Customs Tariff (Suspension of Preferential Tariff for Certain UK Originating Goods) Notice 2023 (Cth)

LIN23/040

Customs Tariff (Suspension of Preferential Tariff for Certain UK Originating Goods) Notice 2023

I, Clare O’Neil, Minister for Home Affairs, make the following notice.

Dated   24 May 2023                          

Clare O’Neil

Minister for Home Affairs

Contents

1  Name........................................................................................................................................ 1

2  Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1

3  Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1

4  Definitions................................................................................................................................ 1

5  Suspension of preferential tariffs for certain UK originating goods......................................... 3

1  Name

This instrument is the Customs Tariff (Suspension of Preferential Tariff for Certain UK Originating Goods) Notice 2023.

2  Commencement

(1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	The later of: (a) the start of the day after this instrument is registered; and (b) immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia‑United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Act 2022. However, the provisions do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under section 16A of the Customs Tariff Act 1995.

4  Interpretation

Note 1: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Act, including the following:

(a)    heading;

(b)    subheading.

Note 2: The expression “safeguard goods” used in this instrument is defined in subsection 16A(5) of the Act.

(1)  In this instrument:

Act means the Customs Tariff Act 1995.

electrical, means flat‑rolled products, that under a current of 50 Hz and a magnetic flux of 1 T, have a watt loss per kilogram, when calculated using the Epstein method, of:

(i)  if the thickness does not exceed 0.2 mm—no greater than 2.1 W/kg; or

(ii)  if the thickness exceeds 0.2 mm but is less than 0.35 mm—no grater than 3.6 W/kg.

tool steel means an alloy steel (other than stainless steel or high speed steel), containing, by weight, one of the following compositions, with or without other elements:

(a)  less than 0.6% of carbon, and:

(i)  at least 0.7% of silicon and at least 0.05% of vanadium; or

(ii)  at least 4% of tungsten;

(b)  both of the following:

(i)  at least 0.8% of carbon;

(ii)  at least 0.05% of vanadium;

(c)  both of the following:

(i)  greater than 1.2% of carbon;

(ii)  at least 11% but not greater than 15% of chromium;

(d)  all of the following:

(i)  at least 0.16% but not greater than 0.5% of carbon;

(ii)  at least 3.8% but not greater than 4.3% of nickel;

(iii)  at least 1.1% but not greater than 1.5% of chromium;

(iv)  at least 0.15% but not greater than 0.5% of molybdenum;

(e)  all of the following:

(i)  at least 0.3% but not greater than 0.5% of carbon;

(ii)  at least 1.4% but not greater than 2.1% of chromium;

(iii)  at least 0.15% but not greater than 0.5% of molybdenum;

(iv)  less than 1.2% of nickel;

(f)  at least 0.3% of carbon, and less than 5.2% of chromium, and:

(i)  at least 0.65% of molybdenum; or

(ii)  at least 0.4% of tungsten;

(g)  all of the following:

(i)  at least 0.5% but not greater than 0.6% of carbon; and

(ii)  at least 1.25% but not greater than 1.8% of nickel; and

(iii)  at least 0.5% but not greater than 12% of chromium; and

(iv)  at least 0.15% but not greater than 0.5% of molybdenum.

relevant composition, in relation to goods, means the goods contain, by weight:

(a)  at least 0.9% but not greater than 1.15% of carbon; and

(b)  at least 0.5% but not greater than 2% of chromium; and

(c)  no greater than 0.5% of molybdenum (if any).

tinplate means a flat‑rolled product that:

(a)  is of a thickness of less than 0.5mm; and

(b)  is coated with a layer of metal containing, by weight, at least 97% of tin.

(2)  An expression used in this instrument has the meaning given by, or has a meaning affected by, any relevant Note, Subheading Note, or Additional Note to Chapter 72 of Schedule 3.

5  Suspension of preferential tariffs for certain UK originating goods

(1)  For the purposes of subsection 16A(1) of the Act:

(a)  safeguard goods covered by subsection (2) or (3) are specified; and

(b)  the period:

(i)  beginning at the commencement of this instrument; and

(ii)  ending at the end of 30 June 2024;

is specified.

Safeguard goods—all goods covered by a particular subheading

(2) Safeguard goods are covered by this subsection if the goods are classified to a heading or subheading in Schedule 3 to the Act that is specified in column 2 of an item in the following table.

Safeguard goods for which preferential tariffs are suspended
Column 1	Column 2
Item	Item in Schedule 15 to the Act	Subheading in Schedule 3 to the Act
1	159	7208.51.00
2	163	7208.90.00
3	175	7210.50.00
4	188	7213.10.00
5	189	7213.91.00
6	190	7213.99.00
7	192	7214.91.00
8	196	7215.90.00
9	197	7216.10.00
10	198	7216.21.00
11	199	7216.31.00
12	200	7216.32.00
13	201	7216.33.00
14	202	7216.40.00
15	217	7227.20.10
16	218	7227.20.90
17	219	7227.90.10
18	220	7227.90.90

Safeguard goods—goods covered by a particular subheading and that match a particular description

(3)  Safeguard goods are covered by this subsection if:

(a) the goods are classified to a heading or subheading in Schedule 3 to the Act that is specified in column 2 of an item in the following table; and

(b)  the goods meet the description set out in column 3 of that item.

Safeguard goods for which preferential tariffs are suspended
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Item in Schedule 15 to the Act	Tariff classification in Schedule 3 to the Act	Description of the goods
1	160	7208.52.00	Products of a width of at least 2 050 mm.
2	167	7209.18.00	Products that: (a) are of a thickness of less than 0.35 mm; and (b) are not electrical.
3	178	7210.70.00	Products that: (a) are either: (i) tinplate; or (ii) plated or coated with: chromium oxides or with chromium and chromium oxides; and (b) are varnished.
4	179	7210.90.00	Products that are: (a) clad; or (b) both: (i) tinned; and (ii)  printed.
5	186	7212.40.00	Products that: (a) both: (i) are tinplate; and (ii) are not further worked than varnished; or (b) both: (i) are plated or coated with chromium oxides or with chromium and chromium oxides; and (ii) are varnished.
6	193	7214.99.00	Bars or rods: (a) containing, by weight, at least 0.25% of carbon; or (b) both: (i) containing, by weight, less than 0.25% of carbon; and (ii) not of a type used for concrete reinforcement.
7	209	7225.40.00	Products that: (a) both: (i) are of a thickness of at least 4.75 mm ; and (ii) are not of high speed steel; or (b) are of tool steel.
8	225	7228.30.10	Bars or rods that: (a) are of tool steel; or (b) both: (i) have a relevant composition; and (ii) have a circular cross‑section of a diameter of at least 80 mm; or (c) do not have a relevant composition.
9	226	7228.30.90	Bars or rods that: (a) are of tool steel; or (b) both: (i) have a relevant composition; and (ii) have a circular cross‑section of a diameter of at least 80 mm; or (c) do not have a relevant composition.
10	228	7228.60.10	Bars or rods that are of tool steel.
11	229	7228.60.90	Bars or rods that are of tool steel.
12	230	7228.70.00	Angles, shapes or sections, not further worked than hot‑rolled, hot‑drawn or extruded.