Bills Digest No. 234 1997-98
Customs Tariff (Anti-dumping) Amendment Bill 1998
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CONTENTS
Passage History
Purpose
Background
Main Provisions
Contact Officer and Copyright Details
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 The provisions are being repealed to conform with Australia's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provisions within the Customs Act 1901 are being repealed to conform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Act 1901 are repealed by items 1-5 of the Schedule of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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