G.S.R (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 8 and clause (v) of section 21 of the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (14 of 2017) read with sub-section (1) of section 16 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby exempts the intra-state supplies of goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the table below, falling under the tariff item, sub-heading, heading or Chapter, as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said table, from so much of the union territory tax leviable thereon under section 7 of the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (14 of 2017) as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said table and subject to the relevant conditions annexed to this notification, the condition number of which is mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (5) of the said table:

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Explanation. –

1. For the purposes of this notification, “Tariff item”, “sub-heading”, “heading” and “Chapter” shall mean respectively a tariff item, sub-heading, heading and chapter as specified in the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975).

2. The rules for the interpretation of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), including the Section and Chapter Notes and the General Explanatory Notes of the First Schedule shall, so far as may be, apply to the interpretation of this notification.