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Customs Tariff (Amendment) Act 2021

REPUBLIC OF FIJI

CUSTOMS TARIFF (AMENDMENT) ACT 2021

ACT NO. 8 OF 2021

I assent.

J. K. KONROTE
President
[4 June 2021]

AN ACT

TO AMEND THE CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1986

ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji -

Short title and commencement

1. - (1) This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Amendment) Act 2021.

(2) This Act comes into force on a date appointed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

Schedule 2 amended

2. Schedule 2 to the Customs Tariff Act 1986 is amended in Part 3 in concession code 228 in column 7 by -

(a) deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following -

• "(a) That the vessel or aircraft is imported solely for pleasure cruising in Fiji for a period not exceeding -
  • (i) for a vessel, 54 months; or
  • (ii) for aircraft, 18 months;";

(b) in paragraph (c), deleting "." and substituting ";"; and
(c) after paragraph (c), inserting the following new paragraph -

• "(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (aa), the Comptroller may extend the time limit for a vessel imported prior to the commencement of the Customs Tariff (Amendment) Act 2021 and still in Fiji, for a maximum period of 36 months.".
  

Passed by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji this 4th day of June 2021.