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Regulation 24 Part 4 interpretationI1I2

United Kingdom

In this Part—

  • “accompanied baggage on departure” means baggage which—

    1. (a)

      accompanies an individual when departing from the United Kingdom; or

    2. (b)

      would have accompanied the individual had the baggage not been delayed in transit from the United Kingdom;

  • “containers” has the same meaning as in Article 1 of the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972, done at Geneva on 2 December 1972 under the auspices of the United Nations International Maritime Organisation M1;

  • “non-commercial goods” means goods—

    1. (a)

      which are provided by one individual to another;

    2. (b)

      where no payment is made, directly or indirectly, for the goods by the recipient;

    3. (c)

      which are for the personal use of the recipient; and

    4. (d)

      which do not form part of a series of consignments of goods made between the individuals;

  • “personal gifts on export” means goods contained within accompanied baggage on departure of a qualifying departing traveller which—

    1. (a)

      are intended for an individual's personal use;

    2. (b)

      are not exported for commercial purposes; and

    3. (c)

      do not form part of a series of consignments of goods exported by the qualifying departing traveller;

  • “qualifying departing traveller” means an individual who—

    1. (a)

      is resident in the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man and is departing for a temporary stay outside the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man; or

    2. (b)

      is not resident in the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man and is departing after a temporary stay in the United Kingdom.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1

Available electronically from: https://treaties.un.org/doc/Treaties/1975/12/19751206%2002-58%20AM/Ch_XI_A_15p.pdf. A hard copy is available for inspection free of charge at the offices of HMRC at 100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ.

Commencement

I1

Reg. 24 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(1)

I2

Reg. 24 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.