Customs and Excise Regulations 1996

Provisions relating to Singapore

Heading: inserted, on 1 January 2001, by regulation 3 of the Customs and Excise Amendment Regulations 2000 (SR 2000/275).

51A Originating goods

(1)

For the purposes of the Act and the Tariff Act 1988, particular goods are treated as the produce or manufacture of Singapore if the goods satisfy all applicable requirements set out in the following provisions of the Singapore CEP Agreement:

(a)

Chapter 3; and

(b)

the document entitled ANZSCEP Product Specific Rules of Origin—Annex 3.1 (2022), as certified on 9 November 2021 by the chief executive under clause 4 of Schedule 2 of the Legislation Act 2019 and published by the chief executive on the Customs’ Internet site (to align with the Harmonised System as in force in respect of New Zealand as at 1 January 2022).

(2)

In this regulation, Singapore CEP Agreement means the Agreement between Singapore and New Zealand on a Closer Economic Partnership done at Singapore on 14 November 2000 as amended by the Protocol to Amend the Agreement between Singapore and New Zealand on a Closer Economic Partnership done at Singapore on 17 May 2019.

Regulation 51A: replaced, on 1 January 2020, by regulation 4 of the Customs and Excise Amendment Regulations (No 3) 2019 (LI 2019/311).

Regulation 51A(1): replaced, on 1 January 2022, by regulation 6 of the Customs and Excise (Rules of Origin—Harmonised System and Other Matters) Amendment Regulations 2021 (SL 2021/422).