{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-24.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/24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Part 4 interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“accompanied baggage on departure” means baggage which—\n(a)accompanies an individual when departing from the United Kingdom; or\n(b)would have accompanied the individual had the baggage not been delayed in transit from the United Kingdom;\n“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 ;\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 on export” means goods contained within accompanied baggage on departure of a qualifying departing traveller which—\n(a)are intended for an individual's personal use;\n(b)are not exported for commercial purposes; and\n(c)do not form part of a series of consignments of goods exported by the qualifying departing traveller;\n“qualifying departing traveller” means an individual who—\n(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\n(b)is not resident in the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man and is departing after a temporary stay in the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 24 not in force at made date, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Reg. 24 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/24",
    "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."
}