Section 133AL — Value Added Tax Regulations 1995: Northern Ireland: re-importation of goods exported for treatment or process

Northern Ireland: re-importation of goods exported for treatment or process 133AL 1 Subject to such conditions as the Commissioners may impose, VAT chargeable on the NI importation of goods which have been temporarily exported and are re-imported after having undergone repair, process or adaptation abroad, or after having been made up or reworked abroad, shall be payable as if such treatment or process had been carried out in Northern Ireland, if the Commissioners are satisfied that—

a at the time of exportation, the goods were intended to be re-imported after completion of the treatment or process abroad, and b the ownership in the goods was not transferred to any other person at exportation or during the time they were abroad.

2 In this regulation—

a “abroad” means outside Northern Ireland and the European Union;

b “exportation”, in relation to the goods mentioned in paragraph (1), means the exportation of goods from the United Kingdom as a result of their removal from Northern Ireland to a place outside the European Union and “exported” is to be interpreted accordingly;

c “VAT chargeable on the NI importation of goods” means VAT chargeable in accordance with paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 9ZB to the Act (VAT on the importation of non-Union goods into the United Kingdom as a result of their entry into Northern Ireland).