{"id":"F2013L00301","name":"Customs By-law No. 1303578","slug":"customs-by-law-no-1303578","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":127242,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2013L00301-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs By-law No. 1303578","content":"CUSTOMS ACT 1901\n\nCUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995\n\nSCHEDULE 4\n\nBY-LAW No. 1303578\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 32\n\nSchedule 4\n\n1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 1303578.\n\n2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 2013.\n\n3. For the purposes of item 32 of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995, fabrics classified under headings 5407, 5408, 5512, 5513, 5514, 5515 or 5516 in Schedule 3 are prescribed.\n\n4. The application of item 32 to the goods in paragraph 3 is subject to the condition that the fabric is for cutting up for the manufacture of hemmed or hemstitched table linen.\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 fourteenth 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":1897},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This by-law remains narrowly focused on its original purpose of prescribing specific textile fabrics for a tariff concession when used exclusively for the manufacture of hemmed table linen. No evidence of scope expansion beyond this specific technical prescription."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with only 5 operative paragraphs","Single, clear condition limiting application to fabrics for table linen manufacture","References to specific tariff classifications (Schedule 3 headings) without complex cross-referencing","Standard boilerplate interpretation provision"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This by-law allows specific types of synthetic and artificial woven fabrics—those classified under customs headings 5407, 5408, and 5512 through 5516—to qualify for a special customs duty rate under **Item 32 of Schedule 4** to the Customs Tariff Act 1995.\n\n**Who it affects:** Importers of textile fabrics and domestic manufacturers of table linen.\n\n**The condition:** The concession only applies if the fabric is imported specifically for **cutting up and manufacturing into hemmed or hemstitched table linen** (finished tablecloths with sewn edges). If the fabric is intended for other uses, this by-law doesn't apply.\n\n**Why it matters:** This reduces the import duty cost for raw materials used to make table linen, effectively subsidizing domestic production of those finished goods by making the inputs cheaper."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1303578","history":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1303578/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1303578/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1303578/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1303578/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1303578/documents"}}