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Customs Regulations 1926
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#### 185 Restrictions on TCOs
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), and for the purposes of subsection 269SJ(1) of the Act, a TCO should not extend to goods:
(a) in respect of which the general rate of customs duty specified in the Customs Tariff Act 1995 is:
(i) 15%; or
(ii) from 1 January 2005—10%; or
(b) classified under a heading or subheading in column 2 of an item in Schedule 2 unless:
(i) the goods are listed in column 3 of the item as goods to which this restriction does not apply; or
(ii) the goods are listed in column 3 of item 6 of Schedule 2 and are excise‑equivalent goods; or
(c) that are excise‑equivalent goods, other than:
(i) goods that are listed in column 3 of item 6 of Schedule 2; and
(ii) goods classified under subheading 3817.00.10; and
(iii) goods classified under heading 3819.00.00.
> Note: Excise‑equivalent goods are prescribed in regulation 1D.
(2) The restriction in paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to the making or operation of a TCO in respect of:
(a) a passenger motor vehicle part that was manufactured at least 30 years before the day on which the TCO comes into force; or
(b) a reproduction, manufactured at any time, of a passenger motor vehicle part that was manufactured at least 30 years before the day on which the TCO comes into force; or
(c) goods that are classified under the following headings and subheadings:
(i) subheading 3006.10.29;
(ii) heading 4203;
(iii) headings 5007 to 6405 (inclusive), except goods of a kind used as passenger motor vehicle components classified under subheading 5911.90;
(iv) heading 9021;
(v) heading 9619; or
(d) passenger motor vehicle parts or components that, if they had been entered for home consumption on 14 July 1996, would have been the subject of a Commercial Tariff Concession Order:
(i) having effect under Part XVA of the Act as continued in force by section 20 of the Customs Legislation (Tariff Concessions and Anti‑Dumping) Amendment Act 1992; and
(ii) that was in force on that date; or
(e) liquid fuel carburettors; or
(f) sparking plugs.