CUSTOMS ACT 1901
Customs Tariff Act 1995
PARTS I and II OF SCHEDULE 4
BY-LAWS NOS. 0040019, 0040020 AND 0040022
I, DEBORAH JOY BATES, delegate of the Chief Executive Officer for the purposes of section 271 of the Customs Act 1901, hereby make the by-laws set out in the Schedule below.
In a by-law set out in the Schedule below –
“security” means the security given (under section 42 of the Customs Act 1901) to and to the satisfaction of the Collector by the importer.
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. 0040019
Item 32A
Part II of Schedule 4
1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 0040019.
2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 July 2000.
3. Item 32A in Part II of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995
applies to goods, as follows:
(a) a consignment of goods imported by post, the total value of
which does not exceed $1 000 and in respect of which GST,
if any, that would otherwise be payable does not exceed $50;
(b) a consignment of goods imported otherwise than by post, the
total value of which does not exceed $250 and in respect of
which GST, if any, that would otherwise be payable does not
exceed $50.
4. For the purposes of paragraphs 3(a) and 3(b), “goods” does not
include:
(a) tobacco, tobacco products or alcoholic beverages;
(b) goods imported by a passenger arriving in Australia from
overseas;
(c) goods imported by a member of the crew of a ship or aircraft
arriving from overseas; or
(d) goods forming part of a bulk order.
5. 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.
BY-LAW NO. 0040020
Item 32B
Part II of Schedule 4
1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 0040020.
2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 July 2000.
3. Item 32B in Part II of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995
applies to goods, as follows:
(a) a consignment of goods imported by post, the total value of
which does not exceed $1 000 and on which the combined duty
and GST, if any, that would otherwise be payable does not
exceed $50;
(b) a consignment of goods imported otherwise than by post, the
total value of which does not exceed $250 and on which the
combined duty and GST, if any, that would otherwise be
payable does not exceed $50.
4. For the purposes of paragraphs 3(a) and 3(b), “goods” does not
include:
(a) tobacco, tobacco products or alcoholic beverages;
(b) goods imported by a passenger arriving in Australia from
overseas;
(c) goods imported by a member of the crew of a ship or aircraft
arriving from overseas; or
(d) goods forming part of a bulk order.
5. 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.
BY-LAW NO. 0040022
Item 15
Part I of Schedule 4
1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 0040022.
2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 July 2000.
3. Item 15 in Part I of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995
applies to a motor vehicle imported by a member of the forces
of Canada or the United Kingdom being goods, as follows:
(a) a motor vehicle owned and used outside Australia by the
member of those forces during the period of six months
immediately preceding his or her first departure for
Australia, provided that the motor vehicle remains in the
use, ownership and possession of that member of those
forces or, with the permission of the Collector, of
another member of those forces during the period of two
years immediately after the date of its importation,
UNDER SECURITY;
(b) a motor vehicle for the personal use of the member of those
forces, not being a motor vehicle of a kind described in
the preceding paragraph, which is intended to be exported,
provided that the vehicle is exported within three years
after the date of its importation or within such extended
period as may be approved by the Collector, UNDER SECURITY.
With the permission of the Collector, a motor vehicle
imported under this sub-paragraph may be transferred to
another member of those forces provided that it is
exported by the latter member of those forces within three
years after the date of its importation or within such
extended period as may be approved by the Collector, UNDER
SECURITY.
4. For the purposes of this by-law, "member of the Forces of
Canada or the United Kingdom" means a person belonging to
the land, sea or air armed services of those countries
temporarily serving in Australia under arrangements agreed on
by the Government of Australia and the Governments of Canada
and the United Kingdom.
5. 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 21st day of June 2000.
DEBORAH JOY BATES
Delegate of the Chief Executive Officer