{"id":"F2021L00866","name":"Customs By-law No. 2100131","slug":"customs-by-law-no-2100131","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":101954,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2021L00866-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Customs By-law No. 2100131","content":"CUSTOMS ACT 1901\n\nCUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995\n\nSCHEDULE 4\n\nBY-LAW No. 2100131\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 July 2021.\n\nDated this 25th day of June 2021.\n\n\\[Signed\\]\n\nAlison Neil\n\nDelegate of the\n\nComptroller-General of Customs\n\nSCHEDULE\n\nItem 57C\n\nSchedule 4\n\n1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 2100131.\n\n2. For the purposes of Item 57C 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":2360},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The by-law remains tightly focused on its original purpose of prescribing specific medical and hygiene products for concessional tariff treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative paragraphs with simple prescriptive structure","Single cross-reference to external tariff classifications (Item 57C and heading 3808)","Minimal conditional logic—just one exclusion (hand sanitisers) and no nested exceptions","No defined terms section beyond standard statutory interpretation clause","Short, itemized list format covering 4 main categories of goods"],"plain_english_summary":"This by-law designates a list of COVID-19 medical supplies that can be imported into Australia duty-free or at reduced rates under the Customs Tariff Act, lowering import costs for essential pandemic items. It affects businesses and individuals importing PPE, certain disinfectants (not hand sanitisers), soaps and COVID‑19 testing materials, helping keep critical supplies affordable and available during health emergencies."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-2100131","history":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-2100131/history","analysis":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-2100131/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-2100131/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-2100131/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/customs-by-law-no-2100131/documents"}}