Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018

107 (1) Section 159 (power to examine and take account of goods) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) which are subject to the control of any officer of Revenue and Customs as a result of Part 1 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018; or

(ab) which have been discharged from a Customs procedure under Part 1 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 so far as necessary for the purpose of verifying any Customs declaration or any document required to accompany it; or”, and

(b) in paragraph (d), for “entered” substitute “ declared ”.

(3) After subsection (4) insert—

“(4A) But, in the case of anything done for the purpose of verifying any Customs declaration or any document required to accompany it—

(a) the reference in subsection (4) to the proprietor of the goods is a reference to the declarant, and

(b) if, while the goods are being moved to a place for examination, an act which was not authorised by the Commissioners is, without reasonable excuse, done by any person in relation to the goods, the declarant is liable on summary conviction to a penalty of level 3 on the standard scale.

(4B) In subsection (4A) “the declarant”, in relation to a Customs declaration in respect of any goods, means—

(a) the person who has made the declaration, or

(b) the person on whose behalf it was made.”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 7 para. 107 in force for specified purposes at 13.9.2018, see s. 57(1)(a)

I2 Sch. 7 para. 107 in force at 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(a)