7.—(1) Schedule 2 shall be amended as follows.
(2) Sub-paragraph 1(f) shall be deleted.
(3) After sub-paragraph 2(1) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—
“(1A) A vehicle may also be treated for the purposes of these regulations as a personally imported vehicle if—
(a)a person, who is a serving member of the Armed Forces, intends to import it into the United Kingdom within 12 months of the date of application for a Minister’s approval certificate;
(b)that person, at the time of that application, has been normally resident in a country other than the United Kingdom for a continuous period of at least 12 months; and
(c)paragraphs (c) to (e) of sub-paragraph 2(1) apply to that person.”.
(4) After sub-paragraph 2(5) there shall be inserted the following definition—
“(6) In this paragraph—
“serving member of the Armed Forces” means a person who is employed by Her Majesty’s air forces, Her Majesty’s military forces or Her Majesty’s naval forces; except that a serving member of any of the reserve forces shall not be included within this definition.”.
(5) Paragraph 6 shall be deleted.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 7 in force at 1.4.2004, see reg. 1