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Classification of imported Manifold Absolute Pressure and Air Temperature sensors turned on whether they are precision measuring instruments or motor-vehicle parts. The tribunal applied Chapter/Heading explanatory notes and the essential character test, finding the devices precision measuring function decisive and the more specific heading applicable; it followed co-ordinate Bench precedents classifying similar sensors under the measuring-instruments heading and treated an Authority for Advance Rulings decision as persuasive. As a result the tribunal set aside the impugned adverse classification order and allowed the appeal with consequential benefits as per law.
Classification of imported Manifold Absolute Pressure and Air Temperature sensors turned on whether they are precision measuring instruments or motor-vehicle parts. The tribunal applied Chapter/Heading explanatory notes and the essential character test, finding the devices precision measuring function decisive and the more specific heading applicable; it followed co-ordinate Bench precedents classifying similar sensors under the measuring-instruments heading and treated an Authority for Advance Rulings decision as persuasive. As a result the tribunal set aside the impugned adverse classification order and allowed the appeal with consequential benefits as per law.
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