Information for ruling 600005938
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 09 Mar 2023
- Expiry date
- 08 Mar 2026
- Commodity code
- 8543709099 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A walk through people screening metal detector using electromagnetic detection, used primarily for detecting weapons. The unit has an audible and visual alarm function and features advanced security settings to protect against unwanted tampering to the machine. Applications for use include airports, seaports, prisons and visitor screening. It can also be connected to a network via ethernet. The detector can be modified with optional radiation detection capabilities in addition to metal detection. Dimensions are - Interior: 76 cm width x 205 cm height. Exterior: 90 cm width x 224 cm height x 70 cm depth. It weighs 63 kg.
- Keywords
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- MAGNETIC DETECTORS
- SECURITY DEVICES
- SECURITY SYSTEMS
- Justification
- Classification has been determined in accordance with the following: - General Interpretative Rules (GIR)s: 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)). GIR 1 - has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 8543 - Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter. GIR 6 - has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 854370 - Other machines and apparatus. 8-digit code 85437090 - Other than elsewhere specified. 10-digit code 8543709099 - Other than elsewhere specified. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonized System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 8543 - Note (3).