{"id":"F2009B00224","name":"Customs By-law No. 9940008","slug":"customs-by-law-no-9940008","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":76369,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009B00224-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs By-law No. 9940008","content":"Customs Act 1901\n\nCustoms Tariff Act 1995\n\nPART II OF SCHEDULE 4\n\nBY-LAW No. 9940008\n\nI,LYNDALL MARIA MILWARD-BASON, delegate of the Chief Executive Officer\n\nfor the purposes of section 271 of the Customs Act 1901, hereby make the\n\nby-law set out in the Schedule below.\n\nUnless the context otherwise requires, where a description of goods is\n\nspecified in the by-law set out in the Schedule, the goods to which that\n\nby-law applies by virtue of that description are such goods to which that\n\ndescription would apply if it were specified in Schedule 3 to the Customs\n\nTariff Act 1995.\n\nUnless the context otherwise requires, any word or phrase used in a\n\nreference in the by-law set out in the Schedule has the same meaning as if\n\nit were used in the tariff classification in Schedule 3 to the Customs\n\nTariff Act 1995 that applies to those goods to which that reference applies.\n\nTHE SCHEDULE\n\nBY-LAW NO. 9940008\n\nItem 33B\n\nPart II of Schedule 4\n\n1\\. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 9940008.\n\n2\\. This by-law shall take effect on and from 9 September 1999.\n\n3\\. Item 33B in Part II of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995\n\napplies to samples representing goods solely of overseas origin,\n\nincorporating or consisting of printed matter, put up as or in\n\nsample books designed for soliciting orders for the importation\n\nof the goods represented therein, including textile swatches,\n\nlino tile samples or wallpaper samples.\n\n4\\. For the purposes of this by-law, the \"Customs Tariff Act 1995\"\n\nmeans the Customs Tariff Act 1995, as amended or proposed to be\n\naltered.\n\nDated this thirty first day of August 1999.\n\nLYNDALL MARIA MILWARD-BASON\n\nDelegate of the Chief Executive Officer","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2026},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 1999 making of the by-law. It establishes a targeted, narrow concession for commercial samples and has not been amended or expanded beyond its original purpose in the provided text."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (clause 3) describing covered goods","Definitions incorporated by reference to Customs Tariff Act 1995","No conditional exceptions, sunset clauses, or nested logic","Document contains only 4 substantive clauses"],"plain_english_summary":"This by-law lets certain commercial samples from overseas—like sample books, fabric swatches, wallpaper and floor tile samples that incorporate printed matter and are packed to solicit orders—be imported into Australia duty-free or at a concessional rate.  \n\nIt affects businesses that bring physical samples to market goods (fashion, interior design, flooring), reducing import costs and making it easier to show products to potential buyers without paying full customs duty."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-9940008","history":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-9940008/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-9940008/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-9940008/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-9940008/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-9940008/documents"}}