Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 40 of 1976 - SCHEDULE 29

SCHEDULE 29
Section 31 AMENDMENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL ACT AS AMENDED BY SECTIONS 3 TO 30

                (INCLUSIVE)

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AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit items 41.01 to 41.10 (inclusive), substitute the following items:-

     ''41.01     * Raw hides or skins (fresh, salted,
dried, pickled or limed), whether or
not split, including hides or skins
with the hair on and sheepskins in
the wool:

      41.01.1     - Of goats, lambs or sheep; of
other animals, fresh or salted or
                 dried but not further processed        Free         Free


      41.01.9     - Other                               5%           5%


      41.02      * Bovine cattle leather (including
buffalo leather) and equine leather,
other than leather falling within
item 41.06, 41.07 or 41.08:

      41.02.1     - Wet blue hides or skins             5%           5%


      41.02.9     - Other                               15%          15%


      41.03      * Sheep and lamb skin leather, other
than leather falling within item
41.06, 41.07 or 41.08:

      41.03.1     - Wet blue hides or skins             5%           5%


      41.03.9     - Other                               15%          15%


      41.04      * Goat and kid skin leather, other
than leather falling within item
41.06, 41.07 or 41.08:

      41.04.1     - Crust or rough tanned               Free         Free


      41.04.9     - Other                               15%          15%


      41.05      * Other kinds of leather, other than
leather falling within item 41.06,
41.07 or 41.08:

      41.05.1     - Wet blue hides or skins             5%           5%


      41.05.9     - Other                               15%          15%


      41.06      * Chamois-dressed leather              15%          15%


      41.07      * Parchment-dressed leather            15%          15%


      41.08      * Patent leather and imitation
                 patent leather; metallised leather     15%          15%


      41.09      * Parings and other waste, of
leather, of composition leather or
of parchment-dressed leather, not
suitable for the manufacture of
leather goods; leather dust, powder
                 and flour                              15%          15%


      41.10      * Composition leather with a basis
of leather or leather fibre in
                 slabs, in sheets or in rolls           15%          15%''.


2. Omit item 43.02, substitute the following item:-

     ''43.02     * Furskins, tanned or dressed,
including furskins assembled in
plates, crosses and similar forms;
pieces or cuttings, of furskins,
tanned or dressed, (including heads,
paws, tails and the like that have
not been fabricated):

      43.02.1     - Furskins assembled in plates,
                 crosses and similar forms              25%          25%


      43.02.9     - Other                               15%          15%''.


3. After note 2 to Chapter 69 insert the following note:-

''3.-(1.) For the purposes of sub-items 69.07.1 and 69.08.1, a double faced
tile that is designed to be split and used as two separate tiles shall be
treated as if it were two tiles the maximum thickness of each of which is half
the thickness of the double faced tile.

(2.) Where a double faced tile that is designed to be split and used as two
separate tiles is so made that it has a centre portion consisting of material
that is to be discarded when it is split, sub-note (1.) applies in relation to
that double faced tile as if the thickness of the double faced tile were
reduced by the maximum thickness of that cente portion.''.

4. Omit items 69.07 and 69.08, substitute the following items:-

     ''69.07     * Unglazed setts, flags and paving,
hearth and wall tiles:

      69.07.1     - Having a surface area of less
than 5000 square millimetres or a
maximum thickness of more than 12
                 millimetres                            Free         Free


      69.07.9     - Other                               30%          30%


      69.08      * Glazed setts, flags and paving,
hearth and wall tiles:

      69.08.1     - Having a surface area of less
than 5000 square millimetres or a
maximum thickness of more than 12
                 millimetres                            Free         Free


      69.08.9     - Other                               30%          30%''.


5. Omit sub-items 70.19.2 and 70.19.3, substitute the following sub-item:-

      ''70.19.2   - Imitation pearls and imitation
precious and semi-precious stones,
not being beads; cameos and
                 intaglios                              Free         Free''.


AMENDMENTS OF PART III OF SCHEDULE 1

1. Omit items 450 to 457 (inclusive).

2. Omit items 470 and 471.

3. Omit items 805 and 806.

4. Omit item 816.

AMENDMENT OF PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1

After-

''Sub-item 39.06.4''

insert-

''Sub-item 41.01.9
Sub-item 41.02.1
Sub-item 41.03.1
Sub-item 41.05.1''.

AMENDMENT OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 3
Omit-

     ''43.02.9                     ''.


AMENDMENTS OF PART II OF SCHEDULE 3
1. Omit-

     ''41.01.9                     ''.


2. Omit-

     ''43.02.1                     ''.


AMENDMENT OF PART I OF SCHEDULE 5

After item 8 insert the following item:-

     ''8A     41.08       Patent leather and imitation
                          patent leather                      7.5%''.


AMENDMENTS OF PART IX OF SCHEDULE 5

1. Omit items 174 to 176 (inclusive).

2. Omit item 308.

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