The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Amendments to Annex 6

31.—(1) Annex 6 (application of and derogations from this Regulation, and modifications to its application, in relation to territories subject to special transitional import arrangements) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 5, in the text inserted into Article 44 as a modification under paragraph 3(1)—

(a) in paragraph 1B for “made under Article 48(d)” substitute “made or treated as being made under Article 48(1) in respect of goods mentioned in paragraph 2(d) of that Article”;

(b) in paragraph 1BA for “designated border control post” substitute “border control post or a point of entry for which a border control post has been designated”;

(c) in paragraph 1BD for “designated border control post” substitute “border control post or a point of entry for which a border control post has been designated”.

(3) For paragraph 7 substitute—

“7.   In Article 48, after paragraph 5, insert—

“6.   This Article applies to relevant goods arriving in Great Britain from a relevant third country subject to the derogations and modifications specified in Annex 6.”.”.

(4) In paragraph 9—

(a) for point (a) substitute—

“(a) in paragraph 1(a), for the words from “, and kept” until the end substitute “the competent authority and, in a case where a consignment of relevant goods arriving from a relevant third country is selected for the performance of official controls, may be kept by the competent authority with responsibility for the place where the official controls are carried out (‘the responsible competent authority’);”;

(b) in point (b) omit the following words—

(i) “the words from”;

(ii) “to “shall””;

(iii) “must”.

(5) In paragraph 13, in the text inserted as Article 56A—

(a) omit paragraph 7B(1);

(b) omit paragraph 9B(2).

(1)

Paragraph 7B was inserted into the text as it applies in relation to England and Wales by S.I. 2024/20.

(2)

Paragraph 9B was inserted into the text as it applies in relation to Scotland by S.I. 2024/20.