Customs By-law No. 9940001 (Cth)

CUSTOMS ACT 1901

CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995

PART II OF SCHEDULE 4

BY-LAW NO. 9940001

I,LYNDALL MARIA MILWARD-BASON, 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.

Unless the context otherwise requires, where a description of goods    

is specified in the by-law set out in the Schedule, the goods to which

that 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.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any word or phrase used in a    

reference in the by-law set out in the Schedule has the same meaning   

as if it were used in the tariff classification in Schedule 3 to the   

Customs Tariff Act 1995 that applies to those goods to which that

reference applies.

THE SCHEDULE

BY-LAW NO. 9940001

Item 30

Part II of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 9940001.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 April 1999.             

3. Item 30 in Part II of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act

1995 applies to robots as defined in subparagraph 2.6 of           

International Standard ISO 8373:1994(E/F) (Manipulating            

Industrial Robots), being "automatically controlled,               

reprogrammable, multipurpose manipulator(s), programmable in       

 three or more axes which may be either fixed in place or           

mobile for use in industrial automation applications".             

4. For the purposes of this by-law, "reprogrammable" is defined in    

subparagraph 2.4 of International Standard ISO 8373:1994(E/F),     

and means "whose programmed motions or auxiliary functions         

may be changed without physical alteration".  

5. For the purposes of this by-law, "multipurpose" is defined in      

subparagraph 2.5 of International Standard ISO 8373:1994(E/F),     

and means "capable of being adapted to a different application     

with physical alteration".  

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6. For the purposes of this by-law, "manipulator" is defined in       

subparagraph 2.1 of International Standard ISO 8373:1994(E/F),     

and means "machine, the mechanism of which usually consists of     

a series of segments jointed or sliding relative to one            

another, for the purpose of grasping and/or moving objects         

(pieces or tools) usually in several degrees of freedom".          

7. For the purposes of this by-law, "axis" is defined in              

subparagraph 4.3 of International Standard ISO 8373:1994(E/F),     

and means "direction used to specify the robot motion in a         

linear or rotary mode".  

8. 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.  

Dated this eighteenth day of March 1999.

LYNDALL MARIA MILWARD-BASON

Delegate of the Chief Executive Officer