The Customs (Contravention of a Relevant Rule) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

• Citation: S.I. 2015/636
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and Commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Customs (Contravention of a Relevant Rule) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 2nd April 2015.

Section 2 Amendment of the Customs (Contravention of a Relevant Rule) Regulations 2003

The Customs (Contravention of a Relevant Rule) Regulations 2003 are amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendment of the Customs (Contravention of a Relevant Rule) Regulations 2003

In regulation 2 (interpretation) omit all the definitions except those of—

(a) “the Act ”,

(b) “the Code ”,

(c) “Customs”,

(d) “customs territory”,

(e) “the 1994 Act ”,

(f) “the Implementing Regulation ” and

(g) “the Importation Regulations”.

Section 4 Amendment of the Customs (Contravention of a Relevant Rule) Regulations 2003

In regulation 3(7) (relevant rule and amount of penalty), for “Where a person is liable to a penalty under these Regulations” substitute “Where as a consequence of these Regulations, a person is liable to a penalty under section 26 of the Finance Act 2003”.

Section 5 Amendment of the Customs (Contravention of a Relevant Rule) Regulations 2003

In the Schedule—

(a) for “Ship’s Report Regulations” substitute “Ship’s Report, Importation and Exportation by Sea Regulations 1981 ”;

(b) for “Aircraft Report Regulations” substitute “Aircraft (Customs and Excise) Regulations 1981 ”;

(c) omit “Article 5a of the Code and”;

(d) for “Simplified Procedures” substitute “Simplified and Local Procedures”;

(e) omit “Local Clearance Procedures” and the entry beneath it;

(f) for “Articles 6, 7, 85 to 87 and 90 of the Code and Articles 505 to 508 of the Implementing Regulation ” substitute “Articles 85 and 87 of the Code”;

(g) omit “and Article 528 of the Implementing Regulation”;

(h) omit “In respect of customs warehousing”;

(i) omit the entries headed—

(i) “Article 313b(5) of the Implementing Regulation ”;

(ii) “Article 313b(7) of the Implementing Regulation”;

(iii) “Articles 6 and 7 of the Code and Articles 290a and 290b of the Implementing Regulation ”;

(j) insert at the beginning—

The commander of the aircraft.

(k) insert before “Goods brought into the customs territory (United Kingdom)”—

The master of the ship.

£1,000.

(l) for the entries headed “Articles 36a and 36b of the Code and Articles 183, 184a and 184c of the Implementing Regulation ” substitute—

(m) for the entries headed “Article 16 of the Code and Regulations 3 to 5 and 9 of the Accounts and Records Regulations” substitute—

(n) for the entries headed “Article 105 of the Code and Articles 803 and 804 of the Implementing Regulation” substitute—

(o) for the heading “Postal Packets” and the entries under it substitute—

All foreign postal packets (a) to be accompanied by a customs declaration in the appropriate form, completed in one of the permitted languages, legibly, accurately and in full, and

(b) in the cases to which regulation 18(1) applies, to be labelled or distinguished as required by that regulation.

(p) for “Community System of Duty Reliefs” and the entries under it substitute—

Not to lend, hire out, transfer or (in the case of Articles 8, 16 and 33) give as security goods admitted duty-free under the Regulation without

(a) prior notification to Customs; and (b) payment of any import duties arising.