# The Official Controls (Location of Border Control Posts) (Scotland) Regulations 2026, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1012 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council by derogating from the rules on the designation of control points and from the minimum requirements for border control posts (EUR 2019/1012). They amend that Regulation to provide for an additional case, and conditions under which, a border control post may be situated at a distance other than in the immediate vicinity of a point of entry into Scotland.
Currently a border control post may be situated at a distance other than in the immediate vicinity of a point of entry into Scotland where that is necessitated by specific geographical constraints, and particular conditions are fulfilled.
The additional case provided for by these Regulations is where the border control post and the point of entry are situated in the same freeport area. That is subject to the conditions that it must not be a border control post for official controls on animals, and that adequate measures will be in place to manage any risk to human, animal or plant health, or risk to the environment, arising from the location of the border control post.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/61/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/official-controls-location-of-border-control-posts-scotland-regulations-2026/note
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