Bill
Customs Tariff Amendment (Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014
passed, as at 2014-12-04. Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-10-29
- second reading — 2014-10-29
- second reading — 2014-11-25
- second reading — 2014-11-25
- third reading — 2014-11-25
- introduced — 2014-11-26
- second reading — 2014-11-26
- second reading — 2014-11-27
- second reading — 2014-11-27
- third reading — 2014-11-27
- passed — 2014-11-27
- royal assent — 2014-12-04
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2014-10-29.
This bill changes the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to put into effect the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement.
It sets zero customs duty on goods that qualify as Japanese originating goods under a new part of the Customs Act 1901, adjusts some existing tariff rates, and phases other preferential rates to zero by 2021.
The bill also adds a new schedule to the tariff to hold the preferential, phasing, and excise-equivalent rates on certain alcohol, tobacco, and petroleum products.
- Provides free rates of customs duty for Japanese originating goods.
- Amends Schedule 4 to keep certain duty rates for Japanese goods.
- Phases preferential rates for some goods to Free by 2021.
- Inserts a new Schedule 11 for preferential, phasing, and excise-equivalent rates.
Importers of Japanese goods and the Australian Customs Tariff system.
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