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2016
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Customs Tariff Amendment Bill 2016
No. , 2016
(Immigration and Border Protection)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Customs Tariff Act
1995, and for related purposes
No. , 2016
Customs Tariff Amendment Bill 2016
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Customs Tariff Act 1995
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No. , 2016
Customs Tariff Amendment Bill 2016
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Customs Tariff Act
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1995, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the Customs Tariff Amendment Act 2016.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Customs Tariff Amendment Bill 2016
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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
A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.
However, if the provisions do not commence
within the period of 6 months beginning on
the day this Act receives the Royal Assent,
they commence on the day after the end of
that period.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Customs Tariff Act 1995
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1 Subsection 3(1) (definition of abbreviation)
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After "Schedule 1", insert "to the regulations".
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2 Paragraph 12(a)
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After "column 1 of", insert "the table in".
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3 Paragraphs 12(a) to (e)
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After "Schedule 1", insert "to the regulations".
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4 Paragraphs 14(1)(c) to (g)
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After "Schedule 1", insert "to the regulations".
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5 Paragraphs 16(1)(f) to (h)
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After "Schedule 1" (wherever occurring), insert "to the regulations".
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6 Paragraph 16(1)(l)
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Omit "subject to section 16A,".
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7 Section 16A
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Repeal the section.
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8 Paragraph 18(2)(f)
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After "Schedule 1" (wherever occurring), insert "to the regulations".
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9 Subparagraph 18(2)(f)(iii)
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After "Part 5", insert "of Schedule 1 to the regulations".
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10 Paragraphs 18(2)(g) and (h)
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After "Schedule 1", insert "to the regulations".
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11 Schedule 1
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Repeal the Schedule.
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Schedule 1 Amendments
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12 Schedule 3 (Chapter 7, at the end of the Notes)
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Add:
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Additional Note.
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1.- 0711 covers vegetables which have been treated solely to ensure
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their provisional preservation during transport or storage prior to
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use, provided they remain unsuitable in that state for immediate
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consumption.
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13 Schedule 3 (Chapter 8, at the end of the Notes)
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Add:
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Additional Note.
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1.- 0812 covers fruit and nuts which have been treated solely to ensure
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their provisional preservation during transport or storage prior to
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use, provided they remain unsuitable in that state for immediate
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consumption.
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14 Schedule 3 (Chapter 19, at the end of the Notes)
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Add:
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Additional Note.
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1.- For the purposes of 1902, "pasta" includes kneaded noodle dough
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formed into sheets or other specific shapes (for example, rice
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noodles, wonton skins, Udon noodles and buckwheat noodles),
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whether or not cooked or stuffed or otherwise prepared.
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15 Schedule 4 (table item 44)
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After "that are", insert "entered for home consumption on or before
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31 December 2017 and are".
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User's guide
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Omit "12 Schedules", substitute "several Schedules".
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17
User's guide
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Omit "Schedule 1 sets out the countries and places to which special
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rates of duty apply under the Australian system of tariff preferences.".
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Amendments Schedule 1
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18 Application provision
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The amendments made by items 1 to 14 apply in relation to:
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(a) goods imported into Australia on or after the commencement
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of this Schedule; and
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(b) goods imported into Australia before the commencement of
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this Schedule, where the time for working out the rate of
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import duty on the goods had not occurred before the
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commencement of this Schedule.
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