Commonwealth legislation

Customs By-law No. 9940008

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

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This by-law lets certain commercial samples from overseas—like sample books, fabric swatches, wallpaper and floor tile samples that incorporate printed matter and are packed to solicit orders—be imported into Australia duty-free or at a concessional rate.

It affects businesses that bring physical samples to market goods (fashion, interior design, flooring), reducing import costs and making it easier to show products to potential buyers without paying full customs duty.

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Customs By-law No. 9940008

Customs Act 1901

Customs Tariff Act 1995

PART II OF SCHEDULE 4

BY-LAW No. 9940008

I,LYNDALL MARIA MILWARD-BASON, 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.

Unless the context otherwise requires, where a description of goods is

specified in the by-law set out in the Schedule, the goods to which that

by-law applies by virtue of that description are such goods to which that

description would apply if it were specified in Schedule 3 to the Customs

Tariff Act 1995.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any word or phrase used in a

reference in the by-law set out in the Schedule has the same meaning as if

it were used in the tariff classification in Schedule 3 to the Customs

Tariff Act 1995 that applies to those goods to which that reference applies.

THE SCHEDULE

BY-LAW NO. 9940008

Item 33B

Part II of Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 9940008.

2. This by-law shall take effect on and from 9 September 1999.

3. Item 33B in Part II of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995

applies to samples representing goods solely of overseas origin,

incorporating or consisting of printed matter, put up as or in

sample books designed for soliciting orders for the importation

of the goods represented therein, including textile swatches,

lino tile samples or wallpaper samples.

4. 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 thirty first day of August 1999.

LYNDALL MARIA MILWARD-BASON

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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