{"id":"F2020L01621","name":"Customs By-law No. 2020321","slug":"customs-by-law-no-2020321","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":130852,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2020L01621-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs By-law No. 2020321","content":"CUSTOMS ACT 1901\n\nCUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995\n\nSCHEDULE 4\n\nBY-LAW No. 2020321\n\nI, Alison Neil, delegate of the Comptroller‑General of Customs, under section 271 of the Customs Act 1901, make the by-law set out in the Schedule to this instrument.\n\nThis by-law commences on 1 January 2021.\n\nDated this 14th day of December 2020.\n\n\\[Signed\\]\n\nAlison Neil\n\nDelegate of the\n\nComptroller-General of Customs\n\nSCHEDULE\n\nItem 57B\n\nSchedule 4\n\n1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 2020321.\n\n2. This by-law commences on 1 January 2021.\n\n3. For the purposes of Item 57B of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995 (the Customs Tariff), the following medical or hygiene products are prescribed:\n\n(a) any of the following equipment that, when worn, is capable of limiting the transmission of organisms to humans:\n\n(i) face masks;\n\n(ii) gloves;\n\n(iii) clothes or gowns;\n\n(iv) goggles, glasses, eye visors or face shields;\n\n(b) disinfectant preparations classified to heading 3808 in Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff, excluding hand sanitisers;\n\n(c) soaps;\n\n(d) COVID-19 test kits, reagents and viral transport media.\n\n4. In this by-law, the Customs Tariff Act 1995 means the Customs Tariff Act 1995, as amended or proposed to be altered.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1924},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original instrument (By-law No. 2020321) and maintains its original scope. It precisely targets COVID-19 related medical and hygiene supplies for tariff concession purposes without expansion into unrelated product categories."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument containing only 4 operative sections","Simple list-based structure prescribing goods without nested conditions or sub-exceptions","Single external reference to the Customs Tariff Act 1995 and specific tariff headings","Only one interpretive provision (section 4 defining the Customs Tariff Act reference)","Limited conditional logic (sole exception being the exclusion of hand sanitisers from disinfectant preparations)"],"plain_english_summary":"This by-law specifies which medical and hygiene products qualify for special customs treatment (typically reduced or zero import duty) under **Item 57B of Schedule 4** to the Customs Tariff Act 1995.\n\n**What goods are covered:**\n\n*   **Personal Protective Equipment (PPE):** Face masks, gloves, protective gowns or clothing, and eye protection (goggles, glasses, visors, or face shields) that limit the transmission of organisms to humans.\n*   **Disinfectants:** Cleaning preparations classified under tariff heading 3808, **but specifically excludes hand sanitisers**.\n*   **Soaps:** All types of soap.\n*   **COVID-19 testing supplies:** Test kits, laboratory reagents (chemicals used for testing), and viral transport media (solutions used to preserve biological samples during transport).\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis classification allows these essential health items to be imported more cheaply by applying a concessional tariff rate. It was designed to ensure critical medical supplies and hygiene products remained affordable and accessible during the COVID-19 pandemic."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-2020321","history":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-2020321/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-2020321/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-2020321/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-2020321/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-2020321/documents"}}