{"id":"F2013L00232","name":"Customs By-law No. 1244032","slug":"customs-by-law-no-1244032","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":127145,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2013L00232-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs By-law No. 1244032","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: CUSTOMS ACT 1901\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nCUSTOMS ACT 1901\n\n \n\nCUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE 4\n\n \n\nBY-LAW No. 1244032\n\n \n\n \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\n \n\nTHE SCHEDULE\n\n \n\nItem 16\n\nSchedule 4\n\n \n\n \n\n1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 1244032.\n\n \n\n2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 2013.\n\n \n\n3.             For the purposes of item 16 of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995, Article 2.6 of the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement is prescribed.\n\n \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\n \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\n \n\n \n\nDated this eleventh day of February 2013.\n\n \n\n(Signed)\n\nGeoff Johannes\n\nDelegate of the\n\nChief Executive Officer\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1879},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 2013 by-law. It maintains its original narrow scope of prescribing a specific article of the AUSFTA for tariff preference purposes, with no expansion beyond this technical linking function."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 5 operative clauses)","Requires cross-referencing to external treaty text (Article 2.6 of AUSFTA)","Depends on understanding of Schedule 4 Item 16 of the Customs Tariff Act 1995","Only two defined terms"],"plain_english_summary":"This by-law officially applies Article 2.6 of the Australia–US Free Trade Agreement to Item 16, Schedule 4 of the Customs Tariff Act 1995, allowing Australian importers to access the reduced or eliminated customs duties on qualifying US-origin goods. It affects importers, customs brokers and Border Force officers who administer and claim preferential tariff rates.\n\nIt matters because, without this prescription, the AUSFTA tariff cuts would not operate under Australian law. Effective 1 March 2013 (made under s.271 of the Customs Act 1901)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1244032","history":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1244032/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1244032/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1244032/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1244032/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1244032/documents"}}