13Goods for members etc. of a Japan Visiting Force (item 11)

13 Goods for members etc. of a Japan Visiting Force (item 11)

By-law

(1) This section may be cited as Customs By‑law No. 2300138.

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 other than any of the following goods:

(i) motor vehicles;

(ii) cigarettes, cigars, or tobacco;

(iii) alcoholic beverages;

(b) a motor vehicle.

Conditions

(3) Item 11 applies to those goods covered by subsection (2) subject to 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;

(b) the goods remain in the use, ownership and possession of the person; and

(c) the goods will not be disposed of in Australia, other than by transfer to another member, unless prior written approval has been obtained from the Collector;

(d) if the goods are motor vehicles covered by subsection (2)(b)—no more than one motor vehicle is imported by a member.

Definitions

(4) In this section:

Agreement means the Agreement between Australia and Japan concerning the facilitation of reciprocal access and cooperation between the Australian Defence Force and the Self‑Defense Forces of Japan, done at Canberra and Tokyo on 6 January 2022.

Note: The Agreement could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).

civilian component has the same meaning as in the Agreement.

member means a member of a Japan Visiting Force or of its civilian component.

Visiting Force has the same meaning as in the Agreement.