Customs By-law Nos. 8840093, 8940001, 8940002, 8940003, 8940004, 8940005, 8940006, 8940007, 8940008, 8940009, 8940010, 8940011, 8940012, 8940013, 8940014, 8940015, 8940016 and 8940017 (Cth)

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CUSTOMS ACT 1901

CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1987

PARTS II AND III OF SCHEDULE 4

BY-LAWS NOS. 8840093, 8940001 TO 8940017

I, ALAN A. PATERSON, delegate of the Comptroller-General of Customs for the purposes of section 271 of the Customs Act 1901, hereby make the by-laws set out in the Schedule hereto.

In a by-law set out in the Schedule hereto –

‘security’ means that security shall be given to and to the satisfaction of the Collector and that the giving of such security is a condition subject to which that by-law item applies to the goods or the class or kind of goods so conditioned.

Unless the context otherwise requires, where a description of goods is specified in a by-law set out in the Schedule hereto, the goods that fall within that by-law by virtue of that description are such goods as would fall within that description if it were specified in the tariff classification in Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987 that applies to those goods.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any word or phrase used in a reference in a by-law set out in the Schedule hereto has the same meaning as if it were used in the tariff classification in Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987 that applies to those goods to which that reference in that by-law applies.

THE SCHEDULE

BY-LAW NO. 8840093

Item 36C

Part III of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8840093.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 26 October 1988.         

3. This by-law shall cease to have effect on 1 January 1990.          

4. Item 36C in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act

1987 applies to dioctylsodiumsulphosuccinate classified under      

3402.11, for use in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, under      

security.

5. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

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BY-LAW NO. 8940001

Item 40A

  Part III of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8940001.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 1989.             

3. Item 40A in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act       

1987 applies to fabrics classified under 5407, 5408, 5512,         

5513, 5514, 5515 or 5516 of Schedule 3, being fabrics               

defined for cutting up for the manufacture of hemmed or hemstitched

table linen.       

4. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

5. Customs By-law No. 8840006, published in Gazette No. GN 33 of       

16 December 1987, is hereby revoked.

BY-LAW NO. 8940002

Item 40A

Part III of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8940002.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 1989.            

3. Item 40A in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act

1987 applies to fabrics classified under 5407, 5408, 5512,         

5513, 5514, 5515 or 5516 of Schedule 3, being fabrics for use in   

the manufacture or repair of hot-air balloon envelopes, parachute  

canopies or sails, under security.       

4. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

5. Customs By-law No. 8840007, published in Gazette No. GN 33 of       

16 December 1987, is hereby revoked.

BY-LAW NO. 8940003

Item 40A

Part III of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8940003.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 1989.             

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3. Item 40A in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act

1987 applies to fabrics classified under 5407 or 5408 of           

Schedule 3, being fabrics, other than elastomeric fabrics weighing  

not more than 510 g/m2, for use in the manufacture of surgical and 

adhesive plaster, under security.  

4. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

5. Customs By-law No. 8840008, published in Gazette No. GN 33 of       

16 December 1987, is hereby revoked.

BY-LAW NO. 8940004

Item 40A

Part III of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8940004.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 1989.             

3. Item 40A in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987  

applies to fabrics classified under 5407, 5408, 5512, 5513, 5514,  

5515 or 5516 of Schedule 3, being fabrics, containing less than     

20% by weight of wool, as follows:        

(a) multi-coloured woven;  

(b) printed;     

(c) other than multi-coloured woven or printed, imported in        

widths not exceeding 76 cm,  

for use, otherwise than as an interlining, in the manufacture of   

neckties, under security.            

4. For the purposes of this by-law, the following textile fabrics are  

deemed not to be printed textile fabrics:  

(a) fabrics printed otherwise than with dyes, pigments or colours 

that are fast to light or laundering;  

(b) fabrics bearing designs that are of a kind that is essentially

of a utility nature and that is not of an ornamental or         

decorative nature; or                  

(c) fabrics that have been printed to such a small degree or at such

infrequent intervals, having regard to the remaining area of the

fabric, that, in the opinion of the Collector, the printing is 

merely nominal.                   

5. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

6. Customs By-law No. 8840009, published in Gazette No. GN 33 of    

16 December 1987, is hereby revoked.

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BY-LAW NO. 8940005

Item 40A

Part III of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8940005.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 1989.             

3. Item 40A in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987  

applies to fabrics classified under 5407, 5408, 5512, 5513, 5514,  

5515 or 5516 of Schedule 3, being fusible interlining fabrics,

other than fabrics in which more than 50% by weight of the man-made

fibre content is polyethylene or polypropylene or polyethylene and 

polypropylene, for use as shoulder or chest padding in the         

manufacture of coats or formal evening wear shirts, under security.

4. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

5. Customs By-law No. 8840010, published in Gazette No. GN 33 of    

16 December 1987, is hereby revoked.

BY-LAW NO. 8940006

Item 40A

Part III of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8940006.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 1989.             

3. Item 40A in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987  

applies to fabrics classified under 5007, 5208, 5210, 5212,        

5407, 5408, 5512, 5513, 5515 or 5516 of Schedule 3, being fabrics  

having a weight of less than 125 g/m2 for impregnating, coating,  

covering or laminating with plastics with a permanent plastic       

addition of 30 g/m2 or more, that as coated fabric is to be:       

(a) sold in that form; or  

(b) made up into finished products, other than curtains,            

under security, to be entered for home consumption by persons who  

have satisfied the Comptroller, or an officer authorised in writing

by the Comptroller for that purpose, that they will comply with the

following requirements, such persons not being persons in respect of

whom the Comptroller, or an officer authorised by the Comptroller  

in writing for that purpose, is no longer satisfied will comply with

the following requirements:

(i) they will own the fabric at the time of entry for home       

consumption and will retain that ownership over the fabric   

until the coating is completed;

(ii) they either possess, or have access to, the necessary plant  

and equipment in a factory to coat the fabric; and

(iii) they will have control of, or power of control over, the goods

during further processing so that they can satisfy the       

Comptroller that the goods will not be used in the production

of curtains.

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4. For the purposes of this by-law:

(a) “coated fabric” means fabric that has been impregnated, coated,

covered or laminated with a permanent plastic addition of       

30 g/m2 or more;

(b) “plastic” means plastics as defined in Note 1 to Chapter 39 of 

Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987.

5. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

6. Customs By-law No. 8840020, published in Gazette No. GN 33 of    

16 December 1987, is hereby revoked.

BY-LAW NO. 8940007

     Item 40A

Part III of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8940007.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 1989.             

3. Item 40A in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987  

applies to fabrics classified under 5407 or 5408 of Schedule 3,     

being fabrics of the following:                  

(a) cuprammonium rayon;                    

(b) polyamide;  

(c) polyester; or  

(d) viscose rayon,  

and

  (i) weighing less than 125 g/m2;     

(ii) having a width or 112 cm or more but not exceeding 160 cm; and

(iii) being of a plain weave taffeta 1/1, twill 2/1 or twill 3/1,  

to be entered for home consumption by such persons, with the       

approval of the Comptroller, or an officer authorised in writing by

the Comptroller for that purpose, in proportion to the quantity of 

taffeta fabric (viscose, nylon or polyester), of the characteristics

specified in (i), (ii) and (iii) above, purchased from a local     

manufacturer by such persons.

4. Customs By-law No. 8840018, published in Gazette No. GN 33 of    

16 December 1987, is hereby revoked.

5. For the purposes of this by-law the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

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BY-LAW NO. 8940008

  Item 40B

Part III of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8940008.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 1989.             

3. Item 40B in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act

1987 applies to yarns classified under a subheading of Schedule 3  

specified in the Table below, being yarns, other than yarns as     

follows:                  

(a) wool carpet yarns;  

(b) put up for retail sale,  

for use otherwise than in the further manufacture of yarns:

THE TABLE

5106.10.00        5205.44.00        5402.32.00        5509.22.00

5106.20.00        5205.45.00        5402.33.00        5509.31.00

5107.10.00        5206.11.00        5402.39.00        5509.32.00

5107.20.00        5206.12.00        5402.41.00        5509.41.00

5108.10.00        5206.13.00        5402.42.00        5509.42.00

5108.20.00        5206.14.00        5402.43.90        5509.51.00

5205.11.00        5206.15.00        5402.49.90        5509.52.00

5205.12.00        5206.21.00        5402.51.00        5509.53.00

5205.13.00        5206.22.00        5402.52.90        5509.59.00

5205.14.00        5206.23.00        5402.59.90        5509.61.00

5205.15.00        5206.24.00        5402.61.00        5509.62.00

5205.21.00        5206.25.00        5402.62.00        5509.69.00

5205.22.00        5206.31.00        5402.69.00        5509.91.00

5205.23.00        5206.32.00        5403.20.00        5509.92.00

5205.24.00        5206.33.00        5402.31.00        5509.99.00

5205.25.00        5206.34.00        5402.32.00        5510.11.00

5205.31.00        5206.35.00        5403.33.00        5510.12.00

5205.32.00        5206.41.00        5403.39.00        5510.20.00

5205.33.00        5206.42.00        5403.41.00        5510.30.00

5205.34.00        5206.43.00        5403.42.00        5510.90.00

5205.35.00        5206.44.00        5403.49.00

5205.41.00        5206.45.00        5509.11.00

5205.42.00        5306.20.00        5509.12.00

5205.43.00        5402.31.00        5509.21.00

4. For the purposes of this by-law, “further manufacture” means balling,

putting up in hanks or skeins, or otherwise putting up for retail sale.

5. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

6. Customs By-law No. 8840019, published in Gazette No. GN 33 of    

16 December 1987, is hereby revoked.

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BY-LAW NO. 8940009

Item 40C

Part III of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8940009.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 1989.             

3. Item 40C in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987  

applies to industrial crafts classified under 6302, 6303, 6304 or  

6307 of Schedule 3, being facewashers (except goods of knitted or  

crocheted terry towelling or similar knitted terry fabrics),       

bed linen, placemats, table linen, cushion covers, bed spreads,    

serviettes and quilts.                  

4. For the purposes of this by-law, “industrial crafts” means:        

(a) textile fabrics or textile articles, that are made up from fabric

or yarn, that are hand crocheted, hand knitted, hand netted or 

hand woven and contain not less than 90% by weight of natural  

fibres; or  

(b) textile articles manufactured from woven textiles printed or   

dyed according to:            

(i) the traditional Batik method;  

(ii) the traditional tie and dye method;  

(iii) the traditional hand block printing method; or           

(iv) the traditional kalamkari printing method,               

being goods that -    

(A) are certified by an approved authority in the country of       

manufacture as being made by one or more of the following       

processes and by no other process:  

(i) by hand;  

(ii) by tools held in the hand;  

(iii) by machines powered by foot or hand;                       

(B) the Collector is satisfied are made up by one or more of the   

following processes and by no other process:                  

(i) by hand;  

(ii) by tools held in the hand;  

(iii) by machines powered by foot or hand,  

entered for home consumption on or before 31 August 1989.       

5. (1) A reference in this by-law to the “traditional Batik method”   

shall be read as a reference to the application, by hand, of   

colours to white or unbleached textiles using the following    

process:

(a) application of wax;

(b) dyeing or painting; and

  (c) removal of the wax by boiling the textile.

(2) A reference in this by-law to the “traditional tie and dye method”

shall be read as a reference to:

(a) the transfer of a design by tracing a motif;

(b) tying of knots within the design; and

(c) hand dyeing.

(3) A reference in this by-law to the “traditional hand block printing

method” shall be read as a reference to the repeated application

by hand of a colour to textile with a design cut or otherwise  

raised in relief on a block.

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(4) A reference in this by-law to the “traditional kalamkari printing

method” shall be read as a reference to:

(a) the application by hand of a coloured motif to textiles with

a design cut or otherwise raised in relief on a block; and 

(b) a subsequent further colouring of the motif by brush held in

the hand.

6. For the purposes of the operation of paragraph 3 or 4 in           

relation to goods, the incorporation or inclusion in the goods     

of materials or components of a minor nature that are essential    

to the assembly or normal operation of the goods shall be          

disregarded.  

7. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

BY-LAW NO. 8940010

       Item 40D

Part III of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8940010.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 1989.            

3. Item 40D in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act

1987 applies to fabrics classified under 5208, 5210 or 5212.1      

of Schedule 3, being unbleached loomstate fabrics (that is to say,

fabrics that have not been woven from dyed, coloured or bleached yarns

and have not undergone any process after leaving the loom other than

inspection, mending, calendering (pressing), measuring, wrapping,  

packing and baling), for use, in the loomstate, as bed linen or in  

the making up of bed linen, under security.         

4. For the purposes of this by-law:  

(a) "bed linen" includes bed sheeting, pillow cases, bolster       

cases, continental quilt covers and bed valances (ruffles);    

 (b) permanent containers of a kind used solely or principally as

 pillows only after filling with feathers, kapok, plastic foam, or

 like stuffing materials, are not regarded as pillow cases.

5. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

6. Customs By-law No. 8840022, published in Gazette No. GN 33 of 16   

December 1987, is hereby revoked.

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BY-LAW NO. 8940011

Item 40D

Part III of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8940011.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 1989.            

3. Item 40D in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act

1987 applies to fabrics classified under a subheading of Schedule 3

specified in the Table below, being fabrics in the grey (that is to 

say, fabrics that have not been woven from dyed, coloured or bleached

yarns and have not undergone any process after leaving the loom other

than inspection, mending, heat setting, measuring, wrapping, packing

and baling, and including such fabrics which have been cleansed by

boiling, scouring or washing in water or in cleaning liquids and     

subsequently dried by tentering or other methods), for use in genuine

printing that, as genuine printed fabrics, are to be:     

(a) put up for sale in that form; or

(b) made up into printed bed linen or other products,

under security, to be entered for home consumption by such persons who

have satisfied the Comptroller, or an officer authorised in writing by

the Comptroller for that purpose, that they will comply with the

following requirements, such persons not being persons in respect of

whom the Comptroller, or an officer authorised by the Comptroller for

that purpose, is no longer satisfied will comply with the following

requirements:

(i) they will own the fabric at the time of entry for home consumption

and will retain that ownership over the fabric until either the

printing or the printing and making up of the printed bed linen or

other product has been completed and that product will be put up for

 sale in that form;

(ii) they either possess, or have access to, the necessary plant and

equipment to print or to print and make up the printed bed linen

or other product; and

(iii) they will have control of, or power of control over, the goods

during the printing process and, where appropriate, the processes

involved in the printing and making up of the printed fabric

into printed bed linen or other product:

THE TABLE

5210.11.10        5407.60.00        5513.13.00        5515.29.00

5210.12.10        5407.71.90        5513.19.90        5515.91.90

5210.19.10        5407.81.00        5514.11.00        5515.92.90

5211.11.10        5407.91.90        5514.12.00        5515.99.00

5211.12.10        5408.10.00        5514.13.00        5516.11.00

5211.19.10        5408.21.00        5514.19.00        5516.21.00

5212.11.10        5408.31.90        5515.11.00        5516.31.90

5212.21.10        5512.11.00        5515.12.00        5516.41.00

5407.10.00        5512.21.00        5515.13.90        5516.91.00

5407.20.90        5512.91.90        5515.19.00       

5407.41.00        5513.11.00        5515.21.00       

5407.51.00        5513.12.00        5515.22.90       

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4. For the purposes of this by-law:

 (a) “genuine printing” means the printing of textile fabrics in a

manner that produces over the whole of the fabric a designed or

patterned effect employing contrasts in colours and resulting in

fabrics that are put up for sale in that printed form;

(b) “genuine printed fabric” means fabric that:

(i) has been printed by a process of genuine printing;

(ii) complies with the following fastness standards determined

by the test methods published by the Standards Association

of Australia:

(A) AS 2001.4.15 Test A with a minimum standard for change

of shade of 3-4; and

(B) AS 2001.4.21 using MBTF lamp with a minimum standard of

3-4;

  (iii) has a colour contrast of not less than that shown by Grade 2

on the Standard Textile Grey Scale for assessing change in

colour when viewed at a distance of 2 m in accordance with

the viewing conditions as set out in Standards Association

of Australia Standard AS 2001.4.1;

(iv)has not been dyed subsequently to produce a dyed and/or

unprinted effect; and

(v)has not been printed with patterns of a kind that, in the

         opinion of the Comptroller, or an officer authorised in writing

by the Comptroller for that purpose, are such that the fabrics

could reasonably be expected to be used as linings or

interlinings.

5. Fabrics shall not be regarded as having been printed by a process of

genuine printing by reason only of:

(a) the printing labels or the printing with words, letters, figures

or designs suitable for cutting up into labels;

(b) the printing with markings of any kind that are for identification

or distinguishing purposes only;

(c) the printing with markings of any kind solely or principally at or

near one or both selvedges;

(d) the printing with markings of any kind, which, excluding unprinted

areas within such markings, cover not more than 10% of the total

area of the fabric;

(e) the printing in an uninterrupted single colour in a manner so that

such printing covers more than 70% of the total area of the fabric; or

(f) the printing solely in white or a shade of white so that it closely

resembles the natural colour of the fabric in its grey state.

6. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

7. Customs By-laws Nos. 8840023 and 8840024, published in Gazette No. GN 33

 of 16 December 1987, are hereby revoked.

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BY-LAW NO. 8940012

Item 40E

Part III of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8940012.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 1989.             

3. Item 40E in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act

1987 applies to polyamide fabrics, coated, covered or impregnated  

with artificial plastic materials, for use in the manufacture of:  

(a) rainwear;  

(b) parkas; or  

(c) ski-jackets,  

under security.

4. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

5. Customs By-law No. 8840025, published in Gazette No. GN 33 of

16 December 1987, is hereby revoked.

BY-LAW NO. 8940013

Item 40E

Part III of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8940013.             

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 1989.             

3. Item 40E in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act

1987 applies to fabrics classified under 5407, 5408, 5512,         

5513, 5514, 5515 or 5516 of Schedule 3, being fabrics, other than   

elastomeric fabrics weighing not more than 510 g/m2, for use in the

manufacture of brassieres, corsets, torsolettes, corselettes or    

 panty-girdles, under security.   

4. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

5. Customs By-law No. 8840026, published in Gazette No. GN 33 of       

16 December 1987, is hereby revoked.

BY-LAW NO. 8940014

Item 40E

Part III of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8940014.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 1989.             

3. Item 40E in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act

1987 applies to fabrics classified under 5903 of Schedule 3,       

being fabrics for use as fusing lining in the manufacture of collars

 or cuffs for shirts or blouses, under security.                     

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4. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

5. Customs By-law No. 8840027, published in Gazette No. GN 33 of 

16 December 1987, is hereby revoked.

BY-LAW NO. 8940015

  Item 40F

Part III of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8940015.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 1989.             

3. Item 40F in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act

1987 applies to hand tufted goods made by non-powered tufting

 machines held in the hand.  

4. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

BY-LAW NO. 8940016

      Item 27

Part II of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8940016.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 1989.            

3. Item 27 in Part II of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987     

applies to handicrafts that are fabrics and articles, made up from 

fabric or yarn, that are hand crocheted, hand knitted, hand netted 

or hand woven and contain not less than 90% by weight of natural   

fibres, being goods the Collector is satisfied are made by one or

more of the following processes, and by no other process:

  (i) by hand;  

(ii) by non-mechanical non-powered tools held in the hand; or     

(iii) if fabrics, produced on hand or foot powered looms.          

4. This by-law also applies to -    

(1) textile fabrics printed or dyed according to:                  

(i) the traditional Batik method;  

(ii) the traditional tie and dye method;  

(iii) the traditional hand block printing method; or           

(iv) the traditional kalamkari printing method;               

(2) goods made up by hand from the fabrics mentioned in            

sub-paragraph (1) above, being goods the Collector              

is satisfied are made by one or more of the following          

processes, and by no other process:      

(i) by hand;  

(ii) by non-mechanical non-powered tools held in the hand; and

(3) other textile goods printed or dyed in accordance with a method

mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above, other than goods to which

a subitem in Schedule 5 describing industrial crafts is expressed

to apply.              

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5. (1) A reference in this by-law to the “traditional Batik method”   

shall be read as a reference to the application, by hand, of   

colours to white or unbleached textiles using the following    

process:

(a) application of wax;

(b) dyeing or painting; and

(c) removal of the wax by boiling the textile.

(2) A reference in this by-law to the “traditional tie and dye method”

shall be read as a reference to:

(a) the transfer of a design by tracing a motif;

(b) tying of knots within the design; and

(c) hand dyeing.

(3) A reference in this by-law to the “traditional hand block printing

method” shall be read as a reference to the repeated application

by hand of a colour to textiles with a design cut or otherwise  

raised in relief on a block.

(4) A reference in this by-law to the “traditional kalamkari printing

method” shall be read as a reference to:

(a) the application by hand of a coloured motif to textiles with

a design cut or otherwise raised in relief on a block; and 

(b) a subsequent further colouring of the motif by brush held in

the hand.

6. For the purposes of the operation of paragraph 3 or 4 in           

relation to goods, the incorporation or inclusion in the goods     

of materials or components of a minor nature that are essential    

to the assembly or normal operation of the goods shall be          

disregarded.  

7. This by-law does not apply to -  

(a) curtains classified under 6303 of Schedule 3;                  

(b) towelling classified under 6001.2 of Schedule 3; or            

(c) knitted or crocheted towels classified under 6302.60.90, 6302.91.30,

6302.93.00 or 6302.99.00 of Schedule 3.                  

8. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

9. Customs By-law No. 8840054, published in Gazette No. GN 33 of 

16 December 1987, is hereby revoked.

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BY-LAW NO. 8940017

Item 34

  Part II of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 8940017.            

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 25 January 1989.         

3. Item 34 in Part II of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987    

applies to goods comprising:  

(a) products imported on or in containers of a kind described      

in (b) hereunder; and  

(b) reuseable containers, other than containers which, by          

application of rule 5(b) of the General Rules for the          

Interpretation of the Harmonized System, are required to be    

classified with the goods with which they are imported,        

being containers that will be exported within 12 months of     

the date they are entered for home consumption, without        

being put to further use, other than for the transport,        

storage, display, exhibition or dispensing of the goods        

with which they are imported, under security.                  

4. Customs By-law No. 8840089, published in Gazette No. TC 88/46 of

23 November 1988, is hereby revoked.

5. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"     

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended from time to time.   

Dated this 24th day of February 1989.

A.A. PATERSON

Delegate of the Comptroller-General

of Customs

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