11Goods for members etc. of a United States Force (item 11)

11 Goods for members etc. of a United States Force (item 11)

By-law (1) This section may be cited as Customs By‑law No. 2300038. Prescribed goods (2) For the purposes of item 11, each of the following goods are goods to which that item applies: (a) personal effects, furniture and household goods of a member or dependant, other than any of the following goods: (i) motor vehicles; (ii) cigarettes, cigars, or tobacco; (iii) spirituous liquors; (iv) goods covered by paragraph (c). (b) motor vehicles; (c) goods that are: (i) personal consumables; (ii) goods of a kind which when in use are worn or carried on the person; (iii) goods which are normally carried in hand baggage when travelling; (iv) unsolicited gifts sent by persons resident overseas in recognition or appreciation of an occasion or event; other than: (v) goods referred to in subparagraph (c)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) where the value of the goods exceeds 130USD; (vi) goods referred to in subparagraph (a)(i), (ii) and (iii). Conditions (3) Item 11 applies to those goods covered by paragraph (2)(a) subject to all of the following conditions: (a) the goods were imported within the period of six months beginning on the day a person covered by paragraph (2)(a) first arrives in Australia; and (b) the goods remain in the use, ownership and possession of the person; and (c) the goods will not be sold, traded, exchanged, hired out, donated or otherwise disposed of in Australia within two years of the day the goods were imported into Australia, unless prior written approval has been obtained from the Collector. (4) Item 11 applies to those goods covered by paragraph (2)(b) subject to both of the following conditions: (a) the motor vehicle was imported by a member covered by paragraph (2)(a); and (b) either subsection (5) or (6) applies in relation to the motor vehicle. (5) This subsection applies in relation to a motor vehicle if: (a) the motor vehicle was owned and used outside Australia by the member during the period of six months ending on the day the member first departed for Australia; and (b) after it is imported into Australia, the motor vehicle remains in the use, ownership and possession of: (i) the member; or (ii) with the written permission of the Collector, another member covered by paragraph (2)(a); for two years after the date of importation. (6) This subsection applies in relation to a motor vehicle if, after it is imported into Australia: (a) the motor vehicle remains in the ownership and possession of: (i) the member; or (ii) with the written permission of the Collector, another member covered by paragraph (2)(a); and (b) the motor vehicle is exported by the member within: (i) three years of the day the motor vehicle is imported; or (ii) if the Collector has approved a longer period‑‑such longer period as the Collector has approved in writing. (7) Item 11 applies to those goods covered by paragraph (2)(c) subject to the condition that those goods are imported from the United States through military post offices by the member or dependant. Definitions (8) In this section: