TRAVELLERS from GB will need to declare cash of €10,000 (£9,049) or more when entering the North of Ireland from January 1, 2021.
The change is a requirement of the Brexit deal under which the North of Ireland will continue to enforce EU customs rules at its sea and air ports.
HM Revenue & Customs says the declaration can be made online up to 72 hours in advance.
Declarations will be required for cheques and bankers’ drafts, not just notes and coins.
Travellers from the North to GB or fromo the North to any EU country will not need to declare cash.
Declarations are required if you’re carrying €10,000 or the equivalent in any other currency of cash and travelling to or from a non-EU country.
The North of Ireland will have a different Brexit from the rest of the UK.
The EU and UK reached a special deal on the North of Ireland in 2019.
It is called the Northern Ireland protocol and its fundamental purpose is to prevent a hardening of the border between the North of Ireland and the Republic.
The protocol does that by keeping the North of Ireland in the EU’s single market for goods and by having the North apply EU customs rules at its ports.
That means goods arriving from Great Britain will be checked and controlled at ports in the North of Ireland from January 1.
But goods going into the Republic and the wider EU will face no new checks or controls
The Stormont Executive is due to meet virtually on Monday to discuss the post-Brexit trade deal agreed by the UK and EU last week.
There have been calls from Sinn Fein for the Assembly to be recalled so that the Withdrawal Agreement is implemented in full.
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