government of the turks and caicos islands customs tariff

A. Interpretation
1. In this Part -
PART II
EXPLANATORY NOTES AND GENERAL RULES
FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF THE
CUSTOMS TARIFF 2010
(a) the Harmonized Commodity Description and
Coding System or the Harmonized System is
referred to as "the HS" and means the
Nomenclature comprising the headings,
subheadings and their related numerical codes, the
Section, Chapter and Subheading Notes and the
General Rules for the Interpretation of the
Harmonized System, set out in the Annex to the
Convention; and
(b) a reference to the HS, unless the context otherwise
requires, is a reference to the HS as amended in
accordance with Article 16 of the Convention on or
before 1 September 1991.
2. In this Part -
"the Convention" means the International Convention on the
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
done at Brussels on 14 June 1983 as amended by the Protocol
of Amendment to the International Convention on the
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System,
both of which entered into force on 1 January 1988 and both
of which are registered with the Secretariat of the United
Nations;
"the Council" means the Customs Co-operation Council (now the
World Customs Organisation) established by the Convention
establishing a Customs Co-operation Council done at
Brussels on 15 December 1950;
"the HS Committee" means the Harmonized System Committee
established under Article 6 of the Convention;
"the HS Notes" means the Section, Chapter and Subheading Notes
referred to in paragraph l(a) as amended on or before 1
January 2007;
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(Paragraph 3(2))