The Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023

Amendment to the Customs Tariff (Suspension of Import Duty Rates) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

5.—(1) The Customs Tariff (Suspension of Import Duty Rates) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “Suspensions of Import Duty Rates Document”, for “version 1.7 dated 5th December 2022” substitute “version 1.9 dated 12th April 2023”(2).

(3) In regulation 7(3)(a)(ii) (requests to the Secretary of State), after “expires” insert “or, where that is not reasonably practicable, as soon as practicable thereafter”.

(4) In regulation 8 (consideration of requests)—

(a) in paragraph (2), omit sub-paragraph (b) and the “or” before it;

(b) in paragraph (3), in sub-paragraph (a), omit “or (b)”.

(5) In regulation 9 (recommendations by the Secretary of State about requests), for paragraph (a) (but not the “or” after it) substitute—

“(a) the date on which the period for making objections ends, as specified in the notice published by the Secretary of State under regulation 7(3)(a)(ii);”.

(1)

S.I. 2020/1435, amended by S.I. 2021/63, 380, 870, 1191 and 1489 and 2022/1301.

(2)

The Tariff Suspension Document, version 1.9, dated 12th April 2023, is available electronically from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reference-documents-for-the-customs-tariff-suspension-of-import-duty-rates-eu-exit-regulations-2020. Hard copies are held and available to view free of charge at the Department for Business and Trade, Old Admiralty Building, London SW1A 2DY.