{"id":"F2006L01702","name":"Tariff Concession Order 0605442","slug":"tariff-concession-order-0605442","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":59468,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L01702-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Tariff Concession Order 0605442","content":"| TARIFF CONCESSION ORDERUnder Section 269P of the Customs Act 1901, I, Paul Mercer, a delegate of the Chief Executive Officer 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 Tariff Act 1995 specified in Column 2 of THE TABLE applies. This Order shall have effect from 15.03.06 and continue in force until revoked under sections 269SC or 269SD of the Act, or the date, if any, specified in Column 2. |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n\nTHE TABLE\n\n| COLUMN 1Description of Goods including theCustoms Tariff Classification | COLUMN 2Schedule 4 Item NumberLast date of effect |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |\n\n```html\n

8515.90.00

PARTS, WELDERS, being ANY of the following:
(a) nozzles;
(b) tips;
(c) contacts;
(d) guns;
(e) torches;
(f) electrodes;
(g) housings;
(h) insulators;
(i) adapters;
(j) drive rolls;
(k) fasteners;
(l) guides;
(m) knobs;
(n) mountings;
(o) pins;
(p) plugs;
(q) retaining cups;
(r) shields;
(s) spacers;
(t) liners;
(u) triggers;
(v) collet bodies;
(w) diffusers;
(x) body tubes;
(y) strain reliefs;
(z) collets;
(aa) rotors;
(ab) stators;
(ac) stabilisers;
(ad) printed circuit boards;
(ae) arrestors;
(af) lugs;
(ag) heads

Op. 15.03.06 - TC 0605442

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This is page 1 of 1 Page of the above Table.

..Paul Mercer..........................

Dated 26 May 2006 Delegate of the Chief Executive Officer

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