1 Short Title and commencement

• (1) This Act may be cited as the Tariff Amendment Act 1990, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Tariff Act 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

  (2) Except as provided in section 3(6) of this Act, this Act shall come into force on the day on which it receives the Royal assent.

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3 Tariff amended

• (1) This subsection amended the First Schedule to the principal Act

  (2) This subsection amended the First Schedule to the principal Act

  (3) This subsection amended the First Schedule to the principal Act

  (4) This subsection amended the First Schedule to the principal Act

  (5) The Finance Act 1989 is hereby consequentially amended by repealing section 25(2)(a) and Schedule 2.

  (6) This section shall be deemed to have come into force on the 25th day of July 1990.

4 Validation of certain tariff concessions

• All approvals, and all modifications or withdrawals of approvals, given or made or purported to be given or made—

  • (a) During the period commencing with the 1st day of December 1988 and ending with the date of commencement of this section by the Minister of Commerce pursuant to section 8 of the principal Act in respect of goods referred to in Reference Number 25 of Part 2 of the Tariff; and

  • (b) By the Minister of Customs—

    • (i) During the period commencing with the 1st day of January 1988 and ending with the 30th day of November 1988 pursuant to section 120(4) of the Customs Act 1966 (as substituted by section 6(1) of the Customs Amendment Act (No 4) 1987); or

    • (ii) At any time before the 1st day of January 1988 pursuant to section 120(5) of the Customs Act 1966 (as substituted by section 5(1) of the Customs Acts Amendment Act (No 2) 1977),—

    in respect of goods referred to in Reference Number 25 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Customs Act 1966,—

  are hereby validated and declared to have been lawfully done notwithstanding that any such approval, modification, or withdrawal may not have been recommended by the Minister of Health.