The Customs Tariff (Suspension of Import Duty Rates) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Requests to the Secretary of State U.K.

7.—(1) Requests to the Secretary of State for goods to be specified goods for the purposes of these Regulations may be made in writing by any person (“ the applicant”) in an application the form of which is approved by the Secretary of State M1 .

(2) Applications containing requests under paragraph (1) must be sent to the Secretary of State by the applicant in such manner, and before the end of such period, as the Secretary of State determines for the purposes of this regulation.

(3) The Secretary of State—

(a) must, no later than—

(i) two weeks after the date on which an application form was received by the Secretary of State, acknowledge receipt of the request in writing to the applicant; and

(ii) four weeks after the date on which the period determined by the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph (2) expires [F1 or, where that is not reasonably practicable, as soon as practicable thereafter], publish a notice providing information about all requests received and invite objections from any United Kingdom business to the goods to which the requests relate being specified goods for the purposes of these Regulations;

(b) may require, from the applicant in relation to a request such further information in connection with, or evidence in support of, the request as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

(4) Objections to a request made under paragraph (1) must be sent to the Secretary of State in writing before the end of such period as is specified in the notice published by the Secretary of State under paragraph (3)(a)(ii).

(5) The Secretary of State may stay consideration of a request—

(a) until the expiry of the period for making objections specified in the notice published by the Secretary of State under paragraph (3)(a)(ii);

(b) pending receipt of any further information or evidence requested from the applicant in relation to a request by the Secretary of State under paragraph (3)(b); or

(c) if, and for such period as, the Secretary of State remains satisfied that a valid objection under paragraph (3)(a)(ii) exists to the goods to which a request relates being specified goods.

(6) A request made under paragraph (1) may be withdrawn by the applicant in relation to the request at any time before the date on which the Secretary of State makes a recommendation to the Treasury in relation to the request under regulation 9.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 7(3)(a)(ii) inserted (10.5.2023) by The Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/433), regs. 1(2), 5(3)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 7 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(2)

I2 Reg. 7 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.

Marginal Citations

M1 Application forms are available to download at http://www.gov.uk/guidance/duty-suspensions-and-tariff-quotas. Hard copies may be requested by post from the Department of International Trade, 3 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2AW.