# The Customs (Contravention of a Relevant Rule) (Amendment) Regulations 2015, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Customs (Contravention of a Relevant Rule) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3113, “the 2003 Regulations”). The 2003 Regulations provide that, where a person of a prescribed description contravenes a rule listed in the Schedule, that person is liable to a penalty in the prescribed amount.
Regulation 3 removes a number of unnecessary definitions from regulation 2 of the 2003 Regulations.
Regulation 4 corrects an incorrect reference inserted by an earlier amendment to the 2003 Regulations.
Regulation 5(a) to (h) makes such amendments to the Schedule to the 2003 Regulations as are necessary in consequence of the removal of the unnecessary definitions and simplifies some of the entries in the Schedule.
Regulation 5(i) removes a number of unnecessary and redundant entries.
Regulations 5(j) and 5(k) insert new entries into the Schedule, for breaches of rules in the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 that are currently enforceable only by way of prosecution.
Regulation 5(l) amends the first entries in the Schedule under “Goods brought into the Customs Territory” to make clear who is liable to the penalty.
Regulation 5(m) amends the entries for breaches of Article 16 of Council Regulation (EEC) 2913/92 (OJ No L 302, 19.10.92, p 1) (“the Code”) and of the Customs Traders (Accounts and Records Regulations) 1995 (S.I. 1995/1203) to refer to those Regulations as a whole, and to simplify the description of the rules in question.
Regulation 5(n) amends the entries for breaches of Article 105 of the Code and Articles 803 and 804 of the Implementing Regulation to refer instead to Article 176 of the Code and to simplify the description of the rule in question.
Regulation 5(o) replaces, in the Schedule, the entries for the revoked Postal Packets Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/260) with new entries corresponding to the relevant provisions of the Postal Packets Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/3036).
Regulation 5(p) replaces, in the Schedule, the entries for breaches of the repealed Council Regulation (EEC) 918/83 (OJ No L 105, 23.4.83, p 1), with new (and simpler) entries for breaches of its successor, Council Regulation (EC) 1186/2009 (OJ No L 324, 10.12.09, p 23). It also makes separate provision for breaches of the Customs and Excise (Personal Reliefs for Special Visitors) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3156).
A Tax Information and Impact Note covering this instrument was published on 22nd July 2014 and is available on the gov.uk website at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-information-and-impact-notes-tiins . It remains an accurate summary of the impacts that apply to this instrument.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/636/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/customs-contravention-of-a-relevant-rule-amendment-regulations-2015/note
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