PART 1PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

Citation and commencement1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Fulfilment Businesses Regulations 2018.

2

Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), these Regulations come into force on 1st April 2018.

3

Parts 3 and 4 come into force on—

a

1st April 2018 in relation to dealing with contraventions mentioned in regulation 14(1)(a), and

b

1st April 2019 for all other purposes.

4

Part 5 comes into force on 9th March 2018.

Interpretation2

In these Regulations—

  • “application” means an application under regulation 4;

  • “customer” means, in relation to F1an imported goods fulfilment business M1, the person referred to in section 48(1)(a) or (b) of the Finance (No. 2) Act 2017;

  • “notice” means a notice in writing, including writing in electronic form;

  • “notice of approval” means, in relation to an application for approval made under regulation 4(1)(a), a notice given by the Commissioners in accordance with regulation 6(1)(a) or (3)(a);

  • “specified” means specified in a notice published by the Commissioners for the purposes of these Regulations, and “specify” is construed accordingly.

Applications and other communications with the Commissioners3

1

An application or notification made or given under these Regulations must be made or given—

a

in any specified form,

b

by any specified method, and

c

providing any specified information.

2

The Commissioners may specify that an application, or other communication with the Commissioners, is to be made electronically.