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Customs By-law No. 2200084

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This by-law tells customs which containers count as "primary receptacles" for item 57 of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995: complete containers that directly hold COVID‑19 medicaments or vaccines classifiable under Chapter 30, excluding ingestible capsules. It changes how importers and manufacturers prove that a container qualifies for the tariff treatment tied to item 57, by fixing the technical definition and the COVID‑19 use test they must meet.

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Customs By-law No. 2200084

CUSTOMS ACT 1901

CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995

SCHEDULE 4

BY-LAW No. 2200084

I, Franco Alvarez, 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 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. 2200084.
For the purposes of item 57 of Schedule 4 to the Customs Tariff Act 1995 (the Customs Tariff), goods of the following kind are prescribed:

(a) the goods are primary receptacles to be used for containing medicaments, vaccines or other goods (the contained goods);

(b) the contained goods, if imported, would be classified under Chapter 30 of Schedule 3 to the Customs Tariff; and

(c) the contained goods are to be used in the treatment, prevention, or to limit the severity of the disease known as COVID‑19.

For the purposes of paragraph 2, a primary receptacle means a complete container, whether assembled or not, that directly holds, or would hold, the contained goods. However, a primary receptacle does not include an ingestible capsule for enclosing medicaments.
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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