The Customs (Transitional Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Amendment of the Customs and Excise (Miscellaneous Provisions and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

9.—(1) The Customs and Excise (Miscellaneous Provisions and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) at the end insert—

““transitional simplified Customs declaration” has the meaning given by regulation 14 of the import duty regulations;

“transitional EIDR simplified Customs declaration process” has the meaning given by regulation 29A(1) of the import duty regulations.”.

(3) In regulation 6 (requirement to provide a Banana Weight Certificate)—

(a) in paragraph (3)—

(i) the words from “at the time” to the end become sub-paragraph (a);

(ii) at the end of that sub-paragraph insert “; or”;

(iii) after that sub-paragraph insert—

“(b) the Customs declaration is made using the transitional EIDR simplified Customs declaration process.”;

(b) in paragraph (4)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a) at the end, before the semi-colon, insert “or transitional simplified Customs declaration, as the case may be”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) after “simplified Customs declaration”, in both places it occurs, insert “or transitional simplified Customs declaration”;

(c) in paragraph (5), in the definition of “provisional declaration of weight”, after “simplified Customs declaration”, in both places it occurs, insert “or transitional simplified Customs declaration”.

(4) In regulation 11 (amendment of the import duty regulations)—

(a) in paragraph (17)—

(i) omit sub-paragraph (c);

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (d);

(b) omit paragraph (23).

(5) Omit regulation 18 (amendment of the Customs (Contravention of a Relevant Rule) Regulations 2003).

(1)

S.I. 2019/1215.