Article 53 Official controls not performed at border control posts

identity checks and physical checks on consignments of the categories of animals and goods referred to in Article 47(1) may be performed by competent authorities—

physical checks on consignments which have undergone documentary checks and identity checks at a border control post of first arrival into the F3United Kingdom may be performed at another border control post in a different F4constituent territory of Great Britain;

identity checks and physical checks on consignments which have undergone documentary checks at a border control post of first arrival into the F5United Kingdom may be performed at another border control post in a different F6constituent territory of Great Britain;

specific control tasks may be performed by customs authorities or other public authorities, insofar as those tasks are not already falling under the responsibility of those authorities, on:

1. (i)

   consignments referred to in Article 65(2);

2. (ii)

   passengers’ personal luggage;

3. (iii)

   goods ordered by sales through distance contracts, including by telephone or via the internet;

4. (iv)

   pet animals which meet the conditions laid down in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1;

documentary checks on consignments of the categories of animals and goods referred to in Article 47(1) may be performed—