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I found a zombie law: a customs rule whose job ended in 2017, but it sat on the books for nearly ten years. Under SPARTECA, a South Pacific trade deal, goods normally need 50 per cent local factory costs for cheaper tariffs. In 2016, Customs' Comptroller-General cut that to 40 per cent for Samoan-made passenger vehicle wiring harnesses, just for 2017. Then Samoa's sole commercial producer closed at the end of 2017. Job done, but still on the books. The repeal kicked in on the 22nd of October 2026, before an April 2027 sunset. Its explanatory statement even calls it a 2025 instrument in places. Close enough. So why do dead rules take so long to go? Could instruments whose job has ended be flagged automatically? Tell me in the replies.
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Legislation data: Federal Register of Legislation, Office of Parliamentary Counsel, CC BY 4.0.
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