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Passage History
Purpose
Background
Main Provisions
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Customs Tariff (Anti-dumping) Amendment Bill
1998
Date Introduced: 14 May 1998
House: House of Representatives
Portfolio: Customs and Consumer Affairs
Commencement: The same time as Schedules 1-4
of the proposed Customs Legislation (Anti-dumping Amendments)
Act 1998 to which subsection 2(2) of that proposed Act apply.
Basically, this will be, with the exception of item 11 of Schedule
3 of that Bill, on Proclamation, or if the provisions do not
commence within 6 months of receipt of Royal Assent, the day after
that end of that period. Item 11 of Schedule 3 of that Bill
commences on Proclamation, but not more than 150 days after the
date fixed for the commencement of the other provisions in the
Bill.
Provide for the
repeal of provisions providing for the formal imposition of
countervailing duty as a consequence of amendments contained in the
Customs Legislation (Anti-dumping Amendments) Bill 1998. The
provisions are being repealed to conform with Australia's World
Trade Organisation obligations.
The Bill amends the Customs Tariff
(Anti-Dumping) Act 1975 as a consequence of amendments
contained in the Customs Legislation (Anti-dumping Amendments) Bill
1998.
Item 57 of the Customs Legislation (Anti-dumping
Amendments) Bill 1998 repeals provisions within the Customs Act
1901 (ie. subsections 269TJ(4) - (9)) concerning the
imposition of countervailing duties. Countervailing duties are
duties imposed on imports to offset government subsidies to
producers or exporters in the exporting country. Australia's
obligations to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) require that WTO
dispute settlement procedures be exhausted before such imposition
actions are taken. The provisions within the Customs Act
1901 are being repealed to conform with Australia's WTO
obligations.
Subsections 10(1), 10(2), 10(4)-10(7A) of the
Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975 provide for the
formal imposition of countervailing duty pursuant to the
aforementioned provisions within the Customs Act 1901.
The reader is also referred to the Digest for
the Customs Legislation (Anti-dumping Amendments) Bill 1998.
Provisions providing for the formal imposition
of countervailing duty pursuant to subsections 269TJ(4) - (7) and
(9) of the Customs Act 1901 are repealed by items
1-5 of the Schedule of the Bill.
Ian Ireland
22 June 1998
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