12Goods for members etc. of a French Republic Visiting Force (item 11)

12 Goods for members etc. of a French Republic Visiting Force (item 11)

By-law (1) This section may be cited as Customs By‑law No. 2300039.

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; (b) motor vehicles. 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 during the period of six months beginning on the day a person covered by paragraph (2)(a) first arrived in Australia to take up service in Australia; (b) the goods remain in the use, ownership and possession of the person; (c) the goods will not be transferred, sold, traded, exchanged, hired out, donated or otherwise disposed of in Australia unless prior written approval has been obtained from the Collector. (4) Item 11 applies to the goods covered by paragraph (2)(b) subject to the condition that the goods imported by the member will not be transferred, sold, traded, exchanged, hired out, donated or otherwise disposed of in Australia unless prior written approval has been obtained from the Collector. Definitions (5) In this section:

Agreement means the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the French Republic regarding Defence Cooperation and Status of Forces, done at Paris on 14 December 2006.

Note: The Treaty is in Australian Treaty Series 2009 No. 18 ([2009] ATS 18) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).

civilian component has the meaning given in Article 1 of the Agreement.

dependant has the meaning given in Article 1 of the Agreement.

member means a member of a French Republic Visiting Force or of its civilian component.

Visiting Force has the meaning given in Article 1 of the Agreement.