Bill
Customs Tariff Amendment (Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement Amendment Implementation) Bill 2017
passed, as at 2017-10-30. Immigration and Border Protection portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Immigration and Border Protection
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-09-06
- second reading — 2017-09-06
- second reading — 2017-10-17
- other — 2017-10-17
- second reading — 2017-10-17
- other — 2017-10-17
- third reading — 2017-10-17
- introduced — 2017-10-18
- second reading — 2017-10-18
- second reading — 2017-10-19
- second reading — 2017-10-19
- committee — 2017-10-19
- third reading — 2017-10-19
- passed — 2017-10-19
- royal assent — 2017-10-30
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 2017-09-06.
This bill would change the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to bring it into line with an updated trade deal with Singapore.
It would let most eligible goods enter Australia without customs duty once the amended agreement starts, and set new excise-equivalent rates for alcohol, tobacco, fuel and petroleum products.
Provisions for excise-equivalent rates on those products would be removed after a three-year transition period.
- Provides duty-free access for most eligible goods under the amended agreement.
- Amends concessional items in Schedule 4 to keep customs duty rates aligned with the relevant concessional item.
- Inserts a new Schedule 4A for excise-equivalent rates on certain alcohol, tobacco, fuel and petroleum products.
- Repeals provisions in Schedule 3 for excise-equivalent rates after three years.
Importers of goods covered by the Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement, and businesses dealing in alcohol, tobacco, fuel and petroleum products.
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