Bill
Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2022
passed, as at 2022-11-23. Home Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Home Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-10-27
- second reading — 2022-10-27
- second reading — 2022-11-21
- second reading — 2022-11-21
- third reading — 2022-11-21
- introduced — 2022-11-21
- second reading — 2022-11-21
- second reading — 2022-11-22
- second reading — 2022-11-22
- third reading — 2022-11-22
- passed — 2022-11-22
- royal assent — 2022-11-23
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 2022-10-27.
This bill would change the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to put the Australia-United Kingdom free trade deal into effect.
It would set a zero customs duty rate for goods that come from the United Kingdom, except for some items listed in a new schedule.
Duties on certain alcohol, tobacco and petroleum products from the UK would stay at the same level as the excise duty on locally made versions.
- Provides a 'Free' rate of customs duty for UK originating goods, except those in new Schedule 15.
- Inserts a new Schedule 15 with phasing rates that reduce to 'Free' by the fifth calendar year after the agreement starts.
- Maintains customs duty rates on certain alcohol, tobacco and petroleum products equal to the excise duty on locally made goods.
- Inserts a safeguard provision to restore the previous duty rate for certain products if the UK keeps its equivalent safeguard.
- Amends Schedule 4 to keep customs duty rates for certain UK originating goods under concessional items.
Importers of goods from the United Kingdom and the Australian government.
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