Information for ruling 600010616
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 11 Jun 2024
- Expiry date
- 10 Jun 2027
- Commodity code
- 8536699099 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- Access point for a smoke detector tester system. This is an XLR connection that is designed to be fitted in a location that is easily accessible by the user. It is connected to a smoke alarm tester which is fitted adjacent to the smoke alarm, these may situated in hard to reach locations such as a lift shaft or a location at height, that would otherwise require special access or equipment. The user can plug a device into the access point to remotely activate the tester to set the alarm off without having to gain physical access to it. They can then receive the report from the tester via the access point once the test is complete. Manufactured in-house using plastic, mild steel and electronic components. Each access point is packaged as a single unit in a cardboard carton
- 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 – cardboard carton GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to sub-heading 853669 – Other than lamp holders Code to 8 digits - 85366990 – Other than for coaxial cables; other than for printed circuits Code to 10 digits - 8536699099 – Other than elsewhere specified in this heading Also classified in accordance with :- Harmonised Standard Explanatory Notes (HSENs) part (III) (A) (1) to heading 8536