Regulation 85A Interpretation and application of Part 14AF1
United Kingdom
In this Part—
“authorised excise free zone business” means a person who is authorised as a free zone business who is also approved to operate a free zone excise warehouse in accordance with regulation 85C;
“free zone” means an area in the United Kingdom designated as a special area for customs purposes under section 100A of CEMA 1979;
“free zone business” means a person authorised to declare goods for a free zone procedure or to carry out a free zone activity under the Customs (Special Procedures and Outward Processing) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018;
“free zone activity” means an activity falling within the description in regulation 3(2)(c) of the Customs (Special Procedures and Outward Processing) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018;
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“free zone excise warehouse” means a place of security for the deposit, keeping and securing of excise goods in a free zone procedure;
“free zone procedure” means a storage procedure described in paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018;
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This Part does not apply in respect of excise goods in Northern Ireland.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Pt. 14A inserted (8.11.2021) by The Free Zones (Customs, Excise and Value Added Tax) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1156), regs. 1, 7(2)
- F2
Words in reg. 85A omitted (3.3.2025) by virtue of The Excise Duties (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1262), regs. 1(2), 4(7)