Customs Tariff Amendment (Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Act 2004 (Cth)

Customs Tariff Amendment (Thailand‑Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Act 2004

No. 131, 2004

An Act to amend the Customs Tariff Act 1995, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) Schedule 1—Amendments commencing after the US Free Trade Agreement legislation commences Customs Tariff Act 1995 Schedule 2—Amendments commencing before the US Free Trade Agreement legislation commences Part 1—Customs Tariff amendments Customs Tariff Act 1995 Schedule 6—Thai originating goods Part 2—US Free Trade Agreement legislation amendments US Free Trade Agreement Implementation (Customs Tariff) Act 2004

Customs Tariff Amendment (Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Act 2004 No. 131, 2004

An Act to amend the Customs Tariff Act 1995, and for related purposes

[Assented to 26 November 2004]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff Amendment (Thailand‑Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Act 2004.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provision(s) Commencement Date/Details 1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. 26 November 2004 2. Schedule 1, items 1 to 37 The later of the following days (the Thai start‑day): 1 January 2005 (see Gazette 2004, S530) (a) 1 January 2005; (b) the day on which the Thailand‑Australia Free Trade Agreement, done at Canberra on 5 July 2004, comes into force for Australia. However, the provision(s) do not commence at all unless: (a) the Thailand‑Australia Free Trade Agreement comes into force for Australia; and (b) item 1 (the US item) of Schedule 1 to the US Free Trade Agreement Implementation (Customs Tariff) Act 2004 commences before, or on the same day as, the Thai start‑day. If the Thai start‑day is the same day as the day on which the US item commences, then items 1 to 37 of Schedule 1 to this Act commence immediately after the US item commences. The Minister must announce by notice in the Gazette the day on which the Thailand‑Australia Free Trade Agreement comes into force for Australia. 3. Schedule 1, item 38 The later of: 1 January 2005 (paragraph (b) applies) (a) immediately after the commencement of the Customs Tariff Amendment (Textile, Clothing and Footwear Post‑2005 Arrangements) Act 2004; and (b) immediately after the commencement of the provision(s) covered by table item 2. However, the provision(s) do not commence at all unless both of the events mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) occur. 4. Schedule 1, items 39 and 40 At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2. 1 January 2005 5. Schedule 2, items 1 to 35 The later of the following days (the Thai start‑day): Does not commence (a) 1 January 2005; (b) the day on which the Thailand‑Australia Free Trade Agreement, done at Canberra on 5 July 2004, comes into force for Australia. However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if: (a) the Thailand‑Australia Free Trade Agreement does not come into force for Australia; or (b) item 1 of Schedule 1 to the US Free Trade Agreement Implementation (Customs Tariff) Act 2004 commences before, or on the same day as, the Thai start‑day. The Minister must announce by notice in the Gazette the day on which the Thailand‑Australia Free Trade Agreement comes into force for Australia. 6. Schedule 2, item 36 The later of: Does not commence (a) immediately after the commencement of the Customs Tariff Amendment (Textile, Clothing and Footwear Post‑2005 Arrangements) Act 2004; and (b) immediately after the commencement of the provision(s) covered by table item 5. However, the provision(s) do not commence at all unless both of the events mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) occur. 7. Schedule 2, items 37 and 38 At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 5. Does not commence 8. Schedule 2, Part 2 Immediately before the commencement of item 1 of Schedule 1 to the US Free Trade Agreement Implementation (Customs Tariff) Act 2004. Does not commence However, the provision(s) do not commence at all unless the provision(s) covered by table item 5 commence.