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Customs By-law No. 1700126

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This by‑law, made under s.271 of the Customs Act, designates goods “the subject of” Status of Forces or Status of Visiting Forces Agreements as prescribed for item 10 of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act, effective the day after registration.

It doesn’t set tariffs itself but enables item 10’s existing concessions to apply to SOFA/SOVFA‑linked goods, affecting importers/consignees (who must prove eligibility) and Customs (which enforces and verifies entitlement).

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Customs By-law No. 1700126

CUSTOMS ACT 1901

CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995

SCHEDULE 4

BY-LAW No. 1700126

I, David Coyles delegate of the Comptroller-General of Customs, under section 271 of the Customs Act 1901 make the by-law set out in the Schedule below.

THE SCHEDULE

Item 10

Schedule 4

This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 1700126.
This by-law shall take effect the day after it is registered.
For the purposes of item 10 of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995 (the Customs Tariff Act), goods that are the subject of a Status of Forces Agreement or Status of Visiting Forces Agreement between the Government of Australia and the government of another country or other countries are prescribed.
The application of item 10 to the goods in paragraph 3 for the purposes of Schedule 4 of the Customs Tariff Act is subject to the conditions of item 10.

Dated this fifteenth day of December 2017.

[signed]

David Coyles

Delegate of the

Comptroller‑General of Customs

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