{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-export-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-export-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-46.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/108",
  "legislation_title": "The Customs (Export) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-export-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/46",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Inaccuracies in export declarations",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies if an HMRC officer considers at any time that there is an inaccuracy in an export declaration (including as a result of an inaccuracy in a document accompanying it).\n(2) The officer—\n(a) must inform the person making the declaration of the inaccuracy, and\n(b) must correct the declaration, or direct the person who has made the declaration or any other appropriate person to make the necessary corrections.\n(3) Any liability to import duty in respect of any goods may be determined on the basis of the information contained in an export declaration as corrected (or required to be corrected) under paragraph (2).\n(4) A notification is not required to be given under paragraph (2)(a) if an HMRC officer considers that doing so might prejudice an investigation that could result in legal proceedings (whether or not involving the person who would otherwise be notified).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 46 modified (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Managed Transition Procedure) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/487), regs. 1(2)(3), 10(4) (with reg. 11); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 46 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Reg. 46 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/108/regulation/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:48:40.856069+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}