PART 4Export declarations etc

CHAPTER 1Preliminary

Interpretation of Part9

In this Part—

  • “accompanied baggage on departure” means baggage which—

    1. a

      accompanies an individual when departing from the United Kingdom, or

    2. b

      would have accompanied the individual had the baggage not been delayed in transit from the United Kingdom;

  • “Customs office” means premises used by HMRC for the purposes of exercising its functions under the Act;

  • “EIDR electronic system” has the meaning given by regulation 36(4);

  • “EIDR export process” has the meaning given by regulation 36(1);

  • “EIDR records” has the meaning given by regulation 36(4);

  • “Oral and By conduct list” means the document entitled “List of Goods Applicable to Oral and By Conduct Declarations, version 1, dated 27 November 2018”21;

  • “personal gifts on export” means goods contained within accompanied baggage on departure of a qualifying departing traveller which—

    1. a

      are intended for an individual’s personal use,

    2. b

      are not exported for commercial purposes, and

    3. c

      do not form part of a series of consignments of goods exported by the qualifying departing traveller;

  • “qualifying departing traveller” means an individual who—

    1. a

      is resident in the United Kingdom and is departing for a temporary stay outside the United Kingdom, or

    2. b

      is not resident in the United Kingdom and is departing after a temporary stay in the United Kingdom;

  • “simplified export declaration” and “supplementary export declaration” have the meanings given in regulation 33; and

  • “simplified export declaration process” has the meaning given in regulation 31.