Oct. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3357

Determinations by Minister of Customs under Section 16 of the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1934.

Customs Department, Wellington, 18th October, 1934.

PART I.

IN pursuance of section 16 of the Customs Acts Amendment Act, 1934, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Customs, do hereby determine that, with respect to each of the following classes of motor-vehicles the under-mentioned goods may be entered under Tariff item 389 (a) as unassembled or completely knocked down motor-vehicles :—

Column No. 1. Column No. 2.
Classes of Motor-vehicles. Goods which may be entered under Tariff Item 389 (a).

Class I :—
Motor-vehicles, being passenger motor - vehicles other than omnibuses

(i) Chassis, consisting of—
(a) Side members, end members, cross members, subframe, dumb irons, tank saddles, brackets for fixing engine, spring brackets, engine and gear box ; and

These goods (except the engine and gear box) may be built up into a frame, by means of rivets, gussets, bolts or welding, and the engine and gear box may be fully assembled and secured to the frame. The frame must not be further assembled but such other parts of the chassis as are ordinarily rivetted to the frame may be so affixed thereto.

(b) Scuttle (or cowl), wind-shield assembly, mud-guards, valances, running boards, and other parts of chassis

May not be attached to the frame or to parts rivetted thereto (as referred to in (a) above) but may, subject to the foregoing restriction, be imported in such condition as the importer elects.

(ii) Bodies, consisting of—
(a) Metal panels, and framework (if any)

May be built up into the form of a “ shell ” with doors attached thereto. The windows and back light may be glazed and the shell may have a priming coat of paint or similar material.

(b) Other parts of body (excluding upholstery, seat springs, and cushions in any form whatever)

May be imported in such condition as the importer elects.

Class II :—
Motor-vehicles being omnibuses, commercial trucks, or delivery vans

Chassis . . . . . . . . Shall be imported in the condition set out with respect to chassis of motor-vehicles in Class I.

PART II.

I hereby make the following further determinations under the aforesaid section :—
(1) If any motor-vehicles of any of the classes mentioned in Part I of this notice are imported in a condition less assembled or more completely knocked down than that respectively set out in Column No. 2 of that Part, they may be entered under Tariff item 389 (a).
(2) If motor-vehicles or parts of motor-vehicles of any of the classes mentioned in Part I of this notice are imported in a condition more assembled or less completely knocked down than that respectively set out in Column No. 2 of that Part, they shall not be entered under Tariff item 389 (a).
(3) Except with the special permission of the Minister, but subject to paragraph (1) of this Part, no goods enumerated in Column No. 2 of Part I of this notice shall be entered under Tariff item 389 (a) if any other goods comprising the chassis or body or any part thereof respectively that have formed or are intended to form part of the same motor-vehicle are imported in a form otherwise than as set out in the said Column No. 2. Notwithstanding anything in this paragraph, if the Minister is satisfied that the body for any such vehicle is to be wholly manufactured in New Zealand, the chassis for any motor-vehicle of the kind mentioned in Class I of Part I of this notice may be entered under Tariff item 389 (a) if it is imported in the condition set out in Column No. 2 of that Part, or in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Part.
(4) Except with the special permission of the Minister, and under conditions set out by him, all the imported unassembled or completely knocked down (c.k.d.) parts enumerated in Column No. 2 of Part I of this notice for any one vehicle shall be imported in the same ship.
(5) Except with the special permission of the Minister, all the goods enumerated in Column No. 2 of Part I of this notice and forming or intended to form parts of any one vehicle shall, if entered under Tariff item 389 (a), be used only in the assembly, completion, or manufacture of that vehicle and shall not be used in the manufacture or repair of other motor-vehicles.
(6) Except with the special permission of the Minister, no upholstery, seat springs or cushions in any form whatever for motor-vehicles, or bodies for omnibuses, or bodies or cabs for commercial trucks or delivery vans, or parts of the same, shall be entered under Tariff item 389 (a).
(7) Except with the special permission of the Minister but subject to paragraph (1) of this Part no goods which are enumerated in Column No. 2 of Part I of this notice and which have been entered under Tariff item 389 (a) shall be used in the completion or manufacture of a motor-vehicle of the kind mentioned in Class I of that Part if the chassis or body or any part thereof is imported in a form otherwise than as set out in the said Column No. 2.
(8) Except with the special permission of the Minister, no goods enumerated in Column No. 2 of Part I of this notice which have been entered under Tariff item 389 (a) shall be used in the completion or manufacture of a motor-vehicle if any upholstery, seat springs or cushions imported in a form wholly or partly made up or manufactured from leather in hides, piece-goods, metal wire or similar articles are also used in such completion or manufacture.
(9) Except with the special permission of the Minister, no goods enumerated in Column No. 2 of Part I of this notice which have been entered under Tariff item 389 (a) shall be used in the completion or manufacture of motor-vehicles being omnibuses, commercial trucks, or delivery vans (mentioned in Class II of that Part), if the bodies or cabs therefor or any manufactured or partly manufactured parts thereof (other than those admitted under Tariff items 387, 448 or such other Tariff item as may be specified by the Minister), have been imported.

PART III.

For the purposes of this notice an “ omnibus ” means a motor-vehicle designed solely or principally for the carriage of persons exceeding nine in number, and a “ commercial truck ” or “ delivery van ” means a motor-vehicle designed solely or principally for the carriage of goods.

It should be understood that the above determinations may be varied from time to time by notice in the Gazette. In the case of major variations, three months’ notice of any such variation will, if practicable, be given.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Customs.

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