Commonwealth legislation

Customs By-law No. 1300551

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This by-law lists certain assistive devices for people with vision impairments that qualify for reduced or zero customs duty when imported into Australia. Covered items include tactile navigation aids, machines that convert print to tactile or speech, text‑enlargement systems, and specific portable audio recorders designed for blind users.

It affects importers, disability NGOs, and retailers by making essential accessibility equipment cheaper and more accessible for Australians with low vision or blindness.

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Customs By-law No. 1300551

CUSTOMS ACT 1901

CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995

SCHEDULE 4

BY-LAW No. 1300551

I, Geoff Johannes, delegate of the Chief Executive Officer, under section 271 of the Customs Act 1901 make the by-law set out in the Schedule below.

THE SCHEDULE

Item 28

Schedule 4

This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 1300551.
This by-law shall take effect on and from 1 March 2013.
For the purposes of item 28 of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995, the following goods are prescribed:

(a) pedestrian safety equipment for the blind, being Braille tiles and Braille road rivets;

(b) reading machines, capable of converting printed matter into the following:

(i) tactile images; or

(ii) speech;

(d) sound reproducers and sound recorders, having a power output rms of less than 2.5 W, using a magnetic tape as the recorded or recording medium, monophonic, DC or AC/DC operated, designed for carrying in the hand or on the person, with colour coded, raised symbol control keys and dual playing speeds.

For the purposes of this by-law, the “Customs Tariff Act 1995” means the Customs Tariff Act 1995, as amended or proposed to be altered.

Dated this twentieth day of February 2013.

(signed)

Geoff Johannes

Delegate of the

Chief Executive Officer

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Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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