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96.18 Tailors' dummies and other lay figures; automata and other animated displays used for shop window dressing. This heading covers : (1) Tailors' and dressmakers' dummies. These are models of the human body used to obtain the correct fitting of clothing during making-u generally, the represent only the trunk of the human form. They are usually moulded om papier mac 6, plaster, lastics, etc., but some are made from certain plaitin materials such as cane, reeds or wi low. The moulded forms are usually covered wi textile material, and are generally mounted on a stand so that the height of the model from the ground can be varied. F h P (2) Other lay figures and similar articles. These are representations of the human body or parts of the human body (e.g., head, trunk, legs, arms or hands), used to display articles of clothing, headgear, stockings, loves, etc. These figures, etc., are made from the materials mentroned at 1) above. In t e case of those representing the complete human form, the limbs are usua ly articulated so that the forms ma be made to assume various positions. These figures are also used as models by artists an sculptors, and by medical students for practising methods of applying bandages, splints, etc. r B This category does not include silhouette or profile shapes of figures which, though sometimes used for displaying goods, are more frequently used as direchon signs. These articles are usually made of wood, paperboard or metal and are class~fiedaccording to then constituent material. (3) Automata and other animated displays used for shop window dressing. These ran e fiom animated representations of humans or animals to numerous other automatic ly operatin appliances of a kind used for displaying merchandise or for may be of any material, and are enerally electrically or publicity urposes. ~ f e % mechanlc ly operated. T ough frequently objects of curiosity in emselves, these mcles are mainly intended to serve as novel methods of attracting attention to displays of oods or to particular articles exhibited in sho windows. They may be desi ed in various onns according to the nature of the merchangse or service to be advertiserthey serve not only as an attractive means of resentation, but also in certain cases to illustrate by suitable movements the quality, me od of operation, etc., of the articles displayed. d ? tR This heading does not include : (a) Apparatus or models, designed solely for demonstrational purposes, of heading 90.23. (b) Dolls and toys (Chapter 95). -
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.