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CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT (TOBACCO) BILL 2014

 

  

2013-2014 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) 

Bill 2014 

 

No.      , 2014 

 

(Immigration and Border Protection) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Customs Tariff Act 

1995, and for related purposes 

   

   

 

 

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Contents 

Short title ........................................................................................... 1

 

Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 1

 

Schedule 1--Amendments

 

3

 

Part 1--Increase in tobacco duty rates on 1 December 2013

 

3

 

Customs Tariff Act 1995

 

3

 

Part 2--Indexation

 

14

 

Customs Tariff Act 1995

 

14

 

 

 

 

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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 may be cited as the Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) 

Act 2014

2  Commencement 

 

  This Act is taken to have commenced on 1 December 2013. 

3  Schedule(s) 

 

  Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 

10 

repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 

11 

   

   

 

 

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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect 

according to its terms. 

Amendments  Schedule 1 

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Schedule 1

--

Amendments 

Part 1

--

Increase in tobacco duty rates on 

1 December 2013 

Customs Tariff Act 1995 

1  Schedule 3 (subheading 2401.10.00, the rates of duty in 

column 3) 

Repeal the rates of duty, substitute: 

$502.48/kg 

NZ/PG/FI/ 

DC/LDC/ 

SG:$502.48/kg 

2  Schedule 3 (subheading 2401.20.00, the rates of duty in 

column 3) 

Repeal the rates of duty, substitute: 

10 

$502.48/kg of 

tobacco content 

NZ/PG/FI/ 

DC/LDC/ 

SG: 

$502.48/kg of 

tobacco content 

3  Schedule 3 (subheading 2401.30.00, the rates of duty in 

11 

column 3) 

12 

Repeal the rates of duty, substitute: 

13 

$502.48/kg of 

tobacco content 

NZ/PG/FI/ 

DC/LDC/ 

SG: 

$502.48/kg of 

tobacco content 

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4  Schedule 3 (subheading 2402.10.20, the rates of duty in 

column 3) 

Repeal the rates of duty, substitute: 

$0.40197/stick 

NZ/PG/FI/ 

DC/LDC/ 

SG: 

$0.40197/stick 

5  Schedule 3 (subheading 2402.10.80, the rates of duty in 

column 3) 

Repeal the rates of duty, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of 

tobacco content 

NZ/PG/FI/ 

DC/LDC/ 

SG: 

$502.48/kg of 

tobacco content 

6  Schedule 3 (subheading 2402.20.20, the rates of duty in 

column 3) 

Repeal the rates of duty, substitute: 

$0.40197/stick 

NZ/PG/FI/ 

DC/LDC/ 

SG: 

$0.40197/stick 

7  Schedule 3 (subheading 2402.20.80, the rates of duty in 

10 

column 3) 

11 

Repeal the rates of duty, substitute: 

12 

$502.48/kg of 

tobacco content 

NZ/PG/FI/ 

DC/LDC/ 

SG: 

$502.48/kg of 

tobacco content 

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8  Schedule 3 (subheading 2403.11.00, the rates of duty in 

column 3) 

Repeal the rates of duty, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of 

tobacco content 

NZ/PG/FI/ 

DC/LDC/ 

SG: 

$502.48/kg of 

tobacco content 

9  Schedule 3 (subheading 2403.19.10, the rates of duty in 

column 3) 

Repeal the rates of duty, substitute: 

$0.40197/stick 

NZ/PG/FI/ 

DC/LDC/ 

SG: 

$0.40197/stick 

10  Schedule 3 (subheading 2403.19.90, the rates of duty in 

column 3) 

Repeal the rates of duty, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of 

tobacco content 

NZ/PG/FI/ 

DC/LDC/ 

SG: 

$502.48/kg of 

tobacco content 

11  Schedule 3 (subheading 2403.91.00, the rates of duty in 

10 

column 3) 

11 

Repeal the rates of duty, substitute: 

12 

$502.48/kg of 

tobacco content 

NZ/PG/FI/ 

DC/LDC/ 

SG: 

$502.48/kg of 

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tobacco content 

12  Schedule 3 (subheading 2403.99.80, the rates of duty in 

column 3) 

Repeal the rates of duty, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of 

tobacco content 

NZ/PG/FI/ 

DC/LDC/ 

SG: 

$502.48/kg of 

tobacco content 

13  Schedule 5 (cell at table item 43A, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg 

14  Schedule 5 (cell at table item 44, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

15  Schedule 5 (cell at table item 45, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

16  Schedule 5 (cell at table item 46, column 3) 

10 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

11 

$0.40197/stick 

17  Schedule 5 (cell at table item 47, column 3) 

12 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

13 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

18  Schedule 5 (cell at table item 48, column 3) 

14 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

15 

$0.40197/stick 

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19  Schedule 5 (cell at table item 49, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

20  Schedule 5 (cell at table item 50, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

21  Schedule 5 (cell at table item 51, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$0.40197/stick 

22  Schedule 5 (cell at table item 51A, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

23  Schedule 5 (cell at table item 52, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

10 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

24  Schedule 5 (cell at table item 54, column 3) 

11 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

12 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

25  Schedule 6 (cell at table item 46A, column 3) 

13 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

14 

$502.48/kg 

26  Schedule 6 (cell at table item 47, column 3) 

15 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

16 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

27  Schedule 6 (cell at table item 48, column 3) 

17 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

18 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

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28  Schedule 6 (cell at table item 49, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$0.40197/stick 

29  Schedule 6 (cell at table item 50, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

30  Schedule 6 (cell at table item 51, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$0.40197/stick 

31  Schedule 6 (cell at table item 52, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

32  Schedule 6 (cell at table item 53, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

10 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

33  Schedule 6 (cell at table item 54, column 3) 

11 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

12 

$0.40197/stick 

34  Schedule 6 (cell at table item 54A, column 3) 

13 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

14 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

35  Schedule 6 (cell at table item 55, column 3) 

15 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

16 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

36  Schedule 6 (cell at table item 57, column 3) 

17 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

18 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

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37  Schedule 7 (cell at table item 46, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg 

38  Schedule 7 (cell at table item 47, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

39  Schedule 7 (cell at table item 48, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

40  Schedule 7 (cell at table item 49, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$0.40197/stick 

41  Schedule 7 (cell at table item 50, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

10 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

42  Schedule 7 (cell at table item 51, column 3) 

11 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

12 

$0.40197/stick 

43  Schedule 7 (cell at table item 52, column 3) 

13 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

14 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

44  Schedule 7 (cell at table item 53, column 3) 

15 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

16 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

45  Schedule 7 (cell at table item 54, column 3) 

17 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

18 

$0.40197/stick 

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46  Schedule 7 (cell at table item 54A, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

47  Schedule 7 (cell at table item 55, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

48  Schedule 7 (cell at table item 56, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

49  Schedule 8 (cell at table item 52, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg 

50  Schedule 8 (cell at table item 53, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

10 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

51  Schedule 8 (cell at table item 54, column 3) 

11 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

12 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

52  Schedule 8 (cell at table item 55, column 3) 

13 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

14 

$0.40197/stick 

53  Schedule 8 (cell at table item 56, column 3) 

15 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

16 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

54  Schedule 8 (cell at table item 57, column 3) 

17 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

18 

$0.40197/stick 

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55  Schedule 8 (cell at table item 58, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

56  Schedule 8 (cell at table item 59, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

57  Schedule 8 (cell at table item 60, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$0.40197/stick 

58  Schedule 8 (cell at table item 60A, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

59  Schedule 8 (cell at table item 61, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

10 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

60  Schedule 8 (cell at table item 62, column 3) 

11 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

12 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

61  Schedule 9 (cell at table item 50, column 3) 

13 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

14 

$502.48/kg 

62  Schedule 9 (cell at table item 51, column 3) 

15 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

16 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

63  Schedule 9 (cell at table item 52, column 3) 

17 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

18 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

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64  Schedule 9 (cell at table item 53, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$0.40197/stick 

65  Schedule 9 (cell at table item 54, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

66  Schedule 9 (cell at table item 55, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$0.40197/stick 

67  Schedule 9 (cell at table item 56, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

68  Schedule 9 (cell at table item 57, column 3) 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

10 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

69  Schedule 9 (cell at table item 58, column 3) 

11 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

12 

$0.40197/stick 

70  Schedule 9 (cell at table item 59, column 3) 

13 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

14 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

71  Schedule 9 (cell at table item 60, column 3) 

15 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

16 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

72  Schedule 9 (cell at table item 61, column 3) 

17 

Repeal the cell, substitute: 

18 

$502.48/kg of tobacco content 

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73  Application provision 

The amendments made by this Part apply in relation to: 

 

(a)  goods imported into Australia on or after 1 December 2013; 

and 

 

(b)  goods imported into Australia before 1 December 2013, 

where the time for working out the rate of import duty on the 

goods had not occurred before 1 December 2013. 

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Part 2  Indexation 

 

 

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Part 2

--

Indexation 

Customs Tariff Act 1995 

74  Subsection 3(1) (definition of excise item

Repeal the definition. 

75  Section 19 

Repeal the section, substitute: 

19  Indexation of alcohol duty rates 

 

(1)  If the indexation factor for an indexation day is greater than 1, each 

alcohol duty rate is, on that day, replaced by the rate of duty 

worked out using the formula: 

10 

Alcohol duty rate

Indexation factor for

on the day before

the indexation day

the indexation day

 

11 

Note: 

For alcohol duty rate see section 19AA. For indexation factor see 

12 

subsection (3) and for indexation day see subsection (10). 

13 

 

(2)  The amount worked out under subsection (1) is to be rounded to 

14 

the same number of decimal places as the alcohol duty rate was on 

15 

the day before the indexation day (rounding up if the next decimal 

16 

place is 5 or more). 

17 

Indexation factor 

18 

 

(3)  The indexation factor for an indexation day is the number worked 

19 

out using the formula: 

20 

Index number for the most recent reference quarter

before the indexation day

Index number for the base quarter

 

21 

Note: 

For index numberreference quarter and base quarter see 

22 

subsection (10). 

23 

 

(4)  The indexation factor is to be worked out to 3 decimal places 

24 

(rounding up if the fourth decimal place is 5 or more). 

25 

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Effect of delay in publication of index number 

 

(5)  If the index number for the most recent reference quarter before the 

indexation day is published by the Australian Statistician on a day 

(the publication day) that is not at least 5 days before the 

indexation day, then, despite subsection (1), any replacement of an 

alcohol duty rate under subsection (1) happens on the fifth day 

after the publication day. 

Effect of Customs Tariff alteration 

 

(6)  If a Customs Tariff alteration proposed in the Parliament proposes 

to substitute, on and after a particular day, a rate for an alcohol 

10 

duty rate, treat that substitution as having had effect on and after 

11 

that day for the purposes of this section. 

12 

Changes to CPI index reference period and publication of 

13 

substituted index numbers 

14 

 

(7)  Amounts are to be worked out under this section: 

15 

 

(a)  using only the index numbers published in terms of the most 

16 

recently published index reference period for the Consumer 

17 

Price Index; and 

18 

 

(b)  disregarding index numbers published in substitution for 

19 

previously published index numbers (except where the 

20 

substituted numbers are published to take account of changes 

21 

in the index reference period). 

22 

Application of replacement rate 

23 

 

(8)  If an alcohol duty rate is replaced under this section on a particular 

24 

day, the replacement rate applies in relation to: 

25 

 

(a)  goods imported into Australia on or after that day; and 

26 

 

(b)  goods imported into Australia before that day, where the time 

27 

for working out the rate of import duty on the goods had not 

28 

occurred before that day. 

29 

Publication of replacement rate 

30 

 

(9)  The Chief Executive Officer of Customs must, on or as soon as 

31 

practicable after the day an alcohol duty rate is replaced under this 

32 

section, publish a notice in the Gazette advertising the replacement 

33 

rate and the goods it applies to. 

34 

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Definitions 

 

(10)  In this section: 

base quarter means the June quarter or December quarter that has 

the highest index number of all the June quarters and December 

quarters that occur: 

 

(a)  before the most recent reference quarter before the indexation 

day; and 

 

(b)  after the June quarter of 1983. 

December quarter means a period of 3 months starting on 

1 October. 

10 

indexation day means each 1 February and 1 August. 

11 

index number, for a quarter, means the All Groups Consumer 

12 

Price Index number that is the weighted average of the 8 capital 

13 

cities and is published by the Australian Statistician in relation to 

14 

that quarter. 

15 

June quarter means a period of 3 months starting on 1 April. 

16 

reference quarter means the June quarter or December quarter. 

17 

19AA  Alcohol duty rates 

18 

 

  For the purposes of section 19, an alcohol duty rate is a rate of 

19 

duty (except so much of a rate of duty as is calculated as a 

20 

percentage of the value of goods) in the following: 

21 

 

(a)  the rate column of a subheading in Schedule 3 specified in 

22 

the table at the end of this section; 

23 

 

(b)  the rate column of an item in the table in Schedule 5, 6, 7, 8 

24 

or 9 that relates to a subheading in Schedule 3 specified in 

25 

the table at the end of this section. 

26 

 

27 

Alcohol duty rates 

2203.00.61 

2203.00.62 

2203.00.69 

2203.00.71 

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Alcohol duty rates 

2203.00.72 

2203.00.79 

2203.00.91 

2203.00.99 

2204.10.23 

2204.10.29 

2204.10.83 

2204.10.89 

2204.21.30 

2204.21.90 

2204.29.30 

2204.29.90 

2205.10.30 

2205.10.90 

2205.90.30 

2205.90.90 

2206.00.13 

2206.00.14 

2206.00.21 

2206.00.22 

2206.00.23 

2206.00.24 

2206.00.52 

2206.00.59 

2206.00.62 

2206.00.69 

2206.00.74 

2206.00.75 

2206.00.78 

2206.00.82 

2206.00.83 

2206.00.89 

2206.00.92 

2206.00.99 

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Alcohol duty rates 

2207.10.00 

2208.20.10 

2208.20.90 

2208.30.00 

2208.40.00 

2208.50.00 

2208.60.00 

2208.70.00 

2208.90.20 

2208.90.90 

19AB  Indexation of tobacco duty rates 

 

(1)  If the indexation factor for an indexation day is at least 1, each 

tobacco duty rate is, on that day, replaced by the rate of duty 

worked out using the formula: 

Tobacco duty rate

Indexation factor for

Additional factor for

on the day before

the indexation day

the indexation day

the indexation day

 

Note: 

For tobacco duty rate see section 19AC. For indexation factor see 

subsections (3) and (5), for additional factor see subsection (6) and 

for indexation day see subsection (12). 

 

(2)  The amount worked out under subsection (1) is to be rounded to 

the same number of decimal places as the tobacco duty rate was on 

10 

the day before the indexation day (rounding up if the next decimal 

11 

place is 5 or more). 

12 

Indexation factor 

13 

 

(3)  The indexation factor for an indexation day is the number worked 

14 

out using the formula: 

15 

AWOTE amount for the most recent reference quarter

before the indexation day

AWOTE amount for the base quarter

 

16 

Note: 

For AWOTE amountreference quarter and base quarter see 

17 

subsection (12). 

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(4)  The indexation factor is to be worked out to 3 decimal places 

(rounding up if the fourth decimal place is 5 or more). 

 

(5)  Despite subsection (3), treat the indexation factor for 1 September 

2014, 1 September 2015 or 1 September 2016 as 1 if, on that day, 

it would otherwise be less than 1. 

Additional factor 

 

(6)  The additional factor for an indexation day is: 

 

(a)  1.125, if the indexation day is 1 September 2014, 

1 September 2015 or 1 September 2016; or 

 

(b)  1, for each other indexation day. 

10 

Effect of delay in publication of AWOTE amount 

11 

 

(7)  If the AWOTE amount for the most recent reference quarter before 

12 

the indexation day is published by the Australian Statistician on a 

13 

day (the publication day) that is not at least 5 days before the 

14 

indexation day, then, despite subsection (1), any replacement of a 

15 

tobacco duty rate under subsection (1) happens on the fifth day 

16 

after the publication day. 

17 

Effect of Customs Tariff alteration 

18 

 

(8)  If a Customs Tariff alteration proposed in the Parliament proposes 

19 

to substitute, on and after a particular day, a rate for a tobacco duty 

20 

rate, treat that substitution as having had effect on and after that 

21 

day for the purposes of this section. 

22 

Publication of substituted AWOTE amounts 

23 

 

(9)  If the Australian Statistician publishes an estimate of full-time 

24 

adult average weekly ordinary time earnings for persons in 

25 

Australia for a period for which such an estimate was previously 

26 

published by the Australian Statistician, the publication of the later 

27 

estimate is to be disregarded for the purposes of this section. 

28 

Application of replacement rate 

29 

 

(10)  If a tobacco duty rate is replaced under this section on a particular 

30 

day, the replacement rate applies in relation to: 

31 

 

(a)  goods imported into Australia on or after that day; and 

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(b)  goods imported into Australia before that day, where the time 

for working out the rate of import duty on the goods had not 

occurred before that day. 

Publication of replacement rate 

 

(11)  The Chief Executive Officer of Customs must, on or as soon as 

practicable after the day a tobacco duty rate is replaced under this 

section, publish a notice in the Gazette advertising the replacement 

rate and the goods it applies to. 

Definitions 

 

(12)  In this section: 

10 

AWOTE amount, for a quarter, means the estimate of the full-time 

11 

adult average weekly ordinary time earnings for persons in 

12 

Australia for the middle month of the quarter published by the 

13 

Australian Statistician in relation to that month. 

14 

base quarter means the June quarter or December quarter that has 

15 

the highest AWOTE amount of all the June quarters and December 

16 

quarters that occur: 

17 

 

(a)  before the most recent reference quarter before the indexation 

18 

day; and 

19 

 

(b)  after the December quarter of 2012. 

20 

December quarter means a period of 3 months starting on 

21 

1 October. 

22 

indexation day means each 1 March and 1 September. 

23 

June quarter means a period of 3 months starting on 1 April. 

24 

reference quarter means the June quarter or December quarter. 

25 

19AC  Tobacco duty rates 

26 

 

  For the purposes of section 19AB, a tobacco duty rate is a rate of 

27 

duty in the following: 

28 

 

(a)  the rate column of a subheading in Schedule 3 specified in 

29 

the table at the end of this section; 

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(b)  the rate column of an item in the table in Schedule 5, 6, 7, 8 

or 9 that relates to a subheading in Schedule 3 specified in 

the table at the end of this section. 

 

Tobacco duty rates 

2401.10.00 

2401.20.00 

2401.30.00 

2402.10.20 

2402.10.80 

2402.20.20 

2402.20.80 

2403.11.00 

2403.19.10 

2403.19.90 

2403.91.00 

2403.99.80 

76  Application provisions 

(1) 

Section 19 of the Customs Tariff Act 1995, as amended by this Part, 

applies in relation to the indexation day that is 1 February 2014 and 

each later indexation day. 

(2) 

Section 19AB of the Customs Tariff Act 1995, as amended by this Part, 

applies in relation to the indexation day that is 1 March 2014 and each 

10 

later indexation day. 

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