{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-tariff-quotas-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-tariff-quotas-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-42.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/42",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "(1) If any information or document submitted in connection with an application for an import licence or its transfer is found to be materially incorrect or misleading and if the Secretary of State considers that the information or document is decisive for the grant of the licence or the approval of its transfer (or the transfer of an extract) such that the grant or transfer would not have been made if the information or document had not been submitted, the Secretary of State may—\n(a) bar the applicant from releasing under the free-circulation procedure any goods subject to the quota concerned for the entire quota period during which the finding was made; and\n(b) exclude the applicant from applying for an import licence in respect of the quota concerned for a quota period following the quota period during which the finding was made.\n(2) If the Secretary of State considers that the applicant submitted that information or document knowing it to be materially incorrect or misleading, the period for which that person may be excluded from applying for an import licence under paragraph (1)(b) may be extended to two quota periods following the quota period during which the finding was made.\n(3) If a person—\n(a) submits more applications than the maximum number permitted under regulation 25 in respect of the quota concerned, or\n(b) breaches any terms or conditions of the licence which were imposed under regulation 37,\nthe Secretary of State may decide that any security lodged in connection with those applications is to be forfeit in part or in whole.\n(4) The Secretary of State must give reasons for any decision to apply a penalty under this regulation and inform the person of the right to appeal against the decision under regulation 43.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 42 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/42",
    "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."
}