Import Duties (Developing Countries) (No. 3) Order 1973
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1973 No. 2218
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
The Import Duties (Developing Countries) (No. 3) Order 197320thDecember 1973
31stDecember 1973
1stJanuary 1974
The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 1 of the Finance Act 1971(a) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, on the recommendation of the Secretary of State (b), hereby make the following Order:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Import Duties (Developing Countries) (No. 3) Order 1973 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1974.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889(c) shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
2.—(1) Articles 3 and 4 of this Order shall have effect only in relation to goods of a country specified in Part I of Schedules 1 or 2 to this Order which are consigned to the United Kingdom—
(a) from a place in that country; or
(b) in the case of goods of a country specified in column 1 of Part II of those Schedules, from the place or places specified in relation to that country in column 2 of Part II of those Schedules; or
(c) from an exhibition held at a place which is outside that country but to which the goods had been consigned for the purpose of being exhibited at the exhibition.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(c) above "exhibition" means a trade, industrial, agricultural or crafts exhibition, fair or similar show or display, other than an exhibition, fair, show or display organised for private purposes in a shop or on business premises with a view to the sale of goods foreign to the country where the exhibition is held.
3.—(1) Up to and including 31st December 1974, any import duty for the time being chargeable on goods of any heading or subheading of the Customs Tariff 1959 specified in Part III of Schedule 1 hereto which are goods of a country named in Part I of that Schedule shall be chargeable at the "C1" rate instead of any higher rate which would otherwise apply.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) above, the "C 1 rate" in relation to any heading or subheading means the rate, if any, shown in relation to the heading or subheading prefixed by "C 1" or with no prefix, as the case may be, in
(a) 1971 c. 68.
(b) See S.I. 1970/1537 (1970 III, p. 5293).
(c) 1889 c. 63.
column 5 of Schedule I to the Import Duties (General) (No. 8) Order 1973(a) (which sets out the Customs Tariff 1959) as amended by the Import Duties (General) (No. 9) Order 1973(b).
(3) Up to and including 31st December 1974, any import duty for the time being chargeable on goods of any heading or subheading of the Customs Tariff 1959 specified in column 1 of Part IV of Schedule 1 hereto which are goods of a country named in the said Part I of that Schedule shall be chargeable at the rate specified in relation to the heading or subheading in column 2 of the said Part IV instead of any higher rate which would otherwise apply.
4.—(1) Up to and including 31st January 1975 no import duty shall be chargeable on goods of a heading or subheading of the Customs Tariff 1959 specified in Part III of Schedule 2 hereto which are goods of a country specified in Part I of that Schedule.
(2) Up to and including 31st January 1975, any import duty for the time being chargeable on goods of any heading or subheading of the Customs Tariff 1959 specified in column 1 of Part IV of Schedule 2 hereto which are goods of a country named in the said Part I of that Schedule shall be chargeable at the rate specified in relation to the heading or subheading in column 2 of the said Part IV instead of any higher rate which would otherwise apply.
Hamish Gray, John Stradling Thomas, Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury.
20th December 1973.
(a) S.I. 1973/1845(1973 III, p.5601).
(b) S.I. 1973/2169 (1973 III, p.7572).
SCHEDULE 1
PART I
Independent States
The Kingdom of Afghanistan
The Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
The Argentine Republic
The State of Bahrain
The People's Republic of Bangladesh
The Republic of Bolivia
The Federative Republic of Brazil
The Union of Burma
The Republic of Chile
The Republic of Colombia
The Republic of Costa Rica
The Republic of Cyprus
The Dominican Republic
The Republic of Ecuador
The Arab Republic of Egypt
The Republic of E1 Salvador
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea
The Empire of Ethiopia
The Republic of Guatemala
The Republic of Guinea
The Republic of Haiti
The Republic of India
The Republic of Indonesia
The Empire of Iran
The Republic of Iraq
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
The Khmer Republic
The Republic of Korea
The State of Kuwait
The Kingdom of Laos
The Lebanese Republic
The Republic of Liberia
The Libyan Arab Republic
Malaysia
The Republic of Maldives
Malta G.C.
The United Mexican States
The Kingdom of Morocco
The Republic of Nauru
The Kingdom of Nepal
The Republic of Nicaragua
The Republic of Pakistan
The Republic of Panama
The Republic of Paraguay
The Republic of Peru
The Republic of the Philippines
The State of Qatar
Ras-al-Khaimah
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The Republic of Singapore
Sri Lanka
The Democratic Republic of the Sudan
The Syrian Arab Republic
The Kingdom of Thailand
The Tunisian Republic
The United Arab Emirates
The Oriental Republic of Uruguay
The Republic of Venezuela
The Republic of Viet-Nam
The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
The Yemen Arab Republic
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Dependent Territories, Associated States and States whose external relations are conducted by third countries
Angola
Australian Antarctic Territory
Cape Verde Islands
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Corn Islands and Swan Islands
French Polynesia
Gibraltar
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Hong Kong
Macao
Mozambique
Norfolk Island
Overseas Territories of New Zealand, namely: Niue Island, Tokelau...
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