VPDS162400 - Vaping Products Duty and Vaping Duty Stamps: Scanning events: Exceptions to scanning

Duty stamps and aggregated duty stamps do not need to be scanned when:

  • the scanning equipment of the person liable to scan the duty stamps is unusable when the scanning event occurs
  • the data stamps system is unusable when the scanning event occurs
  • it is not possible to scan the stamps at the time of importation
  • after the first scan, a duty stamp scanning feature fails, preventing the product from continuing its journey
  • any other event as specified in the external guidance

When scanning cannot occur, the trader must:

  • upload the relevant data to the data stamps system that would have been captured by scanning
  • complete the upload at the same time the scan would have been required when a scanning event occurred