Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020

Amendment of section 58 of Act of 2010

65. Section 58 of the Act of 2010 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “traveller”:

“ ‘traveller’ means a person whose domicile or habitual residence is not situated within the Community;”,

and

(b) in subsection (2) —

(i) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) the supply of a traveller’s qualifying goods, where the total value of that supply of goods, including tax, is more than €75, and”,

and

(ii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (iii):

“(iiia) has, in respect of a traveller whose domicile or habitual residence is in the United Kingdom, proof that—

(I) the goods have been imported into the United Kingdom by or on behalf of the traveller, and

(II) value-added tax and duties of customs and excise, chargeable by virtue of the law of the United Kingdom, have been paid on the importation of those goods,”.