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Vanuatu Consolidated Legislation - 1988 |
Commencement: 18 June 1984
LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
REVISED EDITION 1988
CHAPTER 176
Act
19 of 1984ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
5. Forfeiture
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IMPORT OF GOODS (CONTROL)
To authorise the Minister to control and prohibit the importation of certain goods into Vanuatu and to provide for matters in relation thereto.
INTERPRETATION
"goods" means any merchandise including animals, birds and fish, any minerals and other substances and generally articles of any description;
"Minister" means the Minister responsible for industry.
MINISTER MAY PROHIBIT OR RESTRICT IMPORTS
(2) An Order restricting or prohibiting the importation of goods may prescribe such conditions as the Minister may consider necessary therefor.
(3) An Order restricting the importation of goods may limit the importation to prescribed categories of businesses.
EXEMPTION
(2) In any proceedings under this Act the burden of proving that any goods are exempt from an Order shall be upon the person claiming the exemption.
OFFENCES
Penalty: fine of VT100,000 or imprisonment for 6 months or both.
FORFEITURE
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[Subsidiary]
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
IMPORT OF GOODS (MISCELLANEOUS CONTROLS) REGULATIONS
Order 28 of 1987
Order 38 of 1987
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
REGULATION
SCHEDULE 1-Goods or commodities in respect of which an import licence is required
SCHEDULE 2-Import licence
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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
IMPORT OF GOODS (MISCELLANEOUS CONTROLS) REGULATIONS
To restrict the importation of miscellaneous items into the Republic of Vanuatu.
RESTRICTION AS TO THE IMPORTATION OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE
FORM OF APPLICATION
FORM OF LICENCE
(2) The Minister may add to or vary the conditions to which a licence is subject.
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[Subsidiary]
SCHEDULE 1
GOODS OR COMMODITIES IN RESPECT OF WHICH
AN IMPORT LICENCE IS REQUIRED
Item Tariff Item Description
Rice 10.06.09 semi-milled or wholly milled
whether or not polished or glazed; broken rice
11.01.01 of wheat or meslin
Canned fish 16.04.01 mackerel or sardines, prepared
16.04.09 canned
Sugar 17.01.09
Tobacco products 24.01.00 unmanufactured tobacco: tobacco
24.02.01 refuse cigars, cheroots and cigarillos
24.02.02 cigarettes with a tar content not exceeding 10 mg per cigarette
24.02.03 cigarettes with a tar content
24.02.04 exceeding 10 mg per cigarette
24.02.09 stick tobacco other manufactured tobacco
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SCHEDULE 2
IMPORT LICENCE
THIS LICENCE IS/IS NOT TRANSFERABLE
Phone: 2951 Ext. 34
Ref: ________________________
Licence No. __________________
Under the provisions of the Import of Goods (Miscellaneous Controls) Regulations a licence is hereby granted to the person specified herein as "Owner" to import goods which, by reference to Part I of the table hereunder -
(a) conform to the description in column 3;
(b) fall within the item, sub-item, paragraph or subparagraph of Schedule 1 to the Import Duties (Consolidation) Act, Cap. 91 specified in column 1 in relation to that description; and
(c) are not in total during the period specified in paragraph (i) hereunder in excess of the quantity or value for duty, as the case may be, specified in column 2.
This licence is granted subject to compliance with -
(i) the requirement that the goods are imported for home consumption:
not earlier than the day of 19. and,
not later than the day of 19 and
(ii) such other conditions or requirements, if any, as are specified in Part II of the table.
THE TABLE
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COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3
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Quota period Licence no. is hereby revoked
Reference
Owner [ ] Owner code
Customs stamp Office use only
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Minister
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