Information for ruling 600013850
This section is Advance Tariff Ruling
- Start date
- 23 Jan 2026
- Expiry date
- 22 Jan 2029
- Commodity code
- 9705100048 (opens in new tab)
- Description
- A prop mask. The mask was worn by a well‑known actor portraying the main character in a blockbuster film. The film was released worldwide and represents the eighth and final instalment in the movie franchise. The mask was created by a renowned makeup artist and special effects designer, who served as the special make‑up effects creator for the film. Constructed from rubber and finished in an off‑white paint, with painted brown eyebrows and faux brown hair. A split along the back of the mask allowed it to be worn by the actor. The mask exhibits signs of wear consistent with production use and age, including areas of paint loss and slight discoloration around the neck. The item is accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity confirming its use as a screen prop in the film’s release.
- Keywords
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- AS COLLECTOR ITEM
- OF HISTORIC INTEREST
- OF RUBBER
- FACE MASKS
- 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 9705 - Collections and collectors’ pieces of archaeological, ethnographic, historical, zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, paleontological or numismatic interest. GIR 6 - Has been used to classify the goods to subheading level 970510 - Collections and collectors’ pieces of archaeological, ethnographic or historical interest. Ten digit code 9705100048 - Property relating to history, including the history of science and technology and military and social history, to the life of national leaders, thinkers, scientists and artists and to events of national importance; other than more than 200 years old; other than collectors’ pieces of wood and collections and collectors’ items of animal origin. Also classified in accordance with: Harmonised System Explanatory Notes (HSENs) A(3) to Heading 9705.