Commencement: 31 December 1990

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

THE IMPORT DUTIES (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT) ACT
NO. 15 OF 1990

Arrangement of Sections

1. Amendment of Schedule 1 of Chapter 91.
2. Commencement.

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REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

THE IMPORT DUTIES (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT) ACT
NO. 15 of 1990

Assent: 21.12.90
Commencement: 31.12. 90

An act to amend the Import Duties (Consolidation) Act [CAP. 91].

BE IT ENACTED by the President and Parliament as follows:-

AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE 1 TO CHAPTER 91

1. The Import Duties (Consolidation) Act [CAP. 91] is amended -

(a) in chapter 9 of Schedule 1 by deleting the item "40%" in the column headed "Duty Rate" corresponding to item "0902.0000" in the column headed "Tariff Item" and substituting the item "20%";

(b) in chapter 10 of Schedule 1 by deleting the item "25%" in the column headed "Duty Rate" corresponding to item "1006.3000" in the column headed "Tariff Item" and substituting the item "12%";

(c) in chapter 11 of Schedule 1 by deleting the item "25%" in the column headed "Duty Rate" corresponding to item 1101.0010 in the column headed "Tariff Item" and substituting the item "15%";

(d) in chapter 21 of Schedule 1 by deleting the word "mat" wherever occurring in the sentence in the column headed "Description" corresponding to the item "21.01" in the column headed "Tariff Item" and substituting the word "mate";

(e) in chapter 22 of Schedule 1 by deleting the item "200 vt per litre" in the column headed "Duty Rate" corresponding to item "2204.2000" in the column headed "Tariff Item" and substituting the item "170 vt per litre";

(f) in chapter 24 of Schedule 1 -

(i) by deleting the words "Stick tobacco" in the column headed "Description" corresponding to item "2403.0010" in the column headed "Tariff Item" and substituting the words "Stick or twist tobacco";

(ii) by deleting the words "Twist or plug tobacco" in the column headed "Description" corresponding to the item "2403.0020" in the column headed "Tariff Item" and substituting the words "plug tobacco";

(g) in chapter 25 of Schedule 1 by deleting the item "30%" in the column headed "Duty Rate" corresponding to item "2523.2000" in the column headed "Tariff Item" and substituting the item "20%";

(h) in chapter 27 of Schedule 1 by deleting the word "kerosine" and substituting the word "kerosene" in the column headed "Description"

(i) corresponding to the item "2710.0030" in the column headed "Tariff Item";

(ii) corresponding to the item "2710.0040" in the column headed "Tariff Item";

(i) in chapter 73 of Schedule 1 -

(i) by deleting the item "10%" in the column headed "Duty Rate" corresponding to the item "7313.0000" in the column headed "Tariff Item" and substituting the item "15%";

(ii) by deleting the item "20%" in the column headed "Duty Rate" corresponding to the item "7317.0000" in the column headed "Tariff Item" and substituting the item "30%".

COMMENCEMENT

2. This Act shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette.

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