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CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995 - SECT 3

Definitions

  (1)   In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"abbreviation" , in relation to a country or place specified in Schedule   1 to the regulations, means the abbreviation specified in that Schedule opposite to the name of that country or place.

"amount of duty" includes no duty.

"capable of being produced in Australia" has the same meaning as in Part   XVA of the Customs Act 1901 .

"Chapter" means a Chapter of a Section in Schedule   3.

"column" means a column of a Schedule.

"Comptroller-General of Customs" means the person who is the Comptroller - General of Customs in accordance with subsection   11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 .

"constituent" , in relation to goods, includes:

  (a)   a part, a component, or an ingredient, of the goods; and

  (b)   an accessory for the goods.

"Convention" means the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System done at Brussels on 14   June 1983.

"Developing Country" means:

  (a)   a country that is a Developing Country under paragraph   12(d); or

  (b)   a place that is treated as a Developing Country under paragraph   12(e); or

"duty" means a duty of Customs imposed by section   15.

"Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials Agreement" means the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials, done at Florence on 17   June 1950.

Note:   The text of the Agreement is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1992 No.   12 ([1992] ATS 12). In 2012, the text of an Agreement in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).

"Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials Protocol" means the Protocol to the Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials Agreement, being the Protocol done at Nairobi on 26   November 1976.

Note:   The text of the Protocol is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1992 No.   13 ([1992] ATS 13). In 2012, the text of a Protocol in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).

"Forum Island Country" means a country that is a Forum Island Country under paragraph   12(a).

"general rate" means a rate of duty other than a rate that applies in relation to a Preference Country.

"heading" means a heading in Schedule   3.

"Interpretation Rules" means the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System provided for by the Convention, as set out in Schedule   2.

"in the ordinary course of business" has the same meaning as in Part   XVA of the Customs Act 1901 .

"Least Developed Country" means a country or place that is, or is treated as, a Least Developed Country under paragraph   12(b) or 12(c).

"Preference Country" means:

  (b)   Papua New Guinea; or

  (c)   a Forum Island Country; or

  (d)   a Least Developed Country; or

  (e)   a Developing Country; or

  (f)   Canada; or

  (g)   Singapore.

"produced in Australia" has the same meaning as in Part   XVA of the Customs Act 1901 .

"rate column" means:

  (a)   the third column of Schedule   3; or

  (b)   the third column of Schedule   4; or

  (ba)   the third column of the table in Schedule   4A; or

  (c)   the third column of the table in Schedule   5; or

  (d)   the third column of the table in Schedule   6; or

  (da)   the third column of the table in Schedule   6A; or

  (e)   the third column of the table in Schedule   7; or

  (f)   the third column of the table in Schedule   8; or

  (fa)   the third column of the table in Schedule   8A; or

  (fb)   the third column of the table in Schedule   8B; or

  (g)   the third column of the table in Schedule   9; or

  (ga)   the third column of the table in Schedule   9A; or

  (h)   the third column of the table in Schedule   10; or

  (ha)   the third column of the table in Schedule   10A; or

  (i)   the third column of the table in Schedule   11; or

  (j)   the third column of the table in Schedule   12; or

  (k)   the third column of the table in Schedule   13; or

  (l)   the third column of the table in Schedule   14; or

  (m)   the third column of the table in Schedule   15.

"registered charity" means an entity that is registered under the Australian Charities and Not - for - profits Commission Act 2012 as the type of entity mentioned in column 1 of item   1 of the table in subsection   25 - 5(5) of that Act.

"subheading" means a subheading of a heading.

"substitutable goods" has the same meaning as in Part   XVA of the Customs Act 1901 .

"Tariff instrument" means:

  (a)   a Customs Tariff Proposal introduced (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) into the House of Representatives; or

  (b)   an instrument made (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) under section   273EA of the Customs Act 1901 ; or

  (c)   an order, a by - law or a determination made (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) under the Customs Act 1901 .

"Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty" means the Treaty between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor - Leste Establishing their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea done at New York on 6   March 2018, as in force from time to time.

Note:   The Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty could in 2019 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).

"tobacco content" includes any thing (including moisture) added to the tobacco leaf during manufacturing or processing.

"value" means the customs value of the goods worked out or determined in accordance with Division   2 of Part   VIII of the Customs Act 1901 .

  (2)   In Schedule   3, unless the contrary intention appears, Section means a Section of Schedule   3.


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