The Customs (Import and Export Declarations By Conduct) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Amendment of the Customs (Export) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

3.—(1) The Customs (Export) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 21(1) (export declarations by conduct: certain goods with pedestrians) omit paragraph (g).

(3) In regulation 22(1)(a) (export declaration by conduct: certain goods in vehicles) omit “except where an individual is making an export declaration by conduct on behalf of another person under regulation 19(2),”.

(4) After regulation 23 (export declaration by conduct: posted goods), insert—

“Export Declarations by Conduct: Human Organs etc. needed for transplant

23A.— (1) A person may make an export declaration by the conduct described in paragraph (2) in respect of human blood, blood products, organs, for grafting, implanting (transplant) or transfusion (“the goods”).

(2) The conduct referred to in paragraph (1) is where the person allows the goods to be exported from the United Kingdom by loading or allowing the goods to be loaded on any means of transport.

(3) But such a declaration is to be treated as withdrawn if the goods are not exported from the United Kingdom within 48 hours of being loaded on the means of transport.

(4) Where this regulation applies there is no requirement to make the goods available for examination except where an HMRC officer requires that the goods are made available for examination.”.

(5) In regulation 29 (export declarations by conduct: consequential provision)—

(a) after paragraph (3) insert—

“(3ZA) In relation to regulation 23A, the following are (as the case may be) treated as, or deemed as, occurring when the goods are exported from the United Kingdom—

(a) notification of the export of the goods;

(b) acceptance of the export declaration; and

(c) release of the goods to, and discharge of the goods from, a common export procedure.”;

(b) in paragraph (4) after “(3),” insert “(3ZA),”.

(1)

S.I. 2019/108. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/486, S.I. 2019/1215, S.I. 2019/1346, S.I. 2020/1234, S.I. 2020/1552 and S.I 2021/478.