The Ship’s Report, Importation and Exportation by Sea Regulations 1981

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations re-enact, with modifications described below, the Ship’s Report, Importation and Exportation by Sea Regulations 1965 as varied by the Ship’s Report, Importation and Exportation by Sea Regulations 1965 (Amendment) Regulations 1971 and the Ship’s Report Regulations 1979 and lay down:—

(1) the procedure for making report of a ship arriving at a port, either from overseas or carrying goods brought in the ship from overseas and not yet cleared;

(2) the procedure to be followed on the arrival of a ship at a port;

(3) provisions for regulating the unloading, landing, movement and removal of goods on importation by sea; and

(4) provisions for regulating the loading of goods into ships for exportation or as stores, and the documents required to be furnished.

The modifications:—

(a) limit the requirement that no goods shall be loaded without the authority of the proper officer to goods not otherwise covered by Commissioners directions under other statutory provisions.

(b) enable an exporter to deliver a loading pass instead of showing a Community transit document to the loader or to the export officer where certain goods are moving under a Community transit procedure.

(c) provide for waiver of the standard rule that a manifest of export cargo be delivered to Customs within 14 days of any sailing in those cases where the details are maintained in suitable records and can be produced on demand by Customs if needed by them.

(d) remove all former requirements relating to the Customs Assigned Number (CAN) system which was abolished by the Finance Act 1981.