{"id":"F2009L00117","name":"Customs By-law No. 0900069","slug":"customs-by-law-no-0900069","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":76536,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L00117-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs By-law No. 0900069","content":"CUSTOMS ACT 1901\n\nCUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995\n\nPART III OF SCHEDULE 4\n\nBY-LAW No. 0900069\n\nI, Benedict Joseph Hickey, delegate of the Chief Executive Officer for the purposes of section 271 of the Customs Act 1901, hereby make the by-law set out in the Schedule below.\n\nTHE SCHEDULE\n\nItem 41H\n\nPart III of Schedule 4\n\n1.  This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 0900069.\n\n2. This by-law is deemed to have taken effect from 1 January 2009.\n\n3. Item 41H in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995 applies to goods (including prototype motor vehicles, and components for such vehicles) for use in the testing, quality control, manufacturing evaluation or engineering development of:\n\n(a) motor vehicles designed or engineered, or to be designed or engineered, by a motor vehicle producer registered under the Automotive Competitiveness and Investment Scheme, set out in the ACIS Administration Act 1999; or\n\n(b) components for inclusion in such motor vehicles;\n\nif all of the conditions in clause 4 are satisfied.\n\n4. The conditions referred to in clause 3 are as follows:\n\n(a) the importer gives a security to the Collector; and\n\n(b) within a period of 12 months from the date of entry for home consumption, or within such further period as the Collector may in writing allow, the goods are re-exported, destroyed or disposed of in a manner approved in writing by the Collector.\n\n5. 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.\n\nDated this 16th day of January 2009.\n\n(Signed)\n\nBenedict Joseph Hickey\n\nDelegate of the\n\nChief Executive Officer","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1856},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The by-law maintains its original narrow purpose of providing temporary duty relief for automotive prototype testing under the ACIS scheme. No evidence of scope creep beyond the initial policy intent."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-reference to external registration scheme (ACIS Administration Act 1999)","Specific tariff classification reference (Item 41H in Part III of Schedule 4)","Time-bound conditional logic with discretionary extensions (12-month limit)","Administrative requirements involving 'Collector' (a Customs official with decision-making authority)","Security/bonding requirements"],"plain_english_summary":"This by-law lets ACIS-registered Australian car manufacturers import prototype vehicles and parts for testing or development without paying customs duties upfront by lodging a security (bond or bank guarantee) with Customs. The goods must be re-exported, destroyed, or otherwise disposed of with Customs’ written approval within 12 months or the security is forfeited/ duty becomes payable—facilitating vehicle development while preventing permanent duty-free imports."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-0900069","history":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-0900069/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-0900069/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-0900069/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-0900069/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-0900069/documents"}}