Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 1445
Exiting The European Union
Customs
The Customs Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2021
Made
15th December 2021
Coming into force
31st December 2021
The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018( 1 ).
They consider these Regulations appropriate to prevent, remedy or mitigate (a) any failure of retained EU law to operate effectively, or (b) any other deficiency in retained EU law, in either case arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU.
In accordance with paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 7 to that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Customs Safety and Security Procedures (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 31st December 2021.
Amendment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 supplementing certain provisions of the Union Customs Code
2. In Article 104(5) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 2 ), for “1 January 2022” substitute “1 July 2022” .
Jim Harra
Angela MacDonald
Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
15th December 2021
2018 c. 16 . Section 20(1) provides that in the Act the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs are included in the expression “Minister of the Crown”. Section 8 was amended by section 27 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1) .
EUR/2015/2446. The Union Customs Code and its Delegated and Implementing Regulations constitute direct EU legislation forming part of the law of the United Kingdom under section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) , except so far as imposing or otherwise applying in relation to any EU customs duty as mentioned in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 7 to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22) . Article 104(5) was inserted by S.I. 2019/715 , which was amended by S.I. 2020/1379 before it came into force. Relevant amendments to Article 104(5) were also made by S.I. 2021/778 .