{"id":"F2009L00681","name":"Customs By-law No. 0904405","slug":"customs-by-law-no-0904405","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":77610,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L00681-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs By-law No. 0904405","content":"CUSTOMS ACT 1901\n\nCUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995\n\nPART II OF SCHEDULE 4\n\nBY-LAW No. 0904405\n\nI, Jennifer Reimitz, 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 20C\n\nPart II of Schedule 4\n\n1.  This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 0904405.\n\n2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 6 March 2009.\n\n3. For the purposes of item 20C in Part II of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995, the following is prescribed:\n\n(a) Article 2.6 of the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement.\n\n4. In this by-law \"Australia-US Free Trade Agreement\" means the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, done at Washington DC on 18 May 2004.\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 this18 day of February 2009.\n\n(signed)\n\nJennifer Reimitz\n\nDelegate of the\n\nChief Executive Officer","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1919},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The by-law maintains its original narrow purpose of prescribing Article 2.6 of the AUSFTA for the purposes of item 20C in Schedule 4. No expansion beyond this specific technical function has occurred."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 short operative sections","Single external cross-reference to Article 2.6 of the AUSFTA","One defined term ('Australia-US Free Trade Agreement')","No internal conditional logic or exceptions - simply prescribes an external legal document"],"plain_english_summary":"This by-law adopts Article 2.6 of the Australia–US Free Trade Agreement into Australian law, telling customs to apply the AUSFTA rules for when goods are “wholly obtained or produced.” That lets eligible US-origin goods enter Australia under reduced or zero duties (item 20C). It mainly affects importers, exporters and customs brokers who must use and verify those origin rules to claim preferences."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-0904405","history":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-0904405/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-0904405/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-0904405/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-0904405/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-0904405/documents"}}