SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 20Customs duty: steel products

Duty on certain steel products removed to Northern Ireland on or after 3 March 2021

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1

After regulation 13 insert—

Amount of section 40A(1) duty for certain steel products

13A

1

This regulation applies to goods if—

a

they are removed to Northern Ireland from Great Britain,

b

they are declared, in accordance with Union customs legislation, for a procedure corresponding to the free-circulation procedure or the authorised use procedure,

c

they are not relevant goods,

d

they are not Union goods,

e

they are not domestic goods,

f

they are not goods to which regulation 11 applies,

g

the origin of the goods (as determined in accordance with the provisions of Union customs legislation in force relating to non-preferential origin) is neither in the United Kingdom nor in the European Union,

h

they would (ignoring this regulation) have been subject to an EU steel safeguarding measure, and

i

if they had instead been imported into a member State they would have benefitted from tariff-rate quota in relation to that measure.

2

For the purpose of determining the amount of duty charged under section 40A(1) of the Act in respect of goods to which this regulation applies—

a

the EU steel regulation does not apply, and

b

the steel safeguards notice applies as if references to import duty were to duty charged under section 40A(1).

2

In regulation 14 (determination of section 40A charge), after “13,” insert “ 13A, ”.

3

In regulation 16 (relief from section 40A duty), in paragraph (1)(c)—

a

for “regulation” substitute “ regulations ”;

b

after “13” insert “ and 13A ”.

4

The amendments made by this paragraph—

a

have effect in relation to goods declared on or after 3 March 2021, in accordance with Union customs legislation, for a procedure corresponding to the free-circulation procedure or the authorised use procedure, and

b

have effect as if made under section 40B of TCTA 2018 (and may be amended or revoked accordingly).