Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155:section:153ya:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 153YA (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 726229–729141

153YA  Interpretation

Definitions
 (1) In this Division:
Agreement means the Australia‑United States Free Trade Agreement done at Washington DC on 18 May 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 the US that implements the Agreement.
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.
fuel has its ordinary meaning.
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 2007; or
 (b) if the table in Annex 4‑A or 5‑A 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.
Harmonized US Tariff Schedule means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (as in force from time to time).
indirect materials means:
 (a) goods used in the production, testing or inspection of other goods, but that are not physically incorporated in the other goods; or
 (b) goods used in the operation or maintenance of buildings or equipment associated with the production of other goods;
including:
 (c) fuel; and
 (d) tools, dies and moulds; and
 (e) lubricants, greases, compounding materials and other similar goods; and
 (f) gloves, glasses, footwear, clothing, safety equipment and supplies for any of these things; and
 (g) catalysts and solvents.
Interpretation Rules means the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System provided for by the Convention.
non‑originating materials means goods that are not originating materials.
originating materials means:
 (a) goods that are used in the production of other goods and that are US originating goods; or
 (b) goods that are used in the production of other goods and that are Australian originating goods; or
 (c) indirect materials.
Example: This example illustrates goods produced from originating materials and non‑originating materials.
 Pork sausages are produced in the US from US cereals, Hungarian frozen pork meat and Brazilian spices.
 The US cereals are originating materials since they are goods used in the production of