Bill
Customs Tariff Amendment (Craft Beer) Bill 2019
passed, as at 2019-04-05. Home Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Home Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-02-14
- second reading — 2019-02-14
- second reading — 2019-04-02
- second reading — 2019-04-02
- third reading — 2019-04-02
- introduced — 2019-04-03
- second reading — 2019-04-03
- third reading — 2019-04-03
- passed — 2019-04-03
- royal assent — 2019-04-05
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 2019-02-14.
This bill reduces customs duty on certain draught beer containers between 8 and 48 litres to match the lower rate for larger containers.
It repeals and replaces tariff subheadings for beer in containers between 8 and 48 litres that connect to pressurised delivery systems.
The bill also updates schedules for free trade agreements and other parts of the Customs Tariff Act that reference the changed subheadings.
- Reduces the excise-equivalent customs duty rate for beer in containers between 8 and 48 litres that connect to pressurised gas or pump systems.
- Repeals and replaces subheadings 2203.00.6 and 2206.00.7 in Schedule 3 of the Customs Tariff Act.
- Updates other schedules and the table at section 19AA to reflect the new subheadings.
- Amends schedules for free trade agreements to incorporate the changes.
Small brewers of craft beer who cannot use containers of 48 litres or more.
Sources
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