Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table (Tobacco Products) Amendment Bill

This Act is the Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table (Tobacco Products) Amendment Act . This Act comes into force on 29 April 2010. This Part amends the Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table under the Customs and Excise Act 1996 to— increase by 14% the duties on loose (roll-your-own cigarette and pipe) tobacco and on higher-weight manufactured cigarettes, to align those duties by weight with the duties on lower-weight manufactured cigarettes; and increase by 10% (in the first of 3 cumulative increases of 10%) the duties on all tobacco products (including the duties on loose tobacco and on higher-weight manufactured cigarettes, after those duties have been aligned with the duties on lower-weight manufactured cigarettes). This Part, in accordance with section 76G(1) of the Customs a