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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2026 No. 604
CUSTOMS
The Customs (Safety and Security
Procedures) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Made - - - - 5th June 2026
Laid before Parliament 9th June 2026
Coming into force - - 30th June 2026
The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs make these Regulations in exercise of
the powers conferred by sections 166A(1), 166B(1)(a) and 166C(1)(c) and (6) of the Customs and
Excise Management Act 1979(1).
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—
“Notifications.
(1) 1979 c. 2; see section 1(1) for the definition of “the Commissioners” for the purposes of section 166A. Sections 166A to 166C
were inserted by section 21 of the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 (c. 29).
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Article 133 of the Code. The operator of the means of £2,500
transport.
Where a sea-going vessel or
an aircraft enters the customs
territory of the Union, the
operator of that means of
transport must notify arrival to
the customs office of first entry
upon arrival of that means of
transport.”;
(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 Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 laying down detailed rules for
implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and
of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code(3) 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”.
Myrtle Lloyd
Justin Holliday
Two of the Commissioners for His Majesty’s
5th June 2026 Revenue and Customs
(3) EUR 2015/2447, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
(4) S.I. 2024/228.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make amendments to safety and security provisions in existing customs
legislation.
Regulation 2 amends the Customs Safety and Security (Penalty) Regulations 2019 to add an
additional penalty for contravention of a relevant safety and security rule and to make amendments
to existing penalties.
Regulation 3 makes minor amendments to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447
laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of
the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code. The amendments
update out-of-date references to other legislation and make a minor amendment to an information
sharing provision to better reflect requirements for the data in question.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact
on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.
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