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Regulation 85A Interpretation and application of Part 14AF1

United Kingdom

(1)

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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(2)

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)