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96.13 Cigarette lighters and other lighters, whether or not mechanical or electrical, and parts thereof other than flints and wicks. - Pocket lighters, gas fbelled, non-refillable 9613.20 - Pocket lighters, gas fuelled, refillable 9613.80 - Other lighters 9613.90 - Parts 96 13.10 This heading includes : (1) Mechanical lighters. These produce s arks, usually by means of a wheel with a milled-edge which is revolved in contact with a "tint (generally of fern-cerium alloy). (2) Electrical lighters. Current from the mains or a battery produces a spark, or in certain types, a glowing heat in an electric resistor. (3) Chemical lighters. In these a catalyst (usually sponge platinum) is made to glow by catalytic action in the presence of a gas. (4) Non-mechanical lighters. One type consists of a container incorporating a fuel reservoir, and a small removable metal rod (the striker) fitted with a steel tip. The striking of the steel tip on a " flint " fixed on the outslde of the container produces a spark which ignites an inflammable material near the tip of the striker. The lighters classified in this heading may be of the pocket or table types, or ma designed for fixing on the wall, fitting to gas stoves, etc. The heading also includes lighters orbemotor cars or other vehicles. F Lighters combined with other objects (e. ., cigarette cases, powder cases, watches generally with digital faces, electronic calculator!) are classified in accordance with the Generil Interpretative Rules. The headin also includes identifiable parts of lightem (e-g., outer casings, milled-edged wheels, empty or h I fuel reservoirs). The heading does not cover igniters of heading 36.03, flints heading 36.06 wicks (heading 59.08 or 70.19) or fuel m containers (ampoules, bottles, cans, etc.) o f a L n d used for fihng or refill~ngc~garette or similar lighters (generally heading 36.06). a
1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Pencils for cosmetic or toilet uses (Chapter 33); (b) Articles of Chapter 66 (for example, parts of umbrellas or walking-sticks); (c) Imitation jewellery (heading 71.17); (d) Parts of general use, as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39); (e) Cutlery or other articles of Chapter 82 with handles or other parts of carving or moulding materials; heading 96.01 or 96.02 applies, however, to separately presented handles or other parts of such articles; (f) Articles of Chapter 90 (for example, spectacle frames (heading 90.03), mathematical drawing pens (heading 90.17), brushes of a kind specialised for use in dentistry or for medical, surgical or veterinary purposes (heading 90.18)); (g) Articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clock or watch cases); (h) Musical instruments or parts or accessories thereof (Chapter 92); (ij) Articles of Chapter 93 (arms and parts thereof); (k) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, luminaires and lighting fittings); (l) Articles of Chapter 95 (toys, games, sports requisites); or (m) Works of art, collectors' pieces or antiques (Chapter 97). 2.- In heading 96.02 the expression “vegetable or mineral carving material” means : (a) Hard seeds, pips, hulls and nuts and similar vegetable materials of a kind used for carving (for example, corozo and dom); (b) Amber, meerschaum, agglomerated amber and agglomerated meerschaum, jet and mineral substitutes for jet. 3.- In heading 96.03 the expression “prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making” applies only to unmounted knots and tufts of animal hair, vegetable fibre or other material, which are ready for incorporation without division in brooms or brushes, or which require only such further minor processes as trimming to shape at the top, to render them ready for such incorporation. 4.- Articles of this Chapter, other than those of headings 96.01 to 96.06 or 96.15, remain classified in the Chapter whether or not composed wholly or partly of precious metal or metal clad with precious metal, of natural or cultured pearls, or precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed). However, headings 96.01 to 96.06 and 96.15 include articles in which natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed), precious metal or metal clad with precious metal constitute only minor constituents.