2007 No. 2195
customs AND EXCISE

The Postal Packets (Revenue and Customs) Regulations 2007

Made
Laid before the House of Commons
Coming into force
The Treasury, on the recommendation of the Commissioners of Revenue and Customs1 and the Secretary of State, and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 105 of the Postal Services Act 20002, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Postal Packets (Revenue and Customs) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 16th August 2007.

Application of customs and excise enactments to certain postal packets2.

Section 105 of the Postal Services Act 2000 shall apply to all postal packets which are posted in the United Kingdom for transmission to any place outside it or which are brought by post into the United Kingdom, carried by a postal operator providing postal services which is not a universal service provider in connection with the provision of a universal postal service.

Alan Campbell
Dave Watts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations apply section 105 of the Postal Services Act 2000 and consequently the legislation relating to customs and excise to international movements of goods in postal packets, carried by postal operators providing postal services, which are not universal service providers in connection with the provision of a universal postal service.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.