{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-presentation-of-goods-for-export-regulations-2003/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-presentation-of-goods-for-export-regulations-2003/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/467",
  "legislation_title": "The Customs (Presentation of Goods for Export) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-presentation-of-goods-for-export-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Commissioners” mean the Commissioners of Customs and Excise;\n“the Council Regulation” means the Council Regulation (EEC) 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code ;\n“customs declaration” has the meaning given by Article 4(17) of the Council Regulation;\n“electronic communication” means a communication transmitted (whether from one person to another, from one device to another or from a person to a device or vice versa)—\n(a) by means of electronic communications network, or\n(b)by other means but while in an electronic form;\n“export” means the customs procedure for export described in Articles 4(16), 161 and 162 of the Council Regulation;\n“official system” means a system operated by the Commissioners for the acceptance of an electronic communication containing information in connection with the completion of a customs procedure.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (17.9.2003) by The Communications Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2155), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 52"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "OJ No. L302, 19.10.92, p.1; there are amendments to the Council Regulation not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/467/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:31:06.276239+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."
}