Customs Tariff Regulations 2004

Statutory Rules 2004 No. 2891

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Customs Tariff Act 1995.

Dated 31 August 2004

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

CHRISTOPHER MARTIN ELLISON

Minister for Justice and Customs

Contents

 1 Name of Regulations 

 2 Commencement 

 3 Definitions 

 4 Schedule 5 of the Act  — prescribed goods 

Schedule 1 Prescribed goods 

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Customs Tariff Regulations 2004.

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the commencement of item 34 of Schedule 1 to the US Free Trade Agreement Implementation (Customs Tariff) Act 2004.

3 Definitions

  In these Regulations:

Act means the Customs Tariff Act 1995.

Harmonized US Tariff Schedule has the meaning given by section 153YA of the Customs Act 1901.

Schedule 5 item means an item in the table in Schedule 5 to the Act.

US classification means a classification under the Harmonized US Tariff Schedule.

4 Schedule 5 of the Act  — prescribed goods

  For each Schedule 5 item mentioned in column 2 of an item in Schedule 1, the goods classified to the US classification, or 1 of the US classifications, mentioned in column 3 of the item are prescribed.

Note   Subparagraph 16 (1) (k) (i) of the Act provides that the duty in respect of goods classified to a heading or subheading specified in column 2 of a Schedule 5 item is calculated by reference to the rate of duty specified in column 3 of that item. Subsection 16 (2) of the Act provides that, if column 2 of a Schedule 5 item includes ‘(prescribed goods only)’, subparagraph 16 (1) (k) (i) does not apply to the goods mentioned in the item unless the goods are prescribed.

Schedule 1 Prescribed goods

(regulation 4)

Note

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 7 September 2004.