CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73, 1977
CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - LONG TITLE
An Act relating to Duties of Customs. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 1. Short title.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff Amendment Act 1977.*1* (2) The Customs Tariff Act 1966*2* is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 2. Commencement.
2. Except as otherwise provided, this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 February 1977. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 3. Ordinary preferential rates of duty.
3. Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended- (a) by omitting sub-section (2A) and substituting the following sub-section:- ''(2A) For the purposes of the application of this section to goods that are the produce or manufacture of Papua New Guinea, there shall be deemed to be substituted for the rate of duty specified in column 4 in the tariff classification in Part II of Schedule 1 that applies to the goods- (a) if an item in Part V of that Schedule applies to the goods-the rate of duty specified in column 4 of that item; or (b) if no item in that Part applies to the goods-the word 'Free'.''; and (b) by inserting in sub-section (2C), after the words ''of Schedule 1'', the words ''or an item in Part V of Schedule 1''. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 4. Special preferential rates of duty.
4. Section 17A of the Principal Act is amended- (a) by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub-section:- ''(2) Sub-section (1) does not apply in relation to goods to which an item in Part IX of Schedule 5 applies if section 17 also applies to the goods.''; and (b) by omitting paragraph (f) of sub-section (3). CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 5. Substituted rates of duty.
5. Section 17B of the Principal Act is amended- (a) by inserting in paragraph (a) of sub-section (2), after the words ''in Part III'', the words ''or Part V''; (b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (2) the words ''in that Part'' and substituting the words ''in Part III or Part V, as the case may be, of that Schedule''; and (c) by inserting in sub-section (2), after the words ''in Part III'' (last occurring), the words ''or Part V, as the case may be,''. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 6. Amendment having effect from 1 January 1975.
6. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 1. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 1975. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 7. Amendments having effect from 22 October 1976.
7. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 2. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 22 October 1976. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 8. Amendments having effect from 17 November 1976.
8. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 3. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 17 November 1976. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 9. Amendment having effect from 3 December 1976.
9. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 4. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 3 December 1976. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 10. Amendments having effect from 15 December 1976.
10. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 5.
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(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 15 December 1976. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 11. Amendments having effect from 1 January 1977.
11. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 6. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 1977. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 12. Amendments having effect from 29 January 1977.
12. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 7. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 29 January 1977. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 13. Amendments having effect from 1 February 1977.
13. The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 8. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 14. Amendments having effect from 18 February 1977.
14. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 9. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 18 February 1977. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 15. Amendments having effect from 26 February 1977.
15. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 10. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 26 February 1977. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 16. Amendments having effect from 1 March 1977.
16. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 11. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 March 1977. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 17. Amendments having effect from 18 March 1977.
17. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 12. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 18 March 1977. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 18. Amendments having effect from 22 April 1977.
18. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 13. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 22 April 1977. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SECT. 19. Consequential amendments.
19. The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 14. ----------- CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 1 Section 6 AMENDMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1975 AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 2 After item 38 insert the following item:- ''39 Parts, as prescribed by by-law, for vehicles of a kind falling within item 87.02 in Part II of Schedule 1, being parts for use otherwise than as original components in the assembly or manufacture of such vehicles Free Free''. -------- CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 2 Section 7 AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM 22 OCTOBER 1976 AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1 1. Omit item 33.06, substitute the following item:- ''33.06 * Perfumery, cosmetics and toilet
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preparations: 33.06.1 - Joss sticks Free Free 33.06.2 - Goods, being goods that are entered for home consumption on or before 30 June 1977, as follows:- (a) eyebrow and other cosmetic pencils; (b) shaving cream; (c) preparations for cleaning artificial teeth and not commonly used for cleaning natural teeth; (d) bay rum and other perfumed spirit: 33.06.21 - - Eyebrow and other cosmetic pencils 20% 20% 33.06.22 - - Shaving cream; preparations for cleaning artificial teeth and not commonly used for cleaning natural teeth 21% 20% 33.06.23 - - Bay rum and other perfumed spirit 25% 20% 33.06.9 - Other To and including 30 June 1977-25%; From and including 1 July 1977-20% To and including 30 June 1977-21%; From and including 1 July 1977-20%''. 2. Omit item 96.05, substitute the following item:- ''96.05 * Powder-puffs and pads for applying cosmetics or toilet preparations, of any material 5% 5%''. 3. Omit item 98.14, substitute the following item:- ''98.14 * Scent and similar sprays of a kind used for toilet preparations, and mounts and heads therefor 5% 5%''. AMENDMENTS OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1 1. Omit items 295 to 297 (inclusive). 2. Omit item 1438. 3. Omit item 1474. AMENDMENTS OF PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1 1. After- ''Sub-item 94.04.1'' insert- ''Item 96.05''. 2. After- ''Sub-item 97.03.1'' insert- ''Item 98.14''. AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 3
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1. Omit- ''96.05 ''. 2. Omit- ''98.14 ''. ---------- CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 73 of 1977 - SCHEDULE 3
SCHEDULE 3 Section 8 AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM 17 NOVEMBER 1976 AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1 1. Omit items 42.01 and 42.02, substitute the following items:- ''42.01 * Saddlery and harness, including collars, traces, knee pads and boots, of any material, for any kind of animal 25% 25% 42.02 * Travel goods, shopping-bags, handbags, satchels, briefcases, wallets, purses, toilet-cases, tool-cases, tobacco-pouches, sheaths, cases, boxes and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of vulcanised fibre, of artificial plastic sheeting, of paper-board or of textile fabric: 42.02.1 - Goods, as follows:- (a) card cases; (b) gun, revolver and pistol cases and covers; (c) pen and pencil cases for school use; (d) smoking requisites; (e) snuff boxes; (f) spectacle cases 25% 25% 42.02.9 - Other To and including 16 November 1978-34%; From and including 17 November 1978 to and including 16 November 1979-30%; From and including 17 November 1979-25% 25%''.