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Customs By-law No. 2200082

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This by-law revokes four earlier customs by‑laws and replaces them with a new rule that specifies which medical and hygiene goods qualify under item 57 of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995. It lists face masks, gloves, gowns/clothing, eye protection, certain disinfectants (heading 3808, excluding hand sanitisers), soaps, and test kits, but only where usable against droplet or airborne pathogens. It takes effect 1 July 2022 and affects importers and customs tariff treatment of these goods.

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Customs By-law No. 2200082

CUSTOMS ACT 1901

CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995

SCHEDULE 4

BY-LAW No. 2200082

I, Franco Alvarez, delegate of the Comptroller‑General of Customs, under section 271 of the Customs Act 1901:

revoke the by-law cited as Customs By-law No. 2019608;
revoke the by-law cited as Customs By-law No. 2041552;
revoke the by-law cited as Customs By-law No. 2020321;
revoke the by-law cited as Customs By-law No. 2100131; and
make the by-law set out in the Schedule to this instrument.

This by-law commences on 1 July 2022.

Dated this 28th day of June 2022.

[signed]

Franco Alvarez

Delegate of the

Comptroller-General of Customs

SCHEDULE

Item 57

Schedule 4

This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 2200082.
For the purposes of item 57 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 pathogens or viruses 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) test kits, reagents and viral transport media.

Paragraph 2 only applies to goods that are capable of use in combatting pathogens or viruses that are transmitted through droplets or airborne spread.
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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