Motions

WHEREAS section 56(1)(a) of the Customs Act, Chap. 78:01 that the House of Representatives may, from time to time, by Resolution, provide that any class of goods specified in the Resolution shall be exempt from import duties of Customs if the goods are imported or entered for use by any person for any purpose specified in the Resolution during any period to be fixed by the Minister in each particular case, not being a period terminating later than the date prescribed in the Resolution as the last day on which such exemption shall be operative, and subject to such conditions as the Minister may impose;

AND WHEREAS by Legal Notice No. 10 of 2011 and Legal Notice No. 34 of 2014, the last Resolutions in respect of the goods identified therein came into effect on 1st January, 2011 and 23rd January, 2014, respectively, would both expire on 31st December, 2015;

AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the goods continue to be exempt from import duties of Customs as of 1st January, 2016

BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of section 56(1)(a) of the Customs Act, exempt from import duties of Customs the classes of goods imported or entered for use in Trinidad and Tobago for the following purposes set out in the list of Conditional Duty Exemptions in the Third Schedule to the Customs Act:

1. Approved Industry in Part A, subheading I;
2. Approved Agriculture, Livestock, Forestry and Fisheries in Part A, subheading II;
3. Approved Hotels in Part A, subheading III;
4. Approved Mining Purposes in Part A, subheading IV; and
5. Other Approved Purposes in Part A, subheading V,

for the period beginning 1st January, 2016 and ending 31st December, 2017.

(By the Minister of Trade and Industry)