Regulation 7 Amendment of the Customs (Contravention of a Relevant Rule) Regulations 2003

(1)

The Customs (Contravention of a Relevant Rule) Regulations 2003^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In the Schedule, under the general heading “Report”—

(a)

for “customs and excise airport”, in each place it occurs, substitute “regulated aerodrome”^f2

(b)

in the heading “Section 20(1B), 22(1B) and 25(1B) of the Act”, after “Section 20(1B),”, insert “20B(3),”;

(c)

under the heading in sub-paragraph (b), after the entry “any conditions or restrictions attaching to any approval given under the provisions of section 20(1B), 22(1B) or 25(1B)”, insert—

“

Section 20B(3) of the Act

Any conditions or restrictions attaching to any approval given under the provisions of section 20B(3) of the Act.
The person in control of the aerodrome. £1,000.

”.

(d)

under the heading in sub-paragraph (b), after the entry “section 21(4)(b) of the Act”, insert—

“

Section 21(5A) of the Act

A person in control of an unregulated aerodrome must take reasonable steps to secure that no aircraft lands at, or departs from, the aerodrome in circumstances in which there would be a contravention of subsections 21(1) to (3) of the Act.
The person in control of the aerodrome £2,500.

”.

(3)

Under the general heading “Customs declarations” and the heading “The Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018”, after the entry for “regulation 12(3)^f3 and (4)” insert—

“

Regulation 29ZA

Where goods are declared for the free-circulation procedure in accordance with regulation 26FA, the declaration must be completed by the provision to HMRC of further information in respect of the goods that is specified in a notice published by HMRC Commissioners, in the manner specified in and otherwise in accordance with provision made in a notice given by HMRC Commissioners and within the time limit specified in paragraph (3).
The eligible person. £2,500.

”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2003/3113; amended by S.I. 2009/3164, S.I. 2011/2085, S.I. 2011/2534, S.I. 2015/636, S.I. 2018/483, S.I. 2018/1260, S.I. 2019/148, S.I. 2019/326, S.I. 2019/486, S.I. 2019/487, S.I. 2020/1088, S.I. 2020/1234, S.I. 2020/1431, S.I. 2020/1552, S.I. 2020/1629, S.I. 2021/1156, S.I. 2021/1347, S.I. 2022/628, S.I. 2023/569, and S.I. 2023/958.
f2: “regulated aerodrome” is defined in section 21(6A) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (“the Act”), as inserted by section 339(7) of the Finance (No. 2) Act 2023, as a customs and excise airport or an aerodrome approved under section 20B of the Act. A “customs and excise airport” is defined in section 21(7) of the Act as an aerodrome for the time being designated as a place for the landing or departure of aircraft for the purposes of the customs and excise Acts by an order made in pursuance of section 60 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16).
f3: Regulation 12(3) of the Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 was amended by S.I. 2021/1347.