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Information for ruling 600011244

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
03 Sep 2024
Expiry date
02 Sep 2027
Description
This product is an adapter for use in equipment to test smoke and CO detectors. The adapter is made from aluminium and has a steel pin that holds the assembly together. The steel spring is held behind the spring button (made of plastic), a plastic end cap and a spring made of brass. The adapter forms an interface between a telescopic pole and a head unit which is used for testing smoke and CO detectors at height. The product fits into the pole and held into place with a spring button. Packaged individually for retail sale.
Keywords
  • ADAPTERS
  • OF ALUMINIUM
  • OF BRASS
  • OF STEEL
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 7616 - Other articles of aluminium. GIR 3b - has been used as the aluminium is considered to be the essential material. GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 761699 - Other than nails, tacks, staples (other than those of heading 8305), screws, bolts, nuts, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter pins, washers and similar articles; Other than cloth, grill, netting and fencing, of aluminium wire. Eight digit code 76169990 - Other than cast. Ten digit code 7616999099 - Other than hand-made; Other than elsewhere specified; Other than aluminium radiators and elements or sections of which such radiator is composed, whether or not such elements are assembled in blocks. Also classified in accordance with: Note 3 to Section XV Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSEN) to heading 7616