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Customs By-law No. 1303612

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This by-law grants a reduced or zero customs duty for certain woven fabrics of synthetic, artificial or man‑made filaments imported into Australia when used to manufacture intimate apparel and foundation garments (e.g., bras, corsets, long‑line bras, corselettes, pantie girdles).

It excludes elastomeric (stretch) fabrics weighing 510 g/m² or less (±1% testing tolerance), lowering input costs for domestic lingerie manufacturers while protecting exclusions.

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Customs By-law No. 1303612

CUSTOMS ACT 1901

CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995

SCHEDULE 4

BY-LAW No. 1303612

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. 1303612.
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, 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 condition that the fabric is used in the manufacture of any of the following:

(a) brassieres;

(b) corsets;

(c) torsolettes;

(d) corselettes; or

(e) pantie girdles.
For the purposes of paragraph 3, “fabric” does not include elastomeric fabrics weighing 510 grams per square metre or less.
1. The weight specified in paragraph 5 may have a tolerance of plus or minus 1 per cent when measured in accordance with Australian Standard AS 2001.2.13.
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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