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.