Tradex Scheme Act 1999

This document outlines the preliminary provisions of the Tradex Scheme Act 1999. The Act provides that it may be cited as the "Tradex Scheme Act 1999" (Section 1) and sets out the date of commencement (Section 2). The object of the Act is to establish a statutory scheme, the Tradex Scheme, which allows for the importing of goods without payment of duties or taxes, provided the goods are subsequently exported or incorporated into other exported goods (Section 3). The document also defines various terms used in the Act, including "approved form", "authorised officer", "core criteria", and "disqualifying circumstances" (Section 4).