{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-17.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": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Part 3 interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“accompanied baggage” means baggage which—\n(a)accompanies an individual when arriving in Great Britain; or\n(b)would have so accompanied an individual had the baggage not been delayed in transit to Great Britain;\n“non-commercial goods” means goods—\n(a)which are provided by one individual to another;\n(b)where no payment is made, directly or indirectly, for the goods by the recipient;\n(c)which are for the personal use of the recipient; and\n(d)which do not form part of a series of consignments of goods made between the individuals;\n“personal gifts” means goods contained within accompanied baggage of a qualifying traveller which—\n(a)are intended for an individual's personal use;\n(b)are not imported for commercial purposes; and\n(c)do not form part of a series of consignments of goods imported by the qualifying traveller;\n“qualifying traveller” means an individual who—\n(a)is not resident in Great Britain or the Isle of Man and is arriving in Great Britain for a temporary stay; or\n(b)is resident in Great Britain or the Isle of Man and is returning after a temporary stay outside Great Britain and the Isle of Man.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 17 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Reg. 17 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/2020/1605/regulation/17",
    "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."
}