{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1605",
  "legislation_title": "The Customs (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Exiting The European Union\nCustoms\nMade 18th December 2020\nLaid before the House of Commons 21st December 2020\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Treasury make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 19, 30B, 30C(5) to (7), 31(6), 32(7), (8) and (13), 33(4A)(b), (4B) and (6)(b), 40(6) and (7), 40A(2), 40B, 52(2) and 56(1) of, and paragraphs 1, 5, 6, 7 and 23 of Schedule 2 to, the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 .\nThe Treasury consider it appropriate in consequence of, or otherwise in connection with, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union that the following Regulations come into force on such day as the Treasury may by regulations under section 52 of that Act appoint.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2018 c. 22. Sections 30B, 30C, 40A and 40B were inserted by sections 1 and 2 of the Taxation (Post-transition Period) Act 2020 (c. 26 “the 2020 Act”). Section 33(4A) and (4B) were inserted by Schedule 1 to the 2020 Act. Section 40B(5) applies section 40 to regulations under section 40A as it applies to regulations under section 39 other than the first regulations under that section. The Treasury is the “appropriate Minister” by virtue of section 56(5)(b) for the purposes of section 56."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1605/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:19:29.879671+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."
}