Information for ruling 600005239
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 03 Jan 2023
- Expiry date
- 02 Jan 2026
- Commodity code
- 9304000000 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Rubber handled metal baton used solely for Police and Prison service. The batons opens by a swing of the wrist which extends it between 25cms and 41cms (depending on model). The baton is not spring or pressure loaded and extends by number of tubes within each other sliding forward to lock position. A button will release the lock and the baton will close back into itself when not in use. The baton is usually supplied in a holster which is attached to the waist belt of clothing of Police and Prison Officers.
- Keywords
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- WITH BELT LOOPS
- WITH RUBBER
- TELESCOPIC
- HAND OPERATED
- FOR BEATING
- WEAPONS
- WITH HANDLE
- SELF DEFENCE
- AS CYLINDERS
- Justification
- Classification has been determined in accordance with the following:- For the purposes of determining the commodity codes within which goods most appropriately fall, Reg 3 (1) of The Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 sets out that the rules of interpretation contained in the following have effect – a. Part Two (Goods Classification Table Rules of Interpretation) of the Tariff of the United Kingdom (Reg 3(1)(a); and b. Notes to a section or chapter of the Goods Classification Table (Reg 3(1)(b) General Interpretative Rules (GIR)s GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 9304 other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons), excluding those of heading 93.07 Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading 9304 Note (1) to chapter 9304