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#### 3 Definitions (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > abbreviation, in relation to a country or place specified in Schedule 1 to the regulations, means the abbreviation specified in that Schedule opposite to the name of that country or place. > amount of duty includes no duty. > capable of being produced in Australia has the same meaning as in Part XVA of the Customs Act 1901. > Chapter means a Chapter of a Section in Schedule 3. > column means a column of a Schedule. > Comptroller‑General of Customs means the person who is the Comptroller‑General of Customs in accordance with subsection 11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015. > constituent, in relation to goods, includes: (a) a part, a component, or an ingredient, of the goods; and (b) an accessory for the goods. > Convention means the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System done at Brussels on 14 June 1983. > Developing Country means: (a) a country that is a Developing Country under paragraph 12(d); or (b) a place that is treated as a Developing Country under paragraph 12(e); or > duty means a duty of Customs imposed by section 15. > Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials Agreement means the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials, done at Florence on 17 June 1950. > Note: The text of the Agreement is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1992 No. 12 (\[1992\] ATS 12). In 2012, the text of an Agreement in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au). > Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials Protocol means the Protocol to the Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials Agreement, being the Protocol done at Nairobi on 26 November 1976. > Note: The text of the Protocol is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1992 No. 13 (\[1992\] ATS 13). In 2012, the text of a Protocol in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au). > Forum Island Country means a country that is a Forum Island Country under paragraph 12(a). > Geelong Treaty means the Nuclear‑Powered Submarine Partnership and Collaboration Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland done at Geelong on 26 July 2025. > Note: The treaty could in 2025 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (https://www.austlii.edu.au). > general rate means a rate of duty other than a rate that applies in relation to a Preference Country. > heading means a heading in Schedule 3. > Interpretation Rules means the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System provided for by the Convention, as set out in Schedule 2. > in the ordinary course of business has the same meaning as in Part XVA of the Customs Act 1901. > Least Developed Country means a country or place that is, or is treated as, a Least Developed Country under paragraph 12(b) or 12(c). > Preference Country means: (b) Papua New Guinea; or (c) a Forum Island Country; or (d) a Least Developed Country; or (e) a Developing Country; or (f) Canada; or (g) Singapore. > produced in Australia has the same meaning as in Part XVA of the Customs Act 1901. > rate column means: (a) the third column of Schedule 3; or (b) the third column of Schedule 4; or (ba) the third column of the table in Schedule 4A; or (c) the third column of the table in Schedule 5; or (d) the third column of the table in Schedule 6; or (da) the third column of the table in Schedule 6A; or (e) the third column of the table in Schedule 7; or (f) the third column of the table in Schedule 8; or (fa) the third column of the table in Schedule 8A; or (fb) the third column of the table in Schedule 8B; or (g) the third column of the table in Schedule 9; or (ga) the third column of the table in Schedule 9A; or (h) the third column of the table in Schedule 10; or (ha) the third column of the table in Schedule 10A; or (i) the third column of the table in Schedule 11; or (j) the third column of the table in Schedule 12; or (k) the third column of the table in Schedule 13; or (l) the third column of the table in Schedule 14; or (m) the third column of the table in Schedule 15; or (n) the third column of the table in Schedule 16. > registered charity means an entity that is registered under the Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Commission Act 2012 as the type of entity mentioned in column 1 of item 1 of the table in subsection 25‑5(5) of that Act. > subheading means a subheading of a heading. > substitutable goods has the same meaning as in Part XVA of the Customs Act 1901. > Tariff instrument means: (a) a Customs Tariff Proposal introduced (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) into the House of Representatives; or (b) an instrument made (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) under section 273EA of the Customs Act 1901; or (c) an order, a by‑law or a determination made (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) under the Customs Act 1901. > Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty means the Treaty between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor‑Leste Establishing their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea done at New York on 6 March 2018, as in force from time to time. > Note: The Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty could in 2019 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au). > tobacco content includes any thing (including moisture) added to the tobacco leaf during manufacturing or processing. > value means the customs value of the goods worked out or determined in accordance with Division 2 of Part VIII of the Customs Act 1901. (2) In Schedule 3, unless the contrary intention appears, Section means a Section of Schedule 3.