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SCHEDULE 3U.K.The United Kingdom transit procedure

This schedule has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

PART 1U.K.General provision for the United Kingdom transit procedure

GeneralU.K.

1.  This Schedule provides for chargeable goods to move between places in [F1Great Britain] subject to [F2a] transit procedure for the purposes of TCTA, section 3(4)(b) and Schedule 2, Part 3 (the “UK transit procedure”), and without payment of import duty while subject to the procedure.

[F31A.  The UK transit procedure is also available for chargeable goods to move from [F4Great Britain] subject to a transit procedure that ends in the Isle of Man.]

2.  For these purposes—U.K.

(a)“authorised consignor” is subject to provision corresponding to Schedule 1, paragraphs 18(1) to (4) (excluding references to sub-paragraphs (5), (7) and (8)), but in relation to the UK transit procedure [F5excluding any reference to authorisation issued other than under TCTA];

(b)“authorised consignee” is subject to provision corresponding to Schedule 1, paragraphs 18(1) to (3) (excluding references to sub-paragraphs (4), (5) and (7)), and 18(8), but in relation to the UK transit procedure;

(c)seals of a special type are subject to provision corresponding to Schedule 1, paragraphs 18(1) to (3) (excluding the references to sub-paragraphs (4), (5) and (8)), and 18(7), but in relation to the UK transit procedure;

(d)the use by a person of electronic transport documents as customs declarations are subject to provision corresponding to Schedule 1, paragraphs 18(1) to (3) (excluding references to sub-paragraphs (4), (7) and (8)), and 18(5) and 18(6)(b) and (c), but in relation to the UK transit procedure;

[F6(e)the holder of the UK transit procedure is—

(i)the person who declares the goods in question for that procedure;

(ii)the person on whose behalf the declaration is made; or

(iii)the holder of the carnet where a declaration is made in accordance with regulation 22(4A) (Customs declarations made in paper form) of the Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.]

3.  In this Schedule—U.K.

(a)a “customs office of departure” is the HMRC office in [F7Great Britain] where the Customs declaration for the UK transit procedure is accepted by HMRC;

(b)a “customs office of destination” is the HMRC office in [F8Great Britain] where the goods subject to the UK transit procedure are presented to HMRC preliminary to ending that procedure [F9 ;]

[F10(c)the ATA Convention” means the Customs Convention on the “A.T.A. Carnet” for the temporary admission of goods done at Brussels on 6 December 1961;

(d)the Istanbul Convention” means the Convention on Temporary Admission done at Istanbul on 26 June 1990;

(e)a “carnet” is a document so described in—

(i)the ATA Convention and

(ii)the Istanbul Convention,

where the form of the carnet corresponds to that provided by the version of the relevant convention which is current at the time the declaration is made.]

[F113A.(1) Where chargeable goods arrive in the Isle of Man, and are subject to the UK transit procedure, paragraph 3(b) applies as if the customs office of destination is the one in the Isle of Man where the goods are presented preliminary to ending that procedure.U.K.

(2) Where goods arrive in [F12Great Britain] from the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands, and are then chargeable goods declared for the UK transit procedure under paragraph 4(1A) or paragraph 4(1)—

(a)a reference in paragraph 5(1) or 5(2) made to Schedule 1 that is about HMRC may also be taken as a reference to the corresponding customs authority of the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands;

(b)a reference in paragraph 5(3) made to Schedule 1, paragraph 25(5) that is about HMRC may also be taken as a reference to the corresponding customs authority of the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.

(3) Where sub-paragraph (1) applies, a reference in paragraph 8(1), 8(2) or 9(1) made to Schedule 1 (except about any time-limit set by HMRC) that is about HMRC or the United Kingdom may also be taken as a reference to the corresponding customs authority for the Isle of Man or to the Isle of Man, respectively.

(4) Nothing in this Schedule is to be taken as imposing any duty or obligation on the customs authority for the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.

(5) References in this Schedule to the Channel Islands are to the Bailiwick of Jersey or Guernsey, as the case requires.]

PART 2U.K.Operation of the UK transit procedure

Formalities for the UK transit procedureU.K.

4.—(1) [F13Use of the UK transit procedure for chargeable goods is subject to a Customs declaration made for this purpose and accepted by HMRC, and to the provision of a guarantee—

(a)where there is any liability, or potential liability, to pay import duty, but not excise duty, in respect of the goods, in accordance with Part 10 of the import duty regulations; or

(b)where there is any liability, or potential liability, to pay both import duty and excise duty in respect of the goods, in accordance with Part 10 of the import duty regulations as modified by sub-paragraph (1C).]

But provision corresponding to that made by Schedule 1, paragraph [F1429(1G)(a)] applies in relation to paragraph 2(d) for the purposes of the UK transit procedure.

[F15(1A) The Customs declaration in sub-paragraph (1) is deemed as made and accepted where goods arrive in [F16Great Britain] from the Isle of Man subject to a procedure corresponding in the Isle of Man to the UK transit procedure; and those goods are then chargeable goods.

(1B) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1A), any function carried out by the Isle of Man customs authority pre-arrival, and corresponding to a pre-departure function of HMRC in relation to the UK transit procedure, substitutes for that pre-departure function.]

[F17(1C) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b)—

(a)Part 10 of the import duty regulations is modified as follows—

(i)other than in regulation 97(2), for “import duty”, wherever it appears, regard as substituted “ import duty and excise duty ”;

(ii)in regulation 95(1)(a), regard “discharge of the liability” as “discharge of the liability to pay import duty”;

(iii)after regulation 100(1)(b), regard as inserted—

(ba)where the goods have been placed under a duty suspension arrangement and—

(i)all the liability to import duty to which the guarantee relates and, where regulation 95(2) (guarantee in relation to charges) applies, any charges in relation to that liability have been paid in full; or

(ii)the potential liability to import duty to which the guarantee relates has been extinguished on the discharge of a special Customs procedure;;

(iv)in regulation 100(1)(c)—

(aa)in paragraphs (i) and (ii), for “the duty” regard as substituted “ the import duty ”;

(bb)at the end of paragraph (ii), regard “and” as omitted;

(cc)at the end of paragraph (iii), for “or” regard as substituted “ and ” and regard as inserted—

(iv)the part of the specified amount which is equivalent to the amount of the liability, or potential liability, to excise duty is paid in full or the goods to which that part relates have been placed in a duty suspension arrangement; or; and

(b)a reference to a “guarantee” in the import duty regulations, wherever it appears, should be construed in accordance with the modifications made by paragraph (a).]

[F18(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (2A), the goods covered by the declaration must be presented to HMRC at the Customs office of departure.

(2A) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply where—

(a)the declarant is an authorised consignor; and

(b)the declaration is not made by means of a carnet under regulation 22(4A) (customs declarations made in paper form) of the Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.]

(3) The UK transit procedure is compulsory where chargeable goods bound for a place in [F19Great Britain], and to be carried by air, are loaded or reloaded at a [F19Great Britain] airport.

(4) [F20Subject to sub-paragraph (4A), provision] corresponding to that made by Schedule 1, paragraph 19 (except sub-paragraph (1), second indent) applies to the declaration for the UK transit procedure (permissible goods).

[F21(4A) Sub-paragraph (4) does not apply where the declaration is made by means of a carnet under regulation 22(4A) (customs declarations made in paper form) of the Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.]

[F22(5) Use of the UK transit procedure for chargeable goods that are to move from [F23Great Britain] to the Isle of Man is subject to a declaration made for this purpose and accepted by HMRC, and to the provision of a guarantee as provided for in sub-paragraph (1), first and second indents.

(6) The declaration in sub-paragraph (5) is deemed to be within TCTA, Schedule 2, paragraph 5(1)(a).]

[F24(7) In this paragraph, “duty suspension arrangement” has the meaning given in regulation 3(1) of the Excise Goods (Holding, Movement and Duty Point) Regulations 2010.]

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I4Sch. 3 para. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.

5.—(1) Provision corresponding to that made by Schedule 1, paragraphs 20(1), 20(3) and 20(4) applies for the purposes of the UK transit procedure (disregarding anything said about the “electronic transit system”).U.K.

(2) Provision corresponding to that made by Schedule 1, paragraphs 21(1), 22, 23(1) to (5), 24 and 40 applies for the purposes of the UK transit procedure.

(3) Provision corresponding to that made by Schedule 1, paragraphs 25(1) and 25(4) to (7) applies for the purposes of the UK transit procedure.

Commencement Information

I5Sch. 3 para. 5 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.

6.  Provision corresponding to that made by Schedule 1, paragraph 26 applies for the purposes of the UK transit procedure.U.K.

Commencement Information

I6Sch. 3 para. 6 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.

Operation of the UK transit procedureU.K.

7.  Provision corresponding to that made by Schedule 1, paragraph 28(1), and (3) to (7), applies for the purposes of the UK transit procedure, except that in this Schedule, the “carrier” is the person responsible for the carriage of the goods within [F25Great Britain].

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I7Sch. 3 para. 7 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.

[F267A.  For a UK transit procedure covered by paragraph 1A and where the goods are in the Isle of Man, paragraph 7 applies as if the customs authority for the Isle of Man is HMRC (except in relation to any route prescribed for the procedure by HMRC) and as if the Isle of Man is within [F27Great Britain].]

End of the UK transit procedureU.K.

8.—(1) Provision corresponding to that made by Schedule 1, paragraphs 29(1)(a) and (b), 29(3), 29(4), 29(6) and 29(7) applies for the purposes of the UK transit procedure, with the following modifications—

(a)in paragraph 29(1)(a) disregard what is said about other customs authorities,

(b)in paragraph 29(3) disregard what is said about customs authorities other than HMRC, or about the operator of a fixed transport installation,

(c)in paragraph 29(4) disregard what is said about the obligation of the holder being met and the cases in sub-paragraphs (5) and (6),

(d)in paragraph 29(7) disregard what is said about a customs office of destination outside the United Kingdom.

(2) Provision corresponding to that made by Schedule 1, paragraphs 30(1) to (5), and 32, applies for the purposes of the UK transit procedure, with the following modifications—

(a)in paragraphs 30(1) and 30(2) disregard what is said about a customs authority other than HMRC,

(b)in paragraph 30(3) disregard what is said about HMRC having to notify the arrival and to amend their records.

(3) Provision corresponding to that made by Schedule 1, paragraphs 31(1), 31(4) and 31(5) applies for the purposes of the UK transit procedure, but disregard what is said in paragraph 31(4) about—

(a)the holder being deemed to fulfil the applicable obligations, and

(b)a person similarly authorised by a customs authority in another common transit state.

(4) Provision corresponding to that made by Schedule 1, paragraph 34(2) applies for the purposes of the UK transit procedure.

(5) Provision corresponding to that made by Schedule 1, paragraph 35(1)(b) to (d), and 35(2), applies for the purposes of the UK transit procedure, with the following modifications—

(a)in paragraph 35(1)(b) regard the customs authority as any other than HMRC,

(b)in paragraphs 35(1)(c) and (d) regard a “third country” as [F28anywhere except Great Britain].

[F29(6) For a UK transit procedure that ends in the Isle of Man—

(a)sub-paragraph (5)(a) applies in relation to Schedule 1, paragraph 35(1)(b) as if—

(i)the customs authority in question is any other than HMRC or the customs authority for the Isle of Man, and

(ii)the document or customs record establishes that the goods have physically left [F30Great Britain] and the Isle of Man;

(b)sub-paragraph (5)(b) applies as if [F31Great Britain] includes the Isle of Man.

(7) A UK transit procedure also ends as provided for by paragraph 13(1).]

Discharge of the UK transit procedureU.K.

9.—(1) Provision corresponding to that made by Schedule 1, paragraph 38(1) and (3) applies for the purposes of the UK transit procedure, but disregard what is said in paragraph 38(1) about the customs authority outside the United Kingdom and the comparison of data available to HMRC and the customs office of destination, and disregard the second indents of paragraph 38(1) and (3).

(2) Sub-paragraph (4) applies where HMRC has not, within the time-limits in sub-paragraph (3), received information allowing discharge of the UK transit procedure.

(3) The time-limits are—

(a)nine days after the final day by which the goods and documents were to be presented to the customs office of destination pursuant to paragraph 8(1);

(b)twelve days after the final day by which the goods and documents were expected to be presented elsewhere pursuant to paragraph 8(3).

(4) HMRC may require from the holder of the UK transit procedure any information it deems relevant to that procedure or the goods in question.

(5) The holder must provide that information to HMRC no later than 28 days after the one on which the requirement was made.

[F32(6) A UK transit procedure is also discharged as provided for by paragraph 13(1).]

10.—(1) Where a UK transit procedure has not been discharged, HMRC must—U.K.

(a)notify the guarantor for the guarantee in paragraph 4(1) that the procedure has not been discharged, and do so within nine months from the time-limit for presentation of the goods at the customs office of destination;

(b)notify the guarantor of a potential requirement to pay [F33an amount] for which that guarantor is liable in respect of that UK transit procedure, and do so within three years from the date the declaration for the UK transit procedure was accepted.

(2) The guarantor is released from the guarantee obligations if either of the notifications in sub-paragraph (1) has not been issued before the expiry of the time-limit.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I10Sch. 3 para. 10 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.

Consequences of UK transit procedure discharge and liability to import dutyU.K.

11.—(1) Provision corresponding to Schedule 1, paragraph 39 applies for the purposes of the UK transit procedure.

(2) Provision corresponding to Schedule 1, paragraph 59 applies for the purposes of the UK transit procedure, but disregard the reference to paragraph 4(4).

[F34(3) Sub-paragraph (1) applies only where the UK transit procedure is discharged in [F35Great Britain] and otherwise than under TCTA, Schedule 2, paragraph 18(2).]

PART 3U.K.General provision for the purposes of this Schedule

12.—(1) Provision corresponding to Schedule 1, paragraph 58(1)(a), (d), [F36(da),] (e) and (f), and 58(2), applies for the purposes of this Schedule.U.K.

(2) A requirement for information under paragraph 9(4) has effect as if made under the Finance Act 1994, section 23 and to a person to whom that section applies.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I12Sch. 3 para. 12 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.

[F3713.(1) The export of the chargeable goods from the United Kingdom in accordance with the applicable export provisions in TCTA, section 35(1) [F38or removal of the goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland] ends and discharges the UK transit procedure.U.K.

(2) Discharge of the UK transit procedure under paragraph 9(1) or sub-paragraph (1) is only available where the procedure has not already been discharged under TCTA, Schedule 2, paragraph 18(2),]

[F39PART 4U.K.Modification where declaration made by carnet

14.  This Part applies where a Customs declaration for the UK transit procedure is made by means of a carnet under regulation 22(4A) (customs declarations made in paper form) of the Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.

15.  Where this Part applies paragraphs 5 to 13 do not apply.

16.  For the purposes of this Part—

(a)Schedule 1, paragraph 58(1)(d) and (f) applies;

(b)a transit operation ends—

(i)on the completion of the certificate of discharge contained in the carnet by the relevant Customs authority at the customs office of destination; or

(ii)when the goods are exported from the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man [F40or removed from Great Britain to Northern Ireland];

(c)Customs obligation” has the meaning in regulation 2 of the Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.

Requirements of the UK transit procedure – carnetsU.K.

17.  The holder of the procedure and any representative named in the carnet must comply with—

(a)the conditions set out in the carnet; and

(b)any Customs obligation imposed in relation to the goods.

18.  Where it is a condition of the carnet that the transit operation ends within a certain time-limit and the transit operation ends after the expiry of that time-limit the condition is deemed to be met where the holder of the procedure or the representative named in the carnet proves to the satisfaction of HMRC that the delay is not attributable to the holder or the representative.

19.  The carnet must be valid during the period from when the goods are declared to the UK transit procedure until the transit operation ends.

20.  If a transit operation ends under paragraph 16(b)(i) the goods must be, without delay—

(a)exported [F41or removed from Great Britain to Northern Ireland]; or

(b)declared for another Customs procedure.

Discharge of the UK transit procedure – carnetsU.K.

21.  The UK transit procedure is discharged when the goods are exported from the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man [F42or removed from Great Britain to Northern Ireland] where the procedure has not already been discharged under paragraph 18(2) of Schedule 2 to the TCTA.]

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