SOLOMON ISLANDS

CUSTOMS VALUATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2010

(NO. 8 OF 2010)

PASSED by the National Parliament this 28th day of September 2010.
(This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill passed by Parliament and found by me to be a true copy of the Bill)

Taeasi Sanga (Mrs)
Clerk to National Parliament

ASSENTED to in Her Majesty's name and on Her Majesty's behalf this 1st day of October 2010.

Sir Frank Utu Ofagioro Kabui
GOVERNOR-GENERAL

Date of Commencement: (See section 1)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CUSTOMS VALUATION ACT 2009

ENACTED by the National Parliament of Solomon Islands.

CUSTOMS VALUATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2010

Short title and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Customs Valuation (Amendment) Act 2010, and commences on the same day as the commencement of the Customs Valuation Act 2009.

(2) In this Act, the Customs Valuation Act 2009 is referred to as "principal Act".

Section 7 of the principal Act amended

2. Section 7 of the principal Act is amended –

(a) in subsection (1), by adding "or any other prescribed amount" at the end of that subsection; and

(b) in subsection (2) –

(i) by repealing paragraph (e) and substituting the following new paragraph – 

"(e) the costs of transportation and insurance of, and the loading, unloading, and handling charges and other charges and expenses associated with the transportation of the goods until the goods have been imported into Solomon Islands;"; 

(ii) by adding "and" at the end of paragraph (f);

(iii) by repealing paragraph (g); and

(iv) by renumbering paragraph (h) as paragraph (g).

Section 8 of the principal Act amended

3. Section 8 of the principal Act is amended –

(a) in subsection (4) –

(i) by deleting "or" at the end of paragraph (b);

(ii) by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (c) and substituting instead a semi-colon and "or"; and

(ii) by adding the following new paragraph –

"(d) any other prescribed conditions."; and

(b) in subsection (5) –

(i) by deleting "and" at the end of paragraph (a);

(ii) by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (b) and substituting instead a semi-colon and "and"; and

(iii) by adding the following new paragraph –

"(c) any other prescribed matter."

Section 10 of the principal Act amended

4. Section 10(1) of the principal Act is amended –

(a) by deleting "or" at the end of paragraph (c);

(b) by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (d)(ii) and substituting instead a semi-colon and "or"; and

(c) by adding the following new paragraph –

"(e) any other prescribed circumstances."

Section 11 of the principal Act amended

5. Section 11 of the principal Act is amended –

(a) in subsection (3) –

(i) by deleting "and" at the end of paragraph (a); 

(ii) by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (b) and substituting instead a semi-colon and "and"; and

(iii) by adding the following new paragraph –

"(c) with any other prescribed matter."; and

(b) in subsection (4) –

(i) by deleting "and" at the end of paragraph (c);

(ii) by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (d) and substituting instead a semi-colon and "and"; and

(iii) by adding the following new paragraph –

"(e) any other prescribed matter."

Section 13 of the principal Act amended

6. Section 13 of the principal Act is amended –

(a) by deleting "or" at the end of paragraph (f); 

(b) by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (g) and substituting instead a semi-colon and "or"; and

(c) by adding the following new paragraph –

"(h) any other prescribed matter."