Customs By-Laws 2023
49Fabrics for use in the manufacture of brassieres, corsets, torsolettes, corselettes or panty girdles (item 32)
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49 Fabrics for use in the manufacture of brassieres, corsets, torsolettes, corselettes or panty girdles (item 32)
By-law (1) This section may be cited as Customs By‑law No. 2300056. Prescribed goods (2) For the purposes of item 32, each of the following goods are goods to which this item applies: (a) fabrics (excluding elastomeric fabrics) classified under tariff heading 5407, 5408, 5512, 5513, 5514, 5515 or 5516; (b) elastomeric fabrics classified under tariff heading 5407, 5408, 5512, 5513, 5514, 5515 or 5516 weighing more than 510 grams per square metre. Conditions (3) Item 32 applies to those goods covered by subsection (2) subject to the condition that those goods are to be used in the manufacture of any of the following: (a) brassieres; (b) corsets; (c) torsolettes; (d) corselettes; (e) panty girdles. Measurement of weight per square metre (4) For the purposes of this section, fabric is taken to have a particular weight per square metre if it has that weight per square metre within a tolerance of plus or minus 1% when measured in accordance with Australian Standard AS 2001.2.13-1987 (as current at the time this instrument was made).