{"id":"F2005L02549","name":"Tariff Concession Order 0504562","slug":"tariff-concession-order-0504562","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":37270,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L02549-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Tariff Concession Order 0504562","content":"\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\n| |\n\n| |\n\n| TARIFF CONCESSION ORDER |\n\n| |\n\n| |\n\n|Under Section 269P of the Customs Act 1901, I, Michael Perry, a delegate of the Chief Executive Officer |\n\n|declare that the goods specified in Column 1 of THE TABLE are goods to which the item in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs |\n\n|Tariff Act 1995 specified in Column 2 of THE TABLE applies. This Order shall have effect from 20.04.05 and |\n\n|continue in force until revoked under sections 269SC or 269SD of the Act, or the date, if any, specified in Column 2. |\n\n|\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_|\n\nTHE TABLE\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nCOLUMN 1 COLUMN 2\n\nDescription of Goods including the Schedule 4 Item Number\n\nCustoms Tariff Classification Last date of effect\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\n8417.90.00 PARTS, WALKING BEAM FURNACE, being EITHER of the following: 50\n\n(a) hearth bearings;\n\n(b) elastomer pads\n\nOp. 20.04.05 \\- TC 0504562\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\n|This is page 1 of 1 Page of the above Table. |\n\n| ..Michael Perry............................... |\n\n|Dated 02 SEPTEMBER 2005 Delegate of the Chief Executive Officer |\n\n|\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_|","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard administrative instrument creating a specific tariff concession. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of granting duty-free status to specific furnace parts."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (1 page)","Only 2 defined goods categories (hearth bearings and elastomer pads)","Single cross-reference to Customs Act 1901 (section 269P) and Customs Tariff Act 1995 (Schedule 4, Part III)","No conditional logic or exceptions — straightforward declaration","Minimal legislative machinery — essentially a form completed by a delegate"],"plain_english_summary":"This Tariff Concession Order exempts specific walking-beam furnace parts (hearth bearings and elastomer pads) from Australian customs duty, letting importers bring them in duty-free. \n\nIt affects businesses that import these specialised furnace components—common in steel and heavy industry—lowering costs for manufacturers who rely on them and helping maintain competitiveness by easing access to parts not readily sourced domestically."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This TCO is narrow and consistent with a long-standing administrative purpose: to declare a small set of imported goods eligible for a particular Schedule 4 concession. It does not expand beyond that purpose, add unrelated goods or introduce new regulatory regimes."},"complexity_factors":["Single-table instrument with one product description","Only two specific goods listed (hearth bearings; elastomer pads)","One tariff classification cited (8417.90.00)","One Schedule 4 item referenced (Part III item \"50\")","Few statutory cross-references (sections 269P, 269SC, 269SD and Schedule 4 to Customs Tariff Act)","No nested conditions, exceptions, expiry conditions beyond standard revocation mechanisms"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does**\n\n- This is a Tariff Concession Order (TCO). A TCO is an administrative decision that treats specified imported goods as falling under a particular concessional item in the Customs Tariff Act 1995. (In plain terms: it changes how customs duties apply to those imported goods.)\n\n- This specific TCO declares that certain parts for a \"walking beam\" furnace — specifically hearth bearings and elastomer pads — are goods to which the item in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995 identified in Column 2 applies. The Order takes effect from 20 April 2005 and continues until revoked under sections 269SC or 269SD of the Customs Act 1901 or until any date shown in the Table. The delegate who signed is named in the instrument (section 269P of the Customs Act is the power used).\n\n**Who this affects**\n\n- Importers who bring in the listed parts (hearth bearings or elastomer pads) for walking beam furnaces.\n- Any Australian business that supplies, repairs or maintains walking beam furnaces and relies on imported replacement parts.\n- Domestic manufacturers of the same or substitutable parts who compete with imported parts.\n- The Australian Border Force/Customs for administration and verification of the concession.\n\n**How it works, mechanically**\n\n- The Table identifies the goods by tariff classification (8417.90.00) and by description (parts for walking beam furnace: hearth bearings; elastomer pads). Column 2 links those goods to an item in Part III of Schedule 4 of the Customs Tariff Act 1995 (shown as \"50\" in the Table).\n\n- By declaring those goods as covered by that Schedule 4 item, the TCO makes the relevant concessional tariff treatment (the treatment specified by that Schedule 4 item) available to importations of those goods while the Order is in force.\n\n- The Order is effective from 20.04.05 and remains until revoked by the statutory revocation mechanisms (sections 269SC or 269SD) or until any expiry date listed in the Table.\n\n**Why this matters (official purpose and practical effects)**\n\n- The instrument’s immediate effect is to change the customs duty outcome for the named imported parts: importers receive whatever concessional treatment the referenced Schedule 4 item provides. The instrument itself does not set the rate; it links the goods to the existing Schedule 4 item.\n\n- Officially, TCOs are used to reduce the cost of importing inputs or replacement parts where a concession is appropriate (this is a description of the mechanism, not an evaluation). Practically, that lowers the landed cost for importers of the listed parts, which can reduce maintenance or replacement costs for operators of walking beam furnaces.\n\n**Costs, incentives and risks (mechanical assessment)**\n\n- Who pays: reduced customs revenue while the concession applies (the fiscal cost is borne by the Australian budget), and administrative cost is borne by Customs in processing and policing claims.\n\n- Who benefits: concentrated benefits to importers and firms that use or sell these specific parts; potential competitive disadvantage to any local manufacturers of the same parts.\n\n- Behavioural effects: importers may substitute towards the specified imported parts where previously they might have used domestic parts or other configurations. There is an incentive to ensure goods are described to fit the TCO; borderline products may be the subject of classification disputes.\n\n- Compliance and implementation risk: Customs must verify that imported goods match the description. Ambiguity in descriptions can produce disputes or enable misclassification. The narrow item description (two part types tied to a specific furnace) reduces but does not eliminate this risk.\n\n- Trade-offs: the concession lowers input costs for some businesses (benefit) while reducing tariff revenue and potentially affecting domestic suppliers (cost). The legislative instrument does not alter non‑tariff regulation or product standards; it only alters tariff classification.\n\n**Key statutory references**\n\n- Power used to make the Order: section 269P of the Customs Act 1901 (delegate of the CEO).\n- Revocation mechanisms: sections 269SC and 269SD of the Customs Act 1901.\n- The concession attachment: Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995 (the Schedule 4 item number is shown in the Table).\n\n(Instrument signed by a delegate and dated 2 September 2005.)"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/tariff-concession-order-0504562","history":"/api/acts/tariff-concession-order-0504562/history","analysis":"/api/acts/tariff-concession-order-0504562/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/tariff-concession-order-0504562/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/tariff-concession-order-0504562/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/tariff-concession-order-0504562/documents"}}