Information for ruling 600009395
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 03 Jan 2024
- Expiry date
- 02 Jan 2027
- Commodity code
- 8536699099 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A 3-gang mains socket adaptor. It comprises 3 standard UK mains outlet sockets which are connected to a standard UK household mains plug which can be plugged into any UK electrical supply, all in a single housing. It functions by splitting a single supply into 3 individual supplies – one for each socket, allowing up to 3 separate mains powered devices to be plugged into it. The plug is fitted with a 13 amp fuse. The unit is designed for home or office use, to be plugged into a 240v supply, the sockets are not switched and there is no cable between the mains plug and the sockets. Item is put up in a cardboard sleeve for packaging
- Keywords
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- HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
- FOR VOLTAGE NOT > 1000 V
- FOR ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS
- CONNECTORS
- MAINS ADAPTERS
- 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 8536 - Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp holders and other connectors, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 v; connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or cables GIR 5 (b) has been used to identify normal packaging for transport GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to sub-heading 8536 69 – Lamp holders, plugs and sockets; other than lamp holders Code to 8 digits - 8536 6990 Other than for coaxial cables; other than for printed circuits Code to 10 digits - 8536 6990 99 – Other than elsewhere specified in this subheading Also classified in accordance with :- Harmonised Standard Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to heading – 8536 WCO Opinion to subheading 8536.69