{"id":"F2013L00318","name":"Customs By-law No. 1243684","slug":"customs-by-law-no-1243684","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":127281,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2013L00318-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs By-law No. 1243684","content":"CUSTOMS ACT 1901\n\nCUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995\n\nSCHEDULE 4\n\nBY-LAW No. 1243684\n\nI, Geoff Johannes, delegate of the Chief Executive Officer, under section 271 of the Customs Act 1901 make the by-law set out in the Schedule below.\n\nTHE SCHEDULE\n\nItem 10\n\nSchedule 4\n\n1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 1243684.\n\n2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 2013.\n\n3. For the purposes of item 10 of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995, goods, quantities of goods, and uses of goods that the Minister has approved in writing prior to importation, are prescribed.\n\n4. The application of item 10 to the goods in paragraph 3 is subject to the following conditions:\n\n(a) the goods must be owned by the government of a country other than Australia at the time of entry for home consumption;\n\n(b) the goods must be for the official use of that government; and\n\n(c) the goods must not be used for the purposes of trade.\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 twenty fifth day of February 2013.\n\n(signed)\n\nGeoff Johannes\n\nDelegate of the\n\nChief Executive Officer","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1707},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The by-law operates precisely within the intended scope of Item 10 of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995. It establishes administrative requirements (Ministerial approval and eligibility conditions) for foreign government imports without expanding beyond the tariff concession framework or adding extraneous matters."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 6 operative paragraphs)","Only 1 formal definition (the interpretation clause)","3 straightforward conditions with no exceptions or nested logic","No cross-references to other complex legislation beyond the enabling Acts","Linear structure—no conditional branches or 'unless' clauses"],"plain_english_summary":"This by-law lets foreign governments import goods into Australia duty-free (or at reduced rates) if strict conditions are met. It affects foreign government importers and Australian Border Force officers processing them. To qualify, goods must be foreign‑government owned on entry, used only for official (non‑commercial) purposes, not for trade, and covered by prior written Ministerial approval specifying the items, quantities and use."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1243684","history":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1243684/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1243684/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1243684/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1243684/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1243684/documents"}}