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Customs By-law No. 1303567

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This by‑law lets specific fusible interlining fabrics used in coats and formal evening wear qualify for preferential customs duty under item 32 of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995. It affects importers supplying shoulder or chest padding for coat and formalwear manufacturers.

Eligibility is narrowly limited: synthetic fibre content must be ≤50% by weight and only polypropylene and/or polyethylene are allowed, and the fabric must be used exclusively as shoulder or chest padding.

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Customs By-law No. 1303567

CUSTOMS ACT 1901

CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995

SCHEDULE 4

BY-LAW No. 1303567

I, Geoff Johannes, delegate of the Chief Executive Officer, under section 271 of the Customs Act 1901 make the by-law set out in the Schedule below.

THE SCHEDULE

Item 32

Schedule 4

This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 1303567.
This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 2013.
For the purposes of item 32 of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995, fusible interlining fabrics classified under headings 5407, 5408, 5512, 5513, 5514, 5515 or 5516 in Schedule 3 are prescribed.
The application of item 32 to the goods in paragraph 3 is subject to the following conditions:

(a) the man-made fibre content of the fabrics must not exceed 50%, by weight, of polypropylene or polyethylene or polypropylene and polyethylene; and

(b) the fabrics must be used as shoulder or chest padding in the manufacture of coats or formal evening wear shirts.

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 fourteenth day of February 2013.

(Signed)

Geoff Johannes

Delegate of the

Chief Executive Officer

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

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