Aug. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2395

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

Customs Department, Wellington, 29th August, 1936.

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 attached (permanently or
otherwise) 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 as-
sembly, 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 fore-
going 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 win-
dows and back light may be glazed and
the shell may have a priming coat of
paint or similar material.

(b) Seat springs .. .. ..

May be built up and assembled in the
metal frame.

(c) Upholstery (excluding upholstery
materials of wool or articles
made therefrom)

Materials may be cut to shape but no
further process of manufacture other than
that of preliminary sewing may be per-
formed thereon.

(d) Other parts of body (excluding
upholstery materials of wool
or articles made therefrom)

May be imported in such condition as the
importer elects.

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

(i) Chassis .. .. .. .. ..

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

(ii) “All steel” cabs, being cabs consisting
of metal panels which when welded
together form the cab—
(a) Metal panels .. .. ..

Shall be plain or machined metal stampings
with or without a priming coat of paint
or similar material but must not be built
up in any way by welding or any other
process which has the like effect, except
that reinforcing plates or parts and such
other parts as are ordinarily welded to
individual panels may be attached
thereto.

(b) Door assembly .. .. ..

May be imported completely built up.

(c) Seat springs .. .. ..

May be built up and assembled in the metal
frame.

(d) Upholstery (excluding up-

holstery materials of wool or
articles made therefrom)

Materials may be cut to shape but no
further process of manufacture other than
that of preliminary sewing may be per-
formed thereon.

Class III :—
Motor-vehicles, being omnibuses

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 that have formed or are intended to form part of the same motor-vehicle shall be or shall have been imported in a form otherwise than as set out in the said Column No. 2.

(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.