{"id":"F2013L00288","name":"Customs By-law No. 1303612","slug":"customs-by-law-no-1303612","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":127217,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2013L00288-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs By-law No. 1303612","content":"CUSTOMS ACT 1901\n\nCUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995\n\nSCHEDULE 4\n\nBY-LAW No. 1303612\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. 1303612.\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 used in the manufacture of any of the following:\n\n    (a) brassieres;\n\n    (b) corsets;\n\n    (c) torsolettes;\n\n    (d) corselettes; or\n\n    (e) pantie girdles.\n\n5. For the purposes of paragraph 3, “fabric” does not include elastomeric fabrics weighing 510 grams per square metre or less.\n\n    6. The weight specified in paragraph 5 may have a tolerance of plus or minus 1 per cent when measured in accordance with Australian Standard AS 2001.2.13.\n\n  \n\n7. 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":2204},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original by-law establishing the concession criteria for Item 32 of Schedule 4; it has not expanded beyond its original purpose of prescribing fabrics for this specific tariff concession."},"complexity_factors":["References to 7 specific Customs Tariff classifications requiring technical knowledge of textile categorisation","Technical textile terminology (elastomeric fabrics, gram weight per square metre)","Reference to external Australian Standard AS 2001.2.13 for measurement methodology","Conditional application restricted to 5 specific end-use garment categories"],"plain_english_summary":"This by-law grants a reduced or zero customs duty for certain woven fabrics of synthetic, artificial or man‑made filaments imported into Australia when used to manufacture intimate apparel and foundation garments (e.g., bras, corsets, long‑line bras, corselettes, pantie girdles). \n\nIt excludes elastomeric (stretch) fabrics weighing 510 g/m² or less (±1% testing tolerance), lowering input costs for domestic lingerie manufacturers while protecting exclusions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1303612","history":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1303612/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1303612/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1303612/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1303612/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-1303612/documents"}}