CUSTOMS ACT 1901

CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1995

SCHEDULE 4

BY-LAW No. 2019608

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 shall be deemed to have taken effect on 1 February 2020.

Dated this 29^th day of April 2020.

[Signed]

Alison Neil

Delegate of the

Comptroller-General of Customs

SCHEDULE

Item 57

Schedule 4

1.       This by-law may be cited as Customs By-law No. 2019608.

2.       This by-law shall be deemed to have taken effect on 1 February 2020.

3.       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 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.