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Customs Tariff (Amendment)(No 2) Act 1992

FIJI ISLANDS


CUSTOMS TARIFF (AMENDMENT)(NO. 2) ACT


No. 5 of 1992


I assent.

[L.S.]

P. K. GANILAU
President


[21 December, 1992]


AN ACT


TO AMEND THE CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT, 1986 (ACT 12 OF 1986) (5/92)


[22 December, 1992]


ENACTED by the Parliament of Fiji.


Short title


1. This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1992.


Interpretation


2. The Customs Tariff Act, 1986, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.


Schedule 2, repealed


3. Schedule 2 to the Principal Act, is repealed and replaced by the SCHEDULE to this Act.


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SCHEDULE


(Replacing Schedule 2 of the Principal Act)
(Section 3)


CUSTOMS TARIFF
Preliminary


In this Schedule:


(a) the following expressions have the following meanings:-


(i) 'Standard Tariff' means the Tariff set out in Part 1 of this Schedule;


(ii) 'heading' means any of the headings set out in the second column of the Standard Tariff, identified by four digits in that column;


(iii) 'item' means any item in the Standard Tariff identified by eight digits in the first column of that Tariff and any include any heading or subheading or any subdivision of a heading or a subheading;


(iv) 'three or more dash sub-divisions' means any sub-division identified by three or more dashes in the description column.


(b) the symbol % appearing against any rate of duty means per cent ad valorem, and in all other cases means per cent; and


(c) the following other abbreviations and symbols have the following meanings:-


Abbreviations and Symbols Meaning


C .................................................... Centigrade

c ..................................................... cent(s)

cg ....................................... centigram(s)

cm ................................................... centimetre(s)

cc ..................................................... cubic centimetre(s)

dz ..................................................... dozen(s)

g ....................................................... gram(s)

kg ..................................................... kilogram(s)

kw .................................................... kilowatt(s)

kv ..................................................... kilovolt amp(s)

l ........................................................ litre(s)

la ...................................................... litres(s) of alcohol

m ...................................................... metre(s)

m2 ............................................. square metre(s)

m3 ..................................................... cubic metre(s)

mg................................................... milligram(s)

mm ................................................... millimetre(s)

mm2................................................... square millimetre(s)

No. ................................................... Number or number of pieces

no. .................................................... number or number of pieces

Nos. .................................................. Numbers

$ ........................................................ Dollars

--º ..................................................... degree(s)

MT .................................................... Metric tonne(s)

pr ....................................................... pair(s)

dp....................................................... dozen pair(s)

GB ..................................................... Gross box(es)

gr ....................................................... gross


(d) the column headed 'Statistical' is included in this Schedule for information purposes only and does not have any legal effect for customs tariff purposes.


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Passed by the House of Representatives this eighth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-two.


Passed by the Senate this sixteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-two.


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