CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80, 1979
CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 1. Short title.
CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 An Act to amend the Customs Tariff Act 1966. BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows: Short title, &c. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff Amendment Act 1979.*1* (2) The Customs Tariff Act 1966*2* is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 2. Commencement
2. Except as otherwise provided, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.*1* CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 3. Special preferential rates of duty
3. Section 17A of the Principal Act is amended- (a) by omitting sub-section (3) and substituting the following sub-section: ''(3) The Parts of Schedule 5 respectively apply as follows: (a) Part I applies in relation to Canada; (b) Part V applies in relation to New Zealand; (c) Part VIII applies in relation to each country that is a declared preference country; and (d) Part IX applies in relation to each country or place that is a developing country.''; and (b) by omitting sub-sections (5) to (11) (inclusive). CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 4. Interpretation
4. Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2) ''Part I, V, VI, VII or VIII'' and substituting ''Part I, V or VIII''. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 5. Amendment having effect from 18 August 1977
5. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 1. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 18 August 1977. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 6. Amendments having effect from 18 October 1978
6. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 2. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 18 October 1978. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 7. Amendments having effect from 15 December 1978
7. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 3. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 15 December 1978. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 8. Amendments having effect from 20 December 1978
8. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 4. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 20 December 1978. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 9. Amendments having effect from 21 December 1978
9. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 5. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 21 December 1978. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 10. Amendments having effect from 1 January 1979
10. (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 1979. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 11. Amendments having effect from 10 January 1979
11. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 7. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 10 January 1979. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 12. Amendments having effect from 17 January 1979
12. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 8.
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(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 17 January 1979. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 13. Amendments having effect from 18 February 1979
13. (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 1979. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 14. Amendments having effect from 21 February 1979
14. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 10. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 21 February 1979. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 15. Amendments having effect from 22 February 1979
15. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 11. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 22 February 1979. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 16. Amendments having effect from 7 March 1979
16. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 12. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 7 March 1979. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 17. Amendments having effect from 5 April 1979
17. (1) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 13. (2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 5 April 1979. CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SECT. 18. Amendments having effect from date of Royal Assent
18. The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 14. ----------- CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SCHEDULE 1
THE SCHEDULES SCHEDULE 1 Section 5 AMENDMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM 18 AUGUST 1977 AMENDMENT OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1 Omit sub-item 90.17.2, substitute the following sub-item: ''90.17.2 - Goods, as follows, not being goods falling within sub-item 90.17.1: 20% 20%''. (a) apparatus for administration of anaesthetic gases; (b) audiometers, single channel, of the screening type, other than those used solely for testing the hearing of new born infants; (c) dental articulators; (d) dental drill engines, air-turbine operated, comprising, at least, an operating hand piece and an air supply controller; (e) dental endodontic depth measuring gauges; (f) dental occlusal programming units; (g) incubators for babies; (h) suction apparatus, of a kind used for the removal of fluids, gases or foreign matter from the human body, not being dental apparatus for the removal of saliva ---------- CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 2 Section 6 AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM 18 OCTOBER 1978 AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1
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1. After paragraph 48.07.83 insert the following paragraphs: ''48.07.84 - - Sublimation transfer printing paper, in rolls, having a width of not less than 0.91 metre Free Free 48.07.85 - - Sublimation transfer printing paper not being goods falling within paragraph 48.07.84 25% 25%''. 2. Omit sub-item 49.11.1, substitute the following sub-item: ''49.11.1 - Goods, as follows: Free Free''. (a) designs for melamineware; (b) process engravers' screens; (c) reproductions of fine art pictures, as defined by by-law; (d) scripture cards; (e) sublimation transfer printing paper, in rolls, having a width of not less than 0.91 metre AMENDMENT OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5 Omit item 480A, substitute the following items: ''480A 48.07.85 Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies 25% 480B 48.07.89 Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies 10%; or, if lower, $48.23 per t, less 20%''. ---------- CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SCHEDULE 3
SCHEDULE 3 Section 7 AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM 15 DECEMBER 1978 AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1 1. Omit items 03.01 to 03.03 (inclusive), substitute the following items: ''03.01 * Fish, fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen Free Free 03.02 * Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process Free Free 03.03 * Crustaceans and molluscs, whether in shell or not, fresh (live or dead), chilled, frozen, salted, in brine or dried; crustaceans, in shell, simply boiled in water Free Free''. 2. Omit note 2 to Chapter 16, substitute the following note: ''2. For the purposes of sub-item 16.04.2, 'tuna' means tunas (that is to say, fish of the tribe Thunnini) and bonitos (that is to say, fish of the tribe Sardini).''. 3. Omit items 16.03 to 16.05 (inclusive), substitute the following items: ''16.03 * Meat extracts and meat juices; fish extracts Free Free 16.04 * Prepared or preserved fish, including caviar and caviar substitutes: 16.04.1 - Goods, as follows: 5% 5% (a) caviar and caviar substitutes; (b) fish balls, cakes, sausages and the like;
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(c) fish pastes; (d) fish roe; (e) potted or concentrated fish 16.04.2 - Tuna, packed in metal cans, not being goods falling within sub-item 16.04.1 15% 15% 16.04.9 - Other Free Free 16.05 * Crustaceans and molluscs, prepared or preserved: 16.05.1 - Goods, as follows: 5% 5% (a) extracts; (b) pastes; (c) potted or concentrated 16.05.9 - Other Free Free''. AMENDMENTS OF PART V OF SCHEDULE 1 1. Omit item 1. 2. Omit items 16 and 17. AMENDMENT OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 5 Omit items 3 to 5B (inclusive), substitute the following items: ''3 19.08.9 Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies 4.5% 4 20.01.5 Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies $0.007per l''. AMENDMENTS OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5 1. Omit items 6 to 10 (inclusive). 2. Omit items 106 to 111 (inclusive), substitute the following item: ''106 16.04.2 Goods to which the tariff classification specified in column 2 of this item applies 15%''. ---------- CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 80 of 1979 - SCHEDULE 4
SCHEDULE 4 Section 8 AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT HAVING EFFECT FROM 20 DECEMBER 1978 AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1