# The Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme) Regulations 2023, Regulation 3: Retail Movement Scheme


(1) The Secretary of State must establish the Retail Movement Scheme.
(2) Before establishing the Scheme under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State must have obtained the consent of—
(a) the Scottish Ministers;
(b) the Welsh Ministers; and
(c) the Northern Ireland department,
to the terms and conditions of the Scheme.
(3) Before modifying the terms and conditions of the Scheme, the Secretary of State must have obtained the consent of—
(a) the Scottish Ministers;
(b) the Welsh Ministers; and
(c) the Northern Ireland department,
to that modification.
(4) A consignment of specified retail goods which is in Great Britain may only be moved into Northern Ireland under the Scheme if the terms and conditions of the Scheme are complied with in respect of that consignment.
(5) A person must not move a consignment of specified retail goods from Great Britain into Northern Ireland under the Scheme unless that person—
(a) has been approved, in accordance with regulation 4, as a person who may—
(i) move specified retail goods into Northern Ireland under the Scheme; and
(ii) place those goods on the market in Northern Ireland for the final consumer; and
(b) is complying with the terms and conditions of the Scheme in relation to the movement of the specified retail goods into Northern Ireland.
(6) A person wishing to move specified retail goods into Northern Ireland under the Scheme must make an application to the Secretary of State in writing specifying—
(a) where the applicant is a food business operator, their food business operator number as registered with the authority responsible for registering the operator;
(b) where the applicant is not a food business operator, the nature of their business;
(c) the nature of the specified retail goods which the person wishes to move into Northern Ireland, including information about any relevant potential risk relating to those goods;
(d) the name and address of any establishment in Great Britain from which those goods are to be moved; and
(e) the name and address of any establishment in Northern Ireland to which those goods are to be moved immediately on leaving Great Britain.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/896/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/windsor-framework-retail-movement-scheme-regulations-2023/regulation-3
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