A bill is a proposal for a law or a change to an existing law. A bill becomes law (an Act) when agreed to in identical form by both houses of Parliament and assented to by the Governor-General.

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  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus Implementation) Bill 2018

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    16 Aug 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Law Enforcement and Cyber Security 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus Implementation) Bill 2018 to implement Australia’s obligations under Chapter 3 of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus, the bill amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to: provide free rates of customs duty for certain goods, excluding excise-equivalent goods, that are Pacific Islands originating goods; provide for excise-equivalent rates of duty on certain alcohol, tobacco and fuel products; and maintain customs duty rates for certain Pacific Islands originating goods. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Oil, Gas and Other Measures) Bill 2004

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    23 Jun 2004 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Justice and Customs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    in relation to: goods for use in oil and gas exploration; the country code abbreviations for Poland and Wake Island; and the upper limit for alcohol content of grape wine. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2012

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    Date
    01 Nov 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation and Other Measures) Bill 2012, the bill amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to give effect to the Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement by: providing free rates of customs duty for goods that are Malaysian originating goods; maintaining customs duty rates for certain Malaysian originating goods; and specifying excise equivalent duties on certain alcohol, tobacco and petroleum products. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    04 Sep 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014 to give effect to Australia’s obligations under Chapter 3 of the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the bill amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to: provide free rates of customs duty for goods that are Korean originating goods; maintain customs duty rates for certain Korean originating goods; phase the preferential rates of customs duty for certain goods to zero by 2021; and specify excise-equivalent rates of duty on certain alcohol, tobacco and petroleum products. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014

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    Date
    29 Oct 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014, the bill amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to implement the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement by: providing free rates of customs duty for goods that are Japanese originating goods; maintaining customs duty rates for certain Japanese originating goods; phasing the preferential rates of customs duty for certain goods to free by 2021; and providing for the preferential and phasing rates of duty and maintaining excise-equivalent rates of duty on certain alcohol, tobacco and petroleum products. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Tariff Amendment (India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2022

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    Date
    27 Oct 2022 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Amendment (India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2022 to implement Australia's obligations under the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement, the bill amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to: provide a free rate of customs duty for certain Indian originating goods; specify phasing rates of customs duty for certain Indian originating goods that will incrementally reduce to free; maintain rates of customs duty on certain alcohol, tobacco and petroleum products; and maintain custom duty rates for certain Indian originating goods. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill 2023

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    Date
    22 Mar 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to: provide for an increase in customs duties for goods that are the produce or manufacture of Russia or Belarus imported into Australian between 25 April 2022 and 24 October 2023; provide for a free rate of customs duty for certain goods that are the produce or manufacture of Ukraine imported between 4 July 2022 and 3 July 2023; permanently extend the free rate of customs duty for certain prescribed medical products and hygiene products; provide for a free rate of customs duty for certain electric and low emission vehicles with a customs value less than the luxury car tax threshold imported into Australia on or after 1 July 2022; and correct tariff references for blood-grouping reagents and herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators following their reclassification. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill 2021

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    Date
    16 Jun 2021 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to: extend the free rate of customs duty for certain medical and hygiene products from 31 December 2020 to 30 June 2021; and provide for a free rate of customs duty for goods for use in the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Program and for prescribed motor vehicles and motor vehicle components for research and development activities by automotive service providers previously registered under the Automotive Transformation Scheme and where the time for working out duty is between 1 April 2021 and 30 June 2025. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill 2018

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    Date
    27 Jun 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Law Enforcement and Cyber Security 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to: remove customs duty on rodenticides, fungicides, anti-sprouting products, plant growth regulators, disinfectants containing a specific range of active substances, and all herbicides and pesticides, imported from Indonesia under the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement; remove customs duty on eligible blinded clinical trial kits and placebos imported for use in clinical trials; and remove a redundant item from the table of preferential custom duty rates for the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill 2013

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    Date
    20 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to incorporate five technical alterations into the customs tariff that were contained in Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 1) 2013. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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