{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ships-report-importation-and-exportation-by-sea-regulations-1981/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ships-report-importation-and-exportation-by-sea-regulations-1981/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1981/1260",
  "legislation_title": "The Ship’s Report, Importation and Exportation by Sea Regulations 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ships-report-importation-and-exportation-by-sea-regulations-1981",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Unloading, landing and removal of goods imported by sea",
  "text": "Goods imported by sea shall not be landed except at an approved wharf, and shall not be unloaded, landed or removed from the place of landing or from a temporary storage facility:—\n(a) outside such hours as the Commissioners may appoint;\n(b) without the authority of the proper officer;\n(c) until ... report of the importing ship has been made, save as permitted by the Commissioners;\n(d) until ... the goods are released to a Customs procedure, save as permitted by the Commissioners; or\n(e) on a Sunday or a holiday, save as permitted by the Commissioners:\nProvided that:—\n(i) paragraphs (a), (c), (d) and (e) of this regulation shall not apply in relation to catch (fish and other aquatic life) that are regarded as domestic goods by virtue of regulation 105 of the Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018,\n(ii) paragraphs (c) and (d) shall not apply in relation to the unloading or landing of goods for deposit in a temporary storage facility ;...\n(iii) paragraph (d) shall not apply in relation to passengers’ baggage ; and\n(iv) paragraph (d) shall not apply in relation to goods—\n(aa) to which regulation 39A (advance electronic declarations by qualifying travellers: other chargeable goods) ...131 (chargeable goods carried by RoRo vehicles destined for RoRo listed locations, making of declarations) , or 131F (chargeable goods carried by relevant vehicles destined for other listed locations: making of declarations) of the Customs (Import Duty) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 applies; and\n(bb) which have been declared, and the declaration has been accepted by HMRC, in accordance with provision made by or under Part 1 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Temporary Storage Facilities Approval Conditions and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1247), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(a); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 8(c) omitted (1.12.1986) by virtue of The Ship's Report, Importation and Exportation by Sea (Amendment) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/1819), regs. 1, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(d) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Customs (Temporary Storage Facilities Approval Conditions and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1247), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(b); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Temporary Storage Facilities Approval Conditions and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1247), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(b); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(e)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Temporary Storage Facilities Approval Conditions and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1247), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c)(i); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(e)(i) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Import Duty, Transit and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/326), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(e)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Temporary Storage Facilities Approval Conditions and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1247), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(c)(ii); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in reg. 8(e)(ii) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Customs (Import Duty, Transit and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/326), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Word in reg. 8(e)(iii) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Import Duty, Transit and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/326), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(c); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Reg. 8(e)(iv) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Import Duty, Transit and Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/326), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(d); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(e)(iv)(aa) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Taxation (Cross-border Trade) (Miscellaneous Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/486), regs. 1(3), 3(2); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Word in reg. 8(e)(iv)(aa) omitted (1.1.2022) by virtue of The Customs Importation (Miscellaneous Provisions and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1312), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(e)(iv)(aa) inserted (1.1.2022) by The Customs Importation (Miscellaneous Provisions and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1312), regs. 1, 3(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 excluded (1.1.1992) by The Customs Controls on Importation of Goods Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2724), regs. 1, 7, Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 1.10.1981, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:33:53.407696+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."
}