Cap. 337 Art. 7Amendment of Schedules.

The Minister may by regulations published in the Gazette amend, revoke or substitute the Schedules to this Act, or any of them, as may become necessary from time to time with the aim to ensure that the Customs Tariff conforms with the Harmonized

Commodity Description and Coding System 1983, as adopted and published by the Customs Co-operation Council, and to reorganise the Customs Tariff without departing from such system, or to remove or effect any decrease in the rate of duties leviable, or to amend the rules contained in the third Schedule in order to conform with any international obligation entered into by Malta in that respect: Provided that this authority shall not extend to cases in which its application results in a duty being prescribed in respect of any new article or an increase in the rate of duty prescribed in respect of any article.