Customs By-law No. 2200082 (Cth)

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:

1. revoke the by-law cited as Customs By-law No. 2019608;
   
   
2. revoke the by-law cited as Customs By-law No. 2041552;
   
   
3. revoke the by-law cited as Customs By-law No. 2020321;
   
   
4. revoke the by-law cited as Customs By-law No. 2100131; and
   
   
5. 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

1.       This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 2200082.

2. 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;

(c)    soaps;

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

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

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