{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-tariff-quotas-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-tariff-quotas-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-28.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1432",
  "legislation_title": "The Customs (Tariff Quotas) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-tariff-quotas-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/28",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Suspension of reference quantity",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may publish a notice suspending the requirement to show applicable reference quantity in accordance with regulation 27 in respect of any quota specified in the notice.\n(2) The notice may be given if—\n(a) by the end of the ninth month of the quota period, the sum of the quantities specified in all licence applications in respect of the quota concerned is less than the remaining quantity available under that quota; or\n(b) in the opinion of the Secretary of State, due to the occurrence of abnormal and unforeseeable circumstances, the sum of the quantities remaining to be specified in licence applications in respect of the quota concerned is anticipated to be less than the remaining quantity available under that quota.\n(3) The period of any suspension must be specified in the notice and may not exceed the end of the quota period.\n(4) For the purposes of the requirement to show proof of trade in accordance with regulation 29(1)(a) for a quota to which regulation 27 applies, regulation 27 is deemed to apply irrespective of whether reference quantity is suspended under this regulation in respect of the quota concerned.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 28(4) inserted (17.11.2021) by The Customs Tariff (Preferential Trade Arrangements and Tariff Quotas) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1192), regs. 1(2), 6(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 28 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/2020/1432/regulation/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:21:24.677444+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."
}