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Customs By-law No. 0904400

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This by-law implements part of the Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement into Australian customs law. It specifies that Article 3.7 of that Agreement applies for the purposes of Item 20C in Part II of Schedule 4 of the Customs Tariff Act 1995.

What this means: When customs officials assess import duties on goods coming from Chile, they must apply the rules set out in Article 3.7 of the Free Trade Agreement for this specific tariff item. This ensures Australia's customs treatment aligns with its treaty obligations to Chile.

Who it affects:

Businesses importing goods from Chile
Australian Border Force officers processing those imports

Key terms explained:

Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement: The treaty signed on 30 July 2008 that reduces trade barriers between the two countries
Customs Tariff Act 1995: The law that sets out what import duties (taxes on imported goods) apply to different products

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Customs By-law No. 0904400

CUSTOMS ACT 1901

CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995

PART II OF SCHEDULE 4

BY-LAW No. 0904400

I, Jennifer Reimitz, 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.

THE SCHEDULE

Item 20C

Part II of Schedule 4

This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 0904400.
This by-law shall take effect on and from 6 March 2009.
For the purposes of item 20C in Part II of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995, the following is prescribed:

(a) Article 3.7 of the Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement.

In this by-law "Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement" means the Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement, done at Canberra on 30 July 2008.
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 18 day of February 2009.

(signed)

Jennifer Reimitz

Delegate of the

Chief Executive Officer

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