Jason Clare (Blaxland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Home Affairs ) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That this bill be now read a second time.

I am pleased to present this bill, the Customs Tariff (Anti-dumping) Amendment Bill.

This bill, together with the Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Bill 2013, will give the minister discretion to consider the desirability of fixing a lesser duty, in certain circumstances.

The legislation sets out the three circumstances where the minister is not required to, but may, consider the desirability of fixing a lesser amount of duty.

In these complex cases, where injurious dumping or subsidisation has been found, the minister can impose the maximum permitted duties.

I commend this bill to the House.

Debate adjourned.