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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Final and miscellaneous provisions - Regulations, orders, rules, etc - Regulations

407: Regulations for determining country of produce or manufacture

You could also call this:

"Rules for deciding where goods come from"

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The government can make rules to decide which country goods come from. You might want to know how they decide this for the purposes of the Customs and Excise Act or the Tariff Act 1988. They can make rules about the types of goods that are treated as being from a certain country. They can also decide what conditions must be met before goods are treated as being from a certain country. The government can give the chief executive the power to make decisions about specific goods, such as how much they are worth or what percentage of the goods must come from a certain area.

The chief executive can make decisions if something unusual happens that is unlikely to continue. They can also make decisions about goods that have been in another country. When the government talks about the "responsible Minister" in relation to the Tariff Act 1988, they mean the Minister who is in charge of that Act.

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Part 6Final and miscellaneous provisions
Regulations, orders, rules, etc: Regulations

407Regulations for determining country of produce or manufacture

  1. Regulations may do any of the following:

  2. prescribe the goods or any type or class of goods that are treated as being the produce or manufacture of any country or group of countries for the purposes of this Act:
    1. prescribe, on the recommendation of the Minister after consultation with the responsible Minister, the goods or any type or class of goods that are treated as being the produce or manufacture of any country or group of countries for the purposes of the Tariff Act 1988:
      1. prescribe the conditions to be fulfilled before goods referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) are treated as being the produce or manufacture of any country or group of countries:
        1. authorise the chief executive to determine in relation to specific goods—
          1. that the percentage of the goods’ factory or works costs is to be increased or decreased:
            1. the valuation or method of valuation (including a reduced or zero valuation) if any material, labour, or overhead that was used in the goods’ production was supplied free of charge or at a reduced cost:
              1. the required percentage of qualifying area content in case of unforeseen circumstances that are unlikely to continue:
                1. variations or conditions relating to the goods entering the commerce of another country.

                2. In subsection (1)(b), responsible Minister means the Minister who, with the authority of the Prime Minister, is responsible for the administration of the Tariff Act 1988.

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