Customs By-law No. 0540006 (Cth)
CUSTOMS ACT 1901
CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995
PART I OF SCHEDULE 4
BY-LAW NO. 0540006
I, SUZANNE MARGARET PITMAN, delegate of the Chief Executive Officer for the
purposes of section 271 of the Customs Act 1901, hereby make the by-law set
out in the Schedule below.
THE SCHEDULE
Item 15
Part I of Schedule 4
1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 0540006.
2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 January 2006.
3. This by-law will cease to have effect on 1 July 2006.
4. Item 15 in Part I of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act
1995 applies, subject to the following paragraphs,
to goods that are:
(a) non-commercial goods;
(b) for use in, or for purposes related to, the 2006
Melbourne Commonwealth Games; and
(c) imported as the accompanied baggage of a passenger
from overseas who is:
(i) a Commonwealth Games Family member; or
(ii) a family member of a Commonwealth Games Family
member;
other than:
(d) alcoholic beverages and tobacco products;
(e) motor vehicles and motor vehicle parts;
(f) transmission apparatus and systems for
radio-broadcasting or television and parts thereof,
including outside broadcasting units and studio
equipment;
(g) television cameras for television studios or for
reporting; and
(h) television and radio-broadcasting mixing and editing
equipment.
5. For the purposes of this by-law, “non-commercial goods”
means goods that are not intended to be used by the
importer for any commercial purpose, including sale,
lease, hire or exchange.
6. For the purposes of this by-law, “Commonwealth Games
Family member” means a person who is not an Australian
citizen and who is a participant in, an official of, or
an accredited member of a delegation to, the 2006
Melbourne Commonwealth Games.
7. For the purposes of this by-law, “family member” means
the spouse, and any children under the age of 18 years.
8. For the purposes of this by-law, “accompanied baggage”
of a passenger means goods which:
(a) are carried or worn by the passenger and are
available for presentation to Customs at the time
of the passenger’s processing through Customs; or
(b) are consigned to travel on the same ship or
aircraft as the passenger as baggage allowance or
as excess baggage, but which are loaded onto
another ship or aircraft due to circumstances
beyond the control of the passenger.
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9. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act
1995" means the Customs Tariff Act 1995, as amended or
proposed to be altered.
10.Unless the context otherwise requires, where a description
of goods is specified in this by-law, the goods to which
the by-law applies by virtue of that description are such
goods to which that description would apply if it were
specified in Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995.
Dated this 25 day of November 2005.
SUZANNE MARGARET PITMAN
Delegate of the
Chief Executive Officer
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