Customs Act 1901

PART VIII - THE DUTIES  

Division 1D - Thai originating goods  

Subdivision A - Preliminary  

SECTION 153ZA   INTERPRETATION  


Definitions

153ZA(1)    


In this Division:

Agreement
means the Thailand-Australia Free Trade Agreement, done at Canberra on 5 July 2004, as amended from time to time.

Note:

In 2004 the text of the Agreement was accessible through the website of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Australian originating goods
means goods that are Australian originating goods under a law of Thailand that implements the Agreement.

Certificate of Origin
means a certificate that is in force and that complies with the requirements of Annex 4.2 of the Agreement.

continental shelf
(Repealed by No 46 of 2011)

Convention
means the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System done at Brussels on 14 June 1983.

Note:

The text of the Convention is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1988 No. 30. In 2004 this was available in the Australian Treaties Library of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, accessible through that Department's website.

customs value,
in relation to goods, has the meaning given by section 159 .

Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
means the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System that is established by or under the Convention.

Harmonized System
means:


(a) the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System as in force on 1 January 2005; or


(b) if the table in Annex 4.1 of the Agreement is amended or replaced to refer to Chapters, headings and subheadings of a later version of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System - the later version of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System.

Interpretation Rules
means the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System provided for by the Convention.

originating materials
means:


(a) goods that are used in the production of other goods and that are Thai originating goods; or


(b) goods that are used in the production of other goods and that are Australian originating goods.

produce
means grow, raise, mine, harvest, fish, trap, hunt, manufacture, process, assemble or disassemble. Producer and production have corresponding meanings.

tariff table
(Repealed by No 4 of 2021)

territorial sea
has the same meaning as in the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 .

Thai originating goods
means goods that, under this Division, are Thai originating goods.



Value of goods

153ZA(2)    
The value of goods for the purposes of this Division is to be worked out in accordance with the regulations. The regulations may prescribe different valuation rules for different kinds of goods.

Tariff classifications

153ZA(3)    
In specifying tariff classifications for the purposes of this Division, the regulations may refer to the Harmonized System.

153ZA(4)    
Subsection 4(3A) does not apply for the purposes of this Division.

Regulations

153ZA(5)    
For the purposes of this Division, the regulations may apply, adopt or incorporate any matter contained in any instrument or other writing as in force or existing from time to time.


 

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