2020 No. 1430
The Customs Tariff (Establishment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Approved by the House of Commons
Made
Laid before the House of Commons
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8 of, and paragraph 1(3)(c) of Schedule 7 to, the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 M1, make the following Regulations.
In considering the rate of import duty that ought to apply to goods in a standard case M2 for which provision is made by the following Regulations, the Treasury have had regard to the matters in section 8(5) of that Act and the recommendation about the rate made to the Treasury by the Secretary of State further to section 8(6) of that Act M3.
The Treasury consider it appropriate in consequence of, or otherwise in connection with, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union for the following Regulations to come into force on such day as the Treasury may by regulations under section 52 of that Act appoint.
“Standard case” is defined in section 8(8) of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018.
A summary explanation about the rate of import duty, including the recommendation, is available electronically from: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/customs-vat-and-excise-uk-transition-legislation-from-1-january-2021
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2018 c. 22.