# The Customs Transit Procedures (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 1: General


(1) In this Schedule—
“public notice” refers to one that may be published for the purposes in question by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs having regard to those purposes, and in such manner as they consider appropriate for those purposes;
“universal service provider” means either—
(a)a “designated operator” within the meaning given in the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union done at Vienna on 10 July 1964, as amended by the Additional Protocols, but limited to the circumstances where those designated operators are acting—
(i)within the member country that designated them as such; and
(ii)in accordance with the UP Convention; or
(b)an operator so designated by HMRC in a public notice;
“UP Convention” means the Universal Postal Convention, as most recently done at Istanbul on 6 October 2016 and in Addis Ababa on 7 September 2018, and any Regulations made under it.
(2) A public notice in sub-paragraph (1) may be amended, revoked or replaced by a further public notice.
(3) Stipulations in the public notice have effect as if made in these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1258/schedule/5/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/customs-transit-procedures-eu-exit-regulations-2018/schedule-5/paragraph-1
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.