The Customs (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Citation, commencement and effect U.K.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Customs (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and, subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), come into force on 30th September 2023.

(2) Regulations 3, 6 and 11 come into force on the date from which the provisions referred to in Article 23(4) of Decision No 1/2023 of the Joint Committee of the Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland(1) signed on 24th March 2023 apply in accordance with that Article.

(3) Regulations 4, 5, 7 to 10 and 12 to 18 come into force—

(a) on 30th September 2023 for the purposes of claims for relief made in a customs declaration in respect of goods for which a liability to duty chargeable under section 30A(3) or 40A(1)(b) of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 is incurred, and

(b) on such day as the Treasury may by regulations under section 52 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 appoint for all other purposes.

(4) Regulation 14(a) (amendment to regulation 16P(5)(a)) has effect only in relation to claims for relief made on or after 30th September 2023.

(5) In this regulation, “claims for relief” means claims made under Chapter 5 (reliefs and repayment) of Part 2 (importation of goods and goods potentially for export) of the Customs (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020(2).

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in force at 30.9.2023, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

Available electronically from https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1145694/Decision_of_the_Withdrawal_Agreement_Joint_Committee_on_laying_down_arrangements_relating_to_the_Windsor_Framework.pdf and otherwise by inspection free of charge at HMRC, 100 Parliament Street, London SW1A 2BQ.

(2)

S.I. 2020/1605, amended by S.I. 2020/1629. There are other amending instruments, but none is relevant.