Bill
Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposal and Other Measures) Bill 2017
passed, as at 2017-08-16. Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-06-21
- second reading — 2017-06-21
- second reading — 2017-08-08
- second reading — 2017-08-08
- third reading — 2017-08-08
- introduced — 2017-08-09
- second reading — 2017-08-09
- second reading — 2017-08-10
- second reading — 2017-08-10
- third reading — 2017-08-10
- passed — 2017-08-10
- royal assent — 2017-08-16
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 2017-06-21.
This bill fixes errors in the Customs Tariff Act 1995 and makes other changes to customs duties and classifications.
It corrects the duty rate on certain mosaic tiles, revises tariff subheadings for machining centres, and realigns the classification of paraquat dichloride with international practice.
It also extends a customs duty concession for automotive prototypes to service providers and removes a $12,000 special duty on used vehicles from 1 January 2018.
- Corrects the customs duty rate for mosaic tiles under tariff subheading 6907.30.10 from 5% to 'Free'.
- Repeals domestic tariff subheadings for machining centres and creates fewer, broader subheadings covering multiple machine operations.
- Repeals an additional note and establishes a new tariff subheading for paraquat dichloride to match international classification.
- Extends the customs duty exemption for automotive prototypes and components to automotive service providers.
- Repeals the $12,000 special customs duty on used and second-hand motor vehicles from 1 January 2018.
Importers of mosaic tiles, machining centres, paraquat dichloride, automotive prototypes and components, and used motor vehicles are affected.
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