Customs By-Laws 2023
13Goods for the official use of an international organisation or for the official or personal use of an official of such an international organisation (item 9)
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13 Goods for the official use of an international organisation or for the official or personal use of an official of such an international organisation (item 9)
By-law (1) This section may be cited as Customs By‑law No. 2300104. Prescribed goods (2) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of item 9, subject to subsection (3), goods owned by one of the following organisations at the time they are entered for home consumption are goods to which that item applies: (a) Australian-American Educational Foundation; (b) Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to excise-equivalent goods. (4) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of item 9, subject to subsection (5), goods for which both of the following apply are goods to which that item applies: (a) the goods are furniture, personal or household effects; (b) the goods are owned by an official of the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna at the time they are entered for home consumption. (5) Subsection (4) does not apply to goods: (a) that are excise-equivalent goods; or (b) that are motor vehicles. Conditions (6) Item 9 applies to those goods covered by subsection (2) subject to the condition that those goods are for the official use of that organisation. (7) Item 9 applies to those goods covered by subsection (4) subject to both of the following conditions: (a) the goods are for the official or personal use of the official; and (b) the goods were imported within: (i) the period of 12 months beginning 6 months before the day the official covered by subsection (4) first arrived in Australia; or (ii) if the Collector has approved a longer period‑‑such other period as the Collector has approved in writing.