Bill
Customs Amendment (2022 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2021
passed, as at 2021-09-02. Home Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Home Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-06-23
- second reading — 2021-06-23
- second reading — 2021-08-10
- second reading — 2021-08-10
- third reading — 2021-08-10
- introduced — 2021-08-11
- second reading — 2021-08-11
- second reading — 2021-08-26
- second reading — 2021-08-26
- third reading — 2021-08-26
- passed — 2021-08-26
- royal assent — 2021-09-02
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2021-06-23.
This bill updates the legal definition of tobacco products to include a new customs code for e-cigarettes.
It adds reference to subheading 2404.11.00 of the Customs Tariff Act to the definition in the Customs Act.
The change ensures goods classified under the new code face the same import restrictions and warehouse bans as other tobacco products.
- The bill amends the definition of tobacco products in the Customs Act.
- It adds a reference to new subheading 2404.11.00 to that definition.
- This keeps goods under the new code subject to existing regulatory requirements.
Importers of tobacco products, particularly e-cigarettes classified under subheading 2404.11.00.
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