PART VIIHONORARY DECORATIONS, AWARDS AND GOODWILL GIFTS
Relief for honorary decorations and awards17
Subject to article 20 below, a person entering the United Kingdom shall not be required to pay any duty or tax chargeable on the importation into the United Kingdom of any goods on condition that—
a
he is normally resident in the United Kingdom; and
b
such goods comprise—
i
any honorary decoration which has been conferred on him by a government in a third country or
ii
any cup, medal or similar article of an essentially symbolic nature which has been awarded to him in a third country as a tribute to his activities in the arts, sciences, sport, or the public service, or in recognition of merit at a particular event.