Commonwealth legislation

Customs By-law No. 0240008

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This by-law gives duty-free treatment to scientific instruments imported by the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.

What it does:

Allows the Institute to import scientific equipment without paying customs duty under Item 1D of the Customs Tariff Act 1995
Applies to equipment covered by Annex D of the UNESCO Agreement on Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (an international treaty)

Who it affects:

Only the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Applies to goods brought into Australia permanently ("entered for home consumption") on or after 26 August 2002

Why it matters:

Implements Australia's international treaty obligations to support scientific research by reducing import costs for specialized equipment

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Customs By-law No. 0240008

Customs Act 1901

Customs Tariff Act 1995

PART I OF SCHEDULE 4

BY-LAW No. 0240008

I, TOM MARSHALL, delegate of the Chief Executive Officer for the purposes of section 271 of the Customs Act 1901, hereby make the by-law set out in the Schedule below.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any word or phrase used in a reference in the by-law set out in the Schedule has the same meaning as if it were used in the tariff classification in Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995 that applies to those goods to which that reference applies.

THE SCHEDULE

BY-LAW NO. 0240008

Item 1D

Part I of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 0240008.

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 26 August 2002.

3. Item 1D in Part I of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995

applies to scientific instruments or apparatus to which Annex D

of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organisation (UNESCO) Agreement on the Importation of

Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials or Annex D of the

Protocol to the Agreement adopted by UNESCO at its 19th session

in Nairobi in 1976 applies, which are consigned to the

organisation listed in Column 1, and entered for home

consumption on or after the date specified in Column 2 opposite

that organisation:

Column 1 Column 2

The Victor Chang Cardiac 26 August 2002

Research Institute

4. 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.

Dated this 18th day of SEPTEMBER 2002

TOM MARSHALL

Delegate of the Chief Executive Officer

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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