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Import Duties (Consolidation) (Amendment) Act No 02 of 1996

Commencement: 12/04/1996

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

IMPORT DUTIES (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT) ACT
NO. 2 OF 1996

Arrangement of Sections

1. Amendment of section 3 of Chapter 91.
2. Amendment of unit/Quantity criteria in Schedule I.
3. Amendment of duty rates in Schedule I.
4. Amendment of service tax in Schedule I.
5. Amendment of section 1 X-4 in Schedule III.
6. Commencement.

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IMPORT DUTIES (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT) ACT

NO. 2 OF 1996

Assent: 12/04/96
Commencement: 02/04/96

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

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

AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3 OF CHAPTER 91

1. Section 3 of the Import Duties (Consolidation) Act [CAP. 91] in this Act referred to as the "principal Act" is amended in subsection (1) by deleting "5 per cent" and substituting "7 per cent".

AMENDMENT OF UNIT/QUANTITY CRITERIA IN SCHEDULE I

2. (1) The unit/quantity criteria set out in Schedule I to the principal Act are amended to the extent shown in the first Schedule to this Act.

(2) The current unit/quantity criteria shown in Column 2 corresponding to the tariff items in column 1 of Part C to the First Schedule to this Act are deleted and replaced by the unit/quantity criteria shown in column 3.

AMENDMENT OF DUTY RATES IN SCHEDULE I

3. (1) The duty rates set out in Schedule I to the principal Act are amended to the extent shown in the First Schedule to this Act.

(2) The current duty rates shown in column 2 corresponding to the tariff items in column 1 of Part A to the First Schedule to this Act are deleted and replaced by the duty rates shown in column 3.

AMENDMENT OF SERVICE TAX IN SCHEDULE I

4. (1) The service tax rates set out in Schedule I to the principal Act are amended to the extent shown in the First Schedule to this Act.

(2) The current service tax rates shown in column 2 corresponding to the tariff items in column 1 of Part B to the First Schedule to this Act are deleted and replaced by the service tax rates shown in column 3.

AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1 X-4 IN SCHEDULE III

5. Section 1 X-4 of Schedule III to the principal Act is amended by deleting paragraph (b).

COMMENCEMENT

6. This Act shall come into force on the 2nd day of April 1996.

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FIRST SCHEDULE

PART A

PART B

PART C

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