Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, the Honourable Alex Hawke MP)NOTES ON CLAUSES
Clause 1 - Short title
This clause provides for the Act, when enacted, to be cited as the Customs Amendment (2017 Harmonized System Changes) Act 2016.
Clause 2 - Commencement
Subclause (1) provides that each provision of this Act specified in Column 1 of the table in that subclause commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in Column 2 of the table. This subclause also provides that any other statement in Column 2 of the table has effect according to its terms.
Item 1 of the table in this clause provides that sections 1 to 3 and anything in the Act not covered elsewhere in the table will commence on the day on which the Act receives the Royal Assent.
Item 2 of the table provides that Schedule 1 of the HS2017 Customs Bill commences at the same time as Schedule 1 to the Customs Tariff Amendment (2017 Harmonized System Changes) Act 2016 commences. That Act commences on 1 January 2017.
Clause 3 - Schedule(s)
This clause is the formal enabling provision for the Schedule to the HS2017 Customs Bill, providing that each Act specified in the Schedule is amended in accordance with the applicable items of that Schedule. The clause also provides that other items of the Schedule have effect according to their own terms. This is a standard enabling clause for transitional, savings and application items in amending legislation.