
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the 
Control of Movement of Goods Regulations 1984
and shall come into operation on 6th August 1984.
2 
The 
Control of Movement of Goods Regulations 1981
are hereby revoked.
3 
In these Regulations—
 “the Act”
means the Customs and Excise
Management Act 1979;
 “approved place” —

(a) in relation to imported goods means a
place approved by the Commissioners under section
20 or 25
of the Act for the clearance out of charge of such goods, and
(b) in relation to goods intended for export
means a place appointed under section 159
of the Act for the examination of goods which is approved by the Commissioners
under section 31
of the Act for the examination of such goods before their movement to a place
of exportation;
 “the loader” shall have the same meaning as in 
section 57 of the Act; that is to say the owner
of the ship or aircraft in which the goods are to be exported or a person
appointed by him;
 “place of importation”
 and “place of exportation”
 shall, where appropriate, include a
free zone;
 “removal”
means a movement of goods which is authorised under
these Regulations and “remove”
 and “removed” shall be construed accordingly;
 “removal document”
means a document to be obtained from or approved by
the Commissioners made in such form and containing such particulars as the
Commissioners may direct under section 31(2A)
 of the Act and for the purpose of 
regulation 16 shall include a copy of the application
referred to in regulations 5, 
6 and 7
stamped by the proper officer.
4 

(1) These Regulations shall not apply where
any goods are moved under the internal or external Community transit procedure.

(2) The application of 
regulations 11 and 13
of these Regulations to goods carried under the provisions of an international
convention having effect in the United Kingdom shall be without prejudice
to any such provisions.
5 
Subject to regulation
10, no imported goods not yet cleared from
customs and excise charge shall be moved between their place of importation
and either an approved place or a free zone and, in the case of transit goods,
between their place of importation and a place of exportation unless the movement
is authorised by the proper officer upon application made to him.
6 
Subject to regulation
10, no goods shall be moved between—

(a) a free zone and a place approved for
the clearance out of charge of such goods,
(b) such a place and a free zone, and
(c) a free zone and another free zone,
unless the movement is authorised by the proper officer
upon application made to him.
7 
Subject to regulations
9 and 10,
no goods intended for export and made available at an approved place or a
place designated by the proper officer under 
sections 53(4) or 58(3)
of the Act for the purposes of examination shall be moved between any such
place and a place of exportation unless the movement is authorised by the
proper officer upon application made to him.
8 
Save as the Commissioners may otherwise allow,
the applications referred to in regulations 5
, 6 and 
7 above shall be made in writing on a document
obtained from or approved by the Commissioners for that purpose and shall
be made—
(a) in the case of imported goods, by the
importer or the person in charge of the goods,
(b) in the case of goods intended for export,
by the exporter or the person in charge of the goods, and
(c) in any other case, by the proprietor
of the goods or the person in charge of the goods.
9 

(1) Where a notice under 
section 58A(3)(a)(i) of the Act is delivered
by the exporter such notice shall replace the application required under 
regulation 7.
(2) Where the notice is for a single movement
of goods, if the authority of the proper officer, required under 
regulation 7, is neither given nor refused
by the date and time for the movement specified in that notice, it shall be
deemed to be given on the date and immediately before the time so specified.

(3) Where the notice is for more than one
movement of goods, if the authority of the proper officer, required under 
regulation 7, is neither given nor refused,
it shall be deemed to be given immediately before each movement commences.

10 
Where the Commissioners so permit, during a
period specified by them, goods may be moved as contemplated in 
regulations 5, 6
and 7 without an application
to the proper officer; and, unless the proper officer previously gives or
refuses his authority, it shall be deemed to be given immediately before the
movement commences.
11 
Before any removal commences the person by
whom, or on whose behalf, the goods are being moved shall be in possession
of a removal document.
12 

(1) The Commissioners may, in respect of
any class or description of goods, require that vehicles or containers in
which goods of a particular class or description are removed shall be of a
type specified by them for the removal of such goods.
(2) Save as provided by 
paragraph (3) below, no person shall remove
any goods in respect of which a requirement under 
paragraph (1) above has been imposed unless
the vehicles or container in which they are carried conforms to such requirement.

(3) The proper officer, upon application
made to him by the person in charge of goods to be removed, may for the purposes
of the removal in question relax any requirement imposed under 
paragraph (1) above.
13 
Vehicles and containers proceeding under a
removal shall be moved by such routes as the Commissioners may specify.
14 

(1) Before any goods are removed they or
the vehicle or container carrying them shall be secured or identified by any
such seals, locks or marks as the Commissioners may specify.
(2) Where in the United Kingdom, seals, locks
or marks are affixed for any customs or excise purpose in order to secure
or identify the goods to be removed or the vehicles or containers carrying
the goods, they shall be so affixed by the proper officer or by such other
person as the Commissioners may authorise.
15 

(1) Save in the circumstances hereunder mentioned,
no person shall at any time during a removal—
(a) wilfully break, open or remove any seal,
lock or mark affixed for any customs or excise purpose on any goods or to
a vehicle or container; or
(b) load or unload or assist in the loading
or unloading of a vehicle or container.
(2) The circumstances referred to in 
paragraph (1) above are—
(a) where authorisation has been given by
the proper officer; or
(b) in accordance with any general or special
permission given by the Commissioners; or
(c) in an emergency in order to safeguard
the goods or to protect life or property.
16 

(1) Save as the Commissioners otherwise allow,
the person in charge of goods proceeding under a removal shall complete the
removal by producing the goods, together with the vehicle or container in
which they are carried if such vehicle or container has been secured or identified,
and delivering a removal document to the proper officer at the approved place
or, in the case of goods intended for export, at the place of exportation.

(2) The Commissioners may allow the removal
of goods intended for export to be completed by the person in charge of the
goods placing them, together with any container in which they are carried
if such container has been secured or identified, under the control of the
loader and delivering the removal document to him.
17 
The person in charge of goods proceeding under
a removal shall complete the removal within such period as the Commissioners
may specify.
18 
Where as a result of an accident or other occurrence
arising during a removal a vehicle or container is delayed or diverted from
a specified route the person in charge of the goods shall as soon as practicable
give sufficient notification of the accident or occurrence as required by
the Commissioners to the local office of customs and excise.
N. Godfrey
Commissioner of Customs and Excise
King's Beam House, Mark Lane
London, EC3 7HE
1st August 1984