{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-no-2-act-2017/section-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-no-2-act-2017/section-48.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/32",
  "legislation_title": "Finance (No. 2) Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-no-2-act-2017",
  "path": "section/48",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Carrying on an imported goods fulfilment business",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Part a person carries on an imported goods fulfilment business if the person, by way of business—\n(a) stores imported goods which are owned by a person who is not UK-established, or\n(b) stores imported goods on behalf of a person who is not UK-established,\nat a time when the conditions in subsection (2) are met in relation to the goods.\n(2) The conditions are that—\n(a) there has been no supply of the goods in the United Kingdom for the purposes of VATA 1994, and\n(b) the goods are being offered for sale in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.\n(3) But a person does not carry on an imported goods fulfilment business if the person's activities within subsection (1) are incidental to the carriage of the goods.\n(4) Goods are “imported goods” if they have been imported into the United Kingdom for the purposes of VATA 1994 (as to which, see section 15 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 9ZB).\n(4A) But goods that are treated as imported for the purposes of VATA 1994 as a result of paragraph 3 of Schedule 9ZB are not imported goods for the purposes of this Part.\n(5) A person is “UK-established” if the person's business establishment is in the United Kingdom as determined for the purposes of section 9 of VATA 1994.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 48(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(3), Sch. 8 para. 123(2)(a) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/105 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1495, regs. 1(2), 21), S.I. 2020/1545, Pt. 4 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(b) (with reg. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 48(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(3), Sch. 8 para. 123(2)(b)(i) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/105 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1495, regs. 1(2), 21), S.I. 2020/1545, Pt. 4 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(b) (with reg. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 48(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(3), Sch. 8 para. 123(2)(b)(ii) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/105 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1495, regs. 1(2), 21), S.I. 2020/1545, Pt. 4 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(b) (with reg. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 48(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(3), Sch. 8 para. 123(2)(c)(i) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/105 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1495, regs. 1(2), 21), S.I. 2020/1545, Pt. 4 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(b) (with reg. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 48(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(3), Sch. 8 para. 123(2)(c)(ii) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/105 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1495, regs. 1(2), 21), S.I. 2020/1545, Pt. 4 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(b) (with reg. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 48(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(3), Sch. 8 para. 123(3) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/105 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1495, regs. 1(2), 21), S.I. 2020/1545, Pt. 4 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(b) (with reg. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 48(4)(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(3), Sch. 8 para. 123(4) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/105 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1495, regs. 1(2), 21), S.I. 2020/1545, Pt. 4 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(b) (with reg. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 48(4) inserted (17.12.2020 for specified purposes, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by Taxation (Post-transition Period) Act 2020 (c. 26), s. 11(1)(e), Sch. 2 para. 9(a) (with Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "S. 48(4A) inserted (17.12.2020 for specified purposes, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by Taxation (Post-transition Period) Act 2020 (c. 26), s. 11(1)(e), Sch. 2 para. 9(b) (with Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 48 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(3), Sch. 8 para. 123(5) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/105 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1495, regs. 1(2), 21), S.I. 2020/1545, Pt. 4 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(b) (with reg. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Pt. 3: s. 48 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 59(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 48 in force at 1.4.2019 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2018/298, reg. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/32/section/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:05:16.335265+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."
}