Timber Export Act 1908
Timber Export Act 1908
Timber Export Act 1908
Public Act |
1908 No 190 |
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Date of assent |
4 August 1908 |
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Contents
An Act to consolidate certain Enactments of the General Assembly relating to the Imposition of Duty on the Exportation of Timber.
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Short Title.
(1.)
The Short Title of this Act is “The Timber Export Act, 1908”
; and it shall be read together with “The Customs Law Act, 1908.”
Enactments consolidated.
(2.)
This Act is a consolidation of the enactments mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, and with respect to those enactments the following provisions shall apply:—
Savings.
(a.)
All regulations, Orders in Council, orders, warrants, notices, instruments, and generally all acts of authority which originated under any of the said enactments and are subsisting or in force on the coming into operation of this Act, shall enure for the purposes of this Act as fully and effectually as if they had originated under the corresponding provisions of this Act, and accordingly shall, where necessary, be deemed to have so originated.
(b.)
All matters and proceedings commenced under any such enactment, and pending or in progress on the coming into operation of this Act, may be continued, completed, and enforced under this Act.
2 Export duty on timber.
1901, No. 63, sec. 2
(1.)
The Governor may from time to time by Order in Council cause to be levied, collected, and paid at the Customs to His Majesty, previous to exportation from New Zealand, the duties upon timber set forth in the Second Schedule hereto.
Notice of export to be given. 1901, No. 63. sec. 3
(2.)
The master or agent of every ship in which it is intended to ship for export timber liable to duty shall, not less than twenty-four hours before shipment, give in the prescribed form notice of such intention to the Collector or other proper officer of Customs at the port of intended export.
(3.)
If any such timber is shipped without such notice being given, the master and agent shall each be liable to a fine of not less than ten pounds.
Export entry to be passed. Ibid sec. 4
(4.)
Export entries for dutiable timber shipped, containing correct particulars of the number of superficial feet and the amount of duty payable thereon, shall be passed at the Customhouse and the duty paid before the clearance of the ship; and the Collector or other proper officer of Customs shall have power to detain the ship until he is satisfied that the full amount of duty has been paid.
Regulations. Ibid, sec. 5
(5.)
The Minister of Customs may from time to time by regulations prescribe and determine in what manner dutiable timber shall be shipped in order that a true account of the number of superficial feet contained therein may be obtained by a Customs officer; and any master of an exporting ship, or other person concerned, who fails to comply with such regulations is liable to a fine of not less than five pounds.
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE. Enactments consolidated
1901, No. 63.—“The Timber Export Act, 1901.”
1903, No. 57.—“The Timber Export Duty Act, 1903.”
SECOND SCHEDULE. Export Duty on Timber.
Section 2. 1903, No. 57, Schedule.
| Logs, round | 5s. per 100 superficial feet | Or such lesser duty as the Governor by Order in Council determines. |
| Logs, squared with axe or saw Half-logs | ||
| Flitches of any particular kind or pieces of such size as the Governor by Order in Council superficial determines | 3s. per 100 superficial feet | Or such lesser duty as the Governor by Order in Council determines |