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Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals and Other Measures) Bill 2020

Type	Government
Originating house	House of Representatives
Status	Passed Both Houses
Portfolio	Home Affairs

Summary

Amends the Customs Tariff Act 1995 to: provide for a free rate of customs duty for certain medical and hygiene products between 1 February 2020 and 31 December 2020; remove the $12 000 special customs duty on used and second-hand motor vehicles that are Peruvian originating goods or that are Trans-Pacific Partnership originating goods; separately identify specifically formulated caffeinated beverages, formulated supplementary sports foods and formulated supplementary foods; specifically identify vitamins and food supplements; provide that wheelie bins do not fall within the classification of vehicles; provide that plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes, pipes and the like requiring further modification prior to being used cannot be classified as parts; and repeal redundant provisions specifying phasing rates of customs duty under certain free trade agreements.

Progress of bill

For committee reference information, please see the Notes section at the end of this page.

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	03/12/20
Second reading moved	03/12/20
Second reading debate	17/02/21
Second reading agreed to	17/02/21
Third reading agreed to	17/02/21

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	17/02/21
Second reading moved	17/02/21
Second reading debate	18/02/21
Second reading agreed to	18/02/21
Third reading agreed to	18/02/21

Finally passed both Houses	18/02/21

[Information on document types]

Text of bill

First reading
As passed by both Houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Second reading speeches

Proposed amendments

No proposed amendments have been circulated.

Schedules of amendments

Bills Digest

Notes