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Customs By-law No. 9240088

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This by-law gives a tax break (tariff concession) to importers of specific electrical switches called bare contactors.

What it covers: The by-law applies to three types of electrical contactors used in power distribution systems:

Air break contactors (which break electrical circuits using air)
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) contactors (using gas insulation)
Vacuum contactors (using vacuum chambers)

What it does: It allows these items to be classified under Item 47 of Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987. This classification typically means the goods can be imported duty-free (without customs tariffs).

Who it affects: Electrical wholesalers, power utilities, and industrial equipment importers bringing these specific switchgear components into Australia.

Context: This instrument replaces an earlier by-law (No. 9240083) and applies retrospectively from 30 March 1992.

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Customs By-law No. 9240088

Customs Act 1901

Customs Tariff Act 1987

PART III OF SCHEDULE 4

BY-LAW No. 9240088

I, GRAHAM EDWARD CRUTTENDEN, delegate of the Comptroller-General of Customs for the purposes of section 271 of the Customs Act 1901, hereby make the by-law set out in the Schedule hereto.

Unless the context otherwise requires, where a description of goods is specified in the by-law set out in the Schedule hereto, the goods that fall within that by-law by virtue of that description are such goods as would fall within that description if it were specified in the tariff classification in Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987 that applies to those goods.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any word or phrase used in a reference in the by-law set out in the Schedule hereto has the same meaning as if it were used in the tariff classification in Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987 that applies to those goods to which that reference in that by-law applies.

THE SCHEDULE

BY-LAW NO. 9240088

Item 47

Part III of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 9240088.

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 30 March 1992.

3. Item 47 in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1987

applies to bare contactors, air break, sulphur hexafluoride or

vacuum.

4. For the purposes of this by-law, the "Customs Tariff Act 1987"

means the Customs Tariff Act 1987, as amended or proposed to be

altered.

5. Customs By-law no. 9240083, published in Gazette No. GN 44 of 4 November

1992, is hereby revoked.

Dated this 11th day of November 1992

GRAHAM CRUTTENDEN

Delegate of the Comptroller-

General of Customs

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1 Customs By-law No. 9240088