LIN 24/090

Customs Tariff (Suspension of Preferential Tariffs for Trans-Pacific Partnership Originating Goods) Notice 2024

I, Tony Burke, Minister for Home Affairs, make the following notice.

Dated 13 December 2024

[signed]

Tony Burke

Minister for Home Affairs

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

5  Suspension of preferential tariffs for Trans-Pacific Partnership originating goods─safeguard goods imported from the United Kingdom

1  Name

  This instrument is the Customs Tariff (Suspension of Preferential Tariffs for Trans-Pacific Partnership Originating Goods) Notice 2024.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note:  This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under section 16B of the Customs Tariff Act 1995.

4  Definitions

Note 1: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 3 of the Act, including the following:

(a) heading;

(b) subheading.

Note 2: The expression “safeguard goods” used in this instrument is defined in subsection 16B(5) of the Act.

Note 3: The expression “Trans-Pacific Partnership originating goods” used in this instrument is defined in section 13EB of the Act.

Note 4: The matters covered by the expression “minimal operations” used in this instrument is listed in subsection 16(4ABB) of the Act.

 (1) In this instrument:

Act means the Customs Tariff Act 1995.

electrical means flat-rolled products, that under a current of 50 Hz and a magnetic flux of 1 T, have a watt-loss per kilogram, when calculated using the Epstein method, of:

 (a) if the thickness does not exceed 0.2 mm—no greater than 2.1 W/kg;

 (b) if the thickness exceeds 0.2 mm but is less than 0.6 mm—no greater than 3.6 W/kg; or

 (c) if the thickness is at least 0.6 mm but does not exceed 1.5 mm—no greater than 6 W/kg.

relevant composition, in relation to goods, means the goods contain, by weight:

 (a) at least 0.9% but not greater than 1.15% of carbon; and

 (b) at least 0.5% but not greater than 2% of chromium; and

 (c) no greater than 0.5% of molybdenum (if any).

tool steel means an alloy steel (other than stainless steel or high speed steel), containing, by weight, one of the following compositions, with or without other elements:

 (a) less than 0.6% of carbon, and:

 (i) at least 0.7% of silicon and at least 0.05% of vanadium; or

 (ii) at least 4% of tungsten;

 (b) both of the following:

 (i) at least 0.8% of carbon

 (ii) at least 0.05% of vanadium;

 (c) both of the following:

 (i) greater than 1.2% of carbon;

 (ii) at least 11% but not greater than 15% of chromium;

 (d) all of the following:

 (i) at least 0.16% but not greater than 0.5% of carbon;

 (ii) at least 3.8% but not greater than 4.3% of nickel;

 (iii) at least 1.1% but not greater than 1.5% of chromium;

 (iv) at least 0.15% but not greater than 0.5% of molybdenum;

 (e) all of the following:

 (i) at least 0.3% but not greater than 0.5% of carbon;

 (ii) at least 1.4% but not greater than 2.1% of chromium;

 (iii) at least 0.15% but not greater than 0.5% of molybdenum;

 (iv) less than 1.2% of nickel;

 (f) at least 0.3% of carbon, and less than 5.2% of chromium, and:

 (i) at least 0.65% of molybdenum; or

 (ii) at least 0.4% of tungsten;

 (g) all of the following:

 (i) at least 0.5% but not greater than 0.6% of carbon; and

 (ii) at least 1.25% but not greater than 1.8% of nickel; and

 (iii) at least 0.5% but not greater than 1.2% of chromium; and

 (iv) at least 0.15% but not greater than 0.5% of molybdenum.

 (2) An expression used in this instrument has the meaning given by, or has a meaning affected by, any relevant Note, Subheading Note, or Additional Note to Chapter 72 or Chapter 73 of Schedule 3 of the Act.

5  Suspension of preferential tariffs for Trans-Pacific Partnership originating goods─safeguard goods imported from the United Kingdom

 (1) For the purposes of subsection 16B(1) of the Act:

 (a) safeguard goods:

 (i) covered by subsection (2) or (3); and

 (ii) where the last production process, other than minimal operations, occurred in the United Kingdom;

  are specified; and

 (b) the period:

 (i) beginning at the commencement of this instrument; and

 (ii) ending at the end of 30 June 2026;

  is specified.

Safeguard goods─all goods covered by a particular subheading

 (2) Safeguard goods are covered by this subsection if the goods are classified to a heading or subheading in Schedule 3 to the Act that is specified in column 2 of an item in the following table.

Safeguard goods─goods covered by a particular subheading and that match a particular description

 (3) Safeguard goods are covered by this section if:

 (a) the goods are classified to a heading or subheading in Schedule 3 to the Act that is specified in column 2 of an item in the following table; and

 (b) the goods meet the description set out in column 3 of that item.