PART 3 Saving and transitional provision

12 Saving and transitional provision for retained direct EU legislation in relation to model documents
1 Notwithstanding anything in these Regulations, a document in the form of any standard model set out in retained direct EU legislation, as it had effect immediately before exit day, may continue to be used in relation to a matter in connection with which the model form is provided for such period as the appropriate authority or appropriate Minister may determine.
2 Where these Regulations amend any provision of retained direct EU legislation which, on or after exit day, forms part of domestic law to enable the use of a document “made available or published for the time being”, “made available or published from time to time” or “published from time to time”, that amendment does not preclude the use of that document in the model form set out in the text of any such retained direct EU legislation (as it appeared immediately before the date on which these Regulations come into force) from being presented or otherwise used—
(a) on or after exit day, in relation to the matter in connection with which the model form is provided instead of the equivalent document as published in accordance with that amendment; and
(b) as described in paragraph (a), for such further period after that date as the appropriate authority or appropriate Minister decides is necessary for transitional purposes.
3 In this regulation, “document” includes but is not limited to a health certificate, a veterinary certificate, a commercial document, a commercial declaration, an import or export label, a standard application format or a model form.
Reg. 12 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1