{"id":"C2004L09711","name":"Customs By-law","slug":"c2004l09711","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":330992,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L09711-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs By-law","content":"Commonwealth of Australia.\n\nDepartment of Trade and Customs,\n\nMelbourne, 29th November, 1902.\n\nCUSTOMS BY-LAW.\n\nI, CHARLES CAMERON KINGSTON, the Minister of State for the Commonwealth of Australia administering the Department of Trade and Customs, hereby make the following By-law.\n\nC. C. KINGSTON,\n\nMinister for Trade and Customs.\n\nAccoutrements, Badges, Buttons, Braid, and Lace, for Naval and Military Uniforms.\n\nThe following By-law is substituted for the By-law on this subject dated 13th September, 1902 :—\n\nAccoutrements, badges, buttons, braid, and lace, for naval and military uniforms, may be delivered for home consumption free of duty provided the Collector is first satisfied that such goods are intended to be forthwith so used, and that security to the satisfaction of the Collector is also first furnished to him that the same shall be so used, and that within one year from date of such delivery proof shall be given to, and to the satisfaction of, the Collector that such goods have been so used. The delivery may be made on importation or from any warehouse. On any default, the duty to be paid on the goods in respect of which the default is made, and this to satisfy the default.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2836},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This by-law substitutes an earlier version from September 1902 on the same subject. It maintains a narrow, specific scope limited to military and naval uniform accessories, with no indication of expansion beyond the original purpose of facilitating defense uniform production while preventing duty evasion."},"complexity_factors":["Short, single-purpose instrument with only one operative paragraph","Specific enumeration of exactly 5 categories of eligible goods","Linear conditional structure (three sequential requirements) with no nested exceptions","Single temporal limitation (12-month deadline for providing proof)","No cross-references to other legislative provisions or defined terms"],"plain_english_summary":"This rule lets specific military and naval uniform accessories be imported into Australia duty-free when they are actually used to make uniforms, affecting importers of uniform supplies and Customs officials who assess claims. Importers must satisfy the Collector, provide security, and later prove the goods were used for uniforms or pay the duty if they fail to do so — lowering uniform costs while protecting revenue against misuse."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/c2004l09711","history":"/api/acts/c2004l09711/history","analysis":"/api/acts/c2004l09711/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/c2004l09711/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/c2004l09711/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/c2004l09711/documents"}}