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Information for ruling 600013594

This section is Advance Tariff Ruling

Start date
19 Sep 2025
Expiry date
18 Sep 2028
Description
Heavy duty scenery carrier -UniTrack & UniBeam The Heavy Duty Scenery Carrier has 12 ball raced unflanged wheels in a robust body. The carrier is designed to carry heavy items on both straight and curved track UniTrack and UniBeam systems and can be used in with another scenery carrier bottom. There is a 12.5 mm hole in the centre of the underside of the carrier that provides a connection point The scenery carriers are used to transport scenery, generally wooden- or metal- framed, or other scenic items such as LED walls from any position on a track to any other position on the track and this movement can happen to any number of positions any number of times. This movement is generally automated as part of a machine. The scenery carrier is attached to the machine by means of a chain drive or a rope drive. The positions are decided by the director and programmed ad-hoc on site. The weight is 2.267kg and is made from mild steel and polyurethane with a finish of black powder coated. The Scenery Carrier is wrapped in recyclable plastic within a cardboard box with paper void fill; it is either sent individually or as part of the tracking system depending on customer needs. Should the system be sent internationally, it will be sent in a wooden crate or on a pallet.
Keywords
  • MACHINE PARTS
  • PARTS
  • MECHANICAL
  • FOR THEATRICAL SCENERY
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 (GIRs): GIR 1 has been used to classify this product by the terms of heading 8431 parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 8425 to 8430 GIR 5b has been used to identify the type of packaging GIR 6 has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 843139 of machinery of heading 8428 10-digit code 8431390090 other than elsewhere specified within the heading Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) note 2 (c) to section XVI of chapter 84 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) note (II) parts (section note 2) (b) to section XVI of chapter 84 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to 8431 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to 8479 Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) to 8428