Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Customs (Safety and Security Procedures) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 and come into force on 30th June 2026.

Amendment of the Customs Safety and Security (Penalty) Regulations

2.—(1) The Customs Safety and Security (Penalty) Regulations 2019(2) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)after the definition of “contravenes” insert—

““customs representative” has the same meaning as in Article 5(6) of the Code;”;

(b)in the definition of “relevant safety and security rule”, after “imposed by” insert “or under”.

(3) In the Schedule—

(a)in the entry which begins “Article 127(5) of the Code”, in Column 2, after “declarant” insert “or any customs representative of the declarant who lodged the entry summary declaration, or both”;

(b)after that entry, insert—

(c)in Column 1, for the heading “Exit Summary Declarations.” substitute “Pre-departure Declarations.”;

(d)in the entry for “Articles 263 and 271 of the Code and Articles 244 and 245 of the Delegated Regulation.”, in Column 1, after “not lodged” insert “as a pre-departure declaration”;

(e)in the entry which begins “Articles 263(3), 263(4) and 271(3) of the Code”—

(i)in Column 1—

(aa)for “Articles 263(3), 263(4) and 271(3)” substitute “Article 263(3) and (4)”;

(bb)for “exit summary” substitute “pre-departure”;

(ii)in Column 2, after “declarant” insert “or any customs representative of the declarant who lodged the pre-departure declaration, or both”.

Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447

3.—(1) Commission Implementing laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code(Regulation (EU) No 952/20133) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 28 (security and safety standards (Article 39(e) of the Code)), in paragraph 3, for the words from “Article 3 of” to “185/2010” substitute “regulation 2 of the Aviation Security (Air Cargo Agents) Regulations 2024(4)”.

(3) In Article 35 (monitoring (Article 23(5) of the Code)), in paragraph 4, in the words before point (a)—

(a)for the words from “Article 3 of” to “185/2010” substitute “regulation 2 of the Aviation Security (Air Cargo Agents) Regulations 2024”;

(b)for “shall immediately” substitute “may”;

(c)omit “minimum”.