Bill
Customs Tariff Amendment Bill 2016
passed, as at 2017-04-04. Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-11-30
- second reading — 2016-11-30
- second reading — 2017-02-13
- second reading — 2017-02-13
- third reading — 2017-02-13
- introduced — 2017-02-14
- second reading — 2017-02-14
- second reading — 2017-03-27
- second reading — 2017-03-27
- third reading — 2017-03-27
- passed — 2017-03-27
- royal assent — 2017-04-04
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 2016-11-30.
This bill would make small changes to the Customs Tariff Act 1995.
It would remove Schedule 1 from the Act and let its content be set by regulations instead, and would repeal an expired safeguard provision for certain Thai imports.
The Enhanced Project By-law Scheme would be closed to new applicants, with the last active determination expiring by 31 December 2017.
- Repeals Schedule 1 of the Customs Tariff Act 1995, allowing country lists for preferential duty rates to be updated more easily through regulations.
- Repeals section 16A, which contained expired safeguard provisions for tuna and pineapple products from Thailand.
- Inserts new Additional Notes into Chapters 7, 8 and 19 of Schedule 3 to correct the classification of preserved fruits, vegetables and certain pastas.
- Amends item 44 of Schedule 4 to set an end date of 31 December 2017 for the Enhanced Project By-law Scheme.
Importers of goods from countries listed in Schedule 1, importers of certain tuna and pineapple products from Thailand, and applicants to the Enhanced Project By-law Scheme would be affected.
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