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Customs By-law No. 2100131

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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.

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Customs By-law No. 2100131

CUSTOMS ACT 1901

CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995

SCHEDULE 4

BY-LAW No. 2100131

I, 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.

This by-law commences on 1 July 2021.

Dated this 25th day of June 2021.

[Signed]

Alison Neil

Delegate of the

Comptroller-General of Customs

SCHEDULE

Item 57C

Schedule 4

This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 2100131.
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:

(a) any of the following equipment that, when worn, is capable of limiting the transmission of organisms to humans:

(i) face masks;

(ii) gloves;

(iii) clothes or gowns;

(iv) goggles, glasses, eye visors or face shields;

(b) disinfectant preparations classified to heading 3808 in Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff, excluding hand sanitisers;

(d) COVID-19 test kits, reagents and viral transport media.

In this by-law, the Customs Tariff Act 1995 means the Customs Tariff Act 1995, as amended or proposed to be altered.

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