 2018 4
Customs Tariff Act 1995 4
Part 3—Technical amendments 5
Customs Tariff Act 1995 5
A Bill for an Act to amend the Customs Tariff Act 1995, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act is the Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Act 2018.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
| 2. Schedule 1, Part 1 | 20 September 2017. | 20 September 2017 |
| 3. Schedule 1, Part 2 | 1 July 2018. | 1 July 2018 |
| 4. Schedule 1, Part 3 | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedules
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Part 1—Amendments commencing 20 September 2017
Customs Tariff Act 1995
1 Schedule 8 (table items 123 to 125)
Repeal the items.
2 Application provision
The amendment made by this Part applies in relation to:
(a) goods imported into Australia on or after 20 September 2017; and
(b) goods imported into Australia before 20 September 2017, where the time for working out the rate of import duty on the goods had not occurred before 20 September 2017.
Part 2—Amendments commencing 1 July 2018
Customs Tariff Act 1995
3 At the end of Schedule 4
Add:
| 56 | Goods in respect of which the following apply: (a) either: (i) the goods are kits containing either or both medicaments and placebos, the kits do not indicate whether their contents are medicaments or placebos, the kits are imported for use in a clinical trial in Australia and the kits satisfy the requirements prescribed by by‑law; or (ii) the goods are placebos imported for use in a clinical trial in Australia; (b) all requirements imposed by the laws of the Commonwealth, relating to the importation of the goods, have been complied with | Free |
4 Application provision
The amendment made by this Part applies in relation to:
(a) goods imported into Australia on or after 1 July 2018; and
(b) goods imported into Australia before 1 July 2018, where the time for working out the rate of import duty on the goods had not occurred before 1 July 2018.
Part 3—Technical amendments
Customs Tariff Act 1995
5 Schedule 12 (table item 135)
Repeal the item.