CUSTOMS ACT 1901

CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995

SCHEDULE 4

BY-LAW No. 2020321

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 January 2021.

Dated this 14th day of December 2020.

[Signed]

Alison Neil

Delegate of the

Comptroller-General of Customs

SCHEDULE

Item 57B

Schedule 4

1. This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 2020321.

2. This by-law commences on 1 January 2021.

3. For the purposes of Item 57B 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;

(c)   soaps;

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

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