COMMONWEALTH PREFERENCE ORDINANCE

COMMONWEALTH PREFERENCE ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 47.

COMMONWEALTH PREFERENCE.

To secure an increased trade belween the Colony and other parts of
the Commonwealth.

[28th October, 1932.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Commonwealth Preference
Ordinance.

2. (1) In this Ordinance-

'Commonwealth' bears the meaning given thereto by section 3 of the
Interpretation Ordinance;

'Commonwealth product', in the case of motor vehicle means a vehicle
which is substantially manufactured within the Commonwealth

'motor vehicle' includes motor car, motor lorry, motor omnibus, motor
truck, motor bicycle motor tricycle.

(2) No vehicle shall be deemed to be substantially manufactured
within the Commonwealth unless, in the opinion of the
Commissioner of Police, at least one half, or such other proportion as
the Governor in Council may fix by order, of its value is the result of
labour within the Commonwealth.

3. (1) There shall be charged, levied and paid, in respect of the first
registration in the Colony of every motor vehicle hereafter registered
which, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Police, is not a
Commonwealth product, a special licence fee of an amount equal to
fifteen per cent of the value of such vehicle, including cost freight and
insurance, on arrival in the Colony, after deduction of the value of the
tyres and of any spare wheels or other spare parts.

(2) Such special licence fee shall be in addition to the ordinary
licence fee payable under any Ordinance or regulations relating to the
licensing of vehicles.

(3) Where it appears to the Governor in Council that such special
licence fee has been paid in respect of a private motor vehicle brought
into and kept in the Colony for a





period not exceeding three months on the occasion of or in connexion
with a ternporary stay in the Colony of the owner of the vehicle, the
Governor in Council shall without prejudice to the provisions of any other
enactment have power in his discretion to order that such special
licence fee shall in whole or in part be refunded.

4. The Governor in Council shall have power to make such
regulations as he thinks fit for the carrying out of this Ordinance.
32 of 1932. 31 of 1934. 3 of 1938. 29 of 1938. 24 of 1950. 24 of 1950. Schedule. Short title. 24 of 1950. Schedule. Interpretation. 24 of 1950, Schedule. (Cap. 1.) 24 of 1950, Schedule. 24 of 1950, Schedule. G. N. 298/33. Special licence fee for motor vehicles which are not Commonwealth products. 29 of 1938, s. 2. 24 of 1950, Schedule, 24 of 1950, Schedule, Regulations.

32 of 1932. 31 of 1934. 3 of 1938. 29 of 1938. 24 of 1950. 24 of 1950. Schedule. Short title. 24 of 1950. Schedule. Interpretation. 24 of 1950, Schedule. (Cap. 1.) 24 of 1950, Schedule. 24 of 1950, Schedule. G. N. 298/33. Special licence fee for motor vehicles which are not Commonwealth products. 29 of 1938, s. 2. 24 of 1950, Schedule, 24 of 1950, Schedule, Regulations.

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