The Excise Duties (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

PART 2 Amendments to, and revocations of, miscellaneous regulations relating to excise duties

Amendment of the Excise Duties (Personal Reliefs) (Fuel and Lubricants Imported in Vehicles) Order 1989

2.—(1) The Excise Duties (Personal Reliefs) (Fuel and Lubricants Imported in Vehicles) Order 1989(1) is amended as follows.

(2) Omit article 1A (application).

(3) In article 2, for the definition of “standard fuel tank” substitute—

““standard fuel tank”, in relation to any vehicle, has the same meaning as “standard tanks” in Article 24(2) of Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity;”.

Amendment of the Excise Goods (Drawback) Regulations 1995

3.—(1) The Excise Goods (Drawback) Regulations 1995(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4 (interpretation)—

(a) omit the definitions of “accompanying document”, “dispatch” and “single administrative document”;

(b) for the definition of “certificate of receipt”, substitute—

““certificate of receipt” means a certificate of receipt under regulation 11(4) of the Excise Warehousing (Etc.) Regulations 1988(3);”.

(3) In regulation 5 (eligible goods), omit paragraph (4).

(4) In regulation 8 (conditions to be complied with before export)—

(a) omit paragraph (2)(b);

(b) in paragraph (2)(c)—

(i) omit the words “if the export is not a dispatch”;

(ii) for “a single administrative document”, substitute “any customs declaration or other pre-export requirements specified by the Commissioners(4) in a notice published by them (and not withdrawn)”; and

(c) in paragraph (2)(d), for “the accompanying document or single administrative document”, substitute “any document specified by the Commissioners in a notice published by them (and not withdrawn)”.

(5) For regulation 10, substitute—

“Conditions to be complied with after export

10.   Where an eligible claimant(5) claims drawback after export, the eligible claimant must include with the claim such documentary evidence of export as is specified by the Commissioners in a notice published by them (and not withdrawn).”.

Revocation of the Travellers’ Reliefs (Fuel and Lubricants) Order 1995

4.  The Travellers’ Reliefs (Fuel and Lubricants) Order 1995(6) is revoked.

(1)

S.I. 1989/1898, relevantly amended by S.I. 1995/1777.

(2)

S.I. 1995/1046, amended by S.I. 2010/593; there are other amending instruments, but none is relevant.

(3)

S.I. 1988/809. Regulation 11(4) was relevantly amended by S.I. 2010/593.

(4)

In S.I. 1988/809, “the Commissioners” means “the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs” under section 1(1) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 and under section 2(5) of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1992, read in accordance with section 5(2) and 50(1) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005.

(5)

“Eligible claimant” has the meaning given by regulation 6 of S.I. 1995/1046.

(6)

S.I. 1995/1777.