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Section 11A Relief from excise duty on goods imported for testing etc.F2F1P1

United Kingdom

(1)

The Commissioners may by order provide that, in such cases and subject to such exceptions as may be specified in the order, goods imported into the United Kingdom for the sole or main purpose—

(a)

of being examined, analysed or tested; or

(b)

of being used to test other goods,

shall be relieved from excise duty chargeable on importation; and any such relief may take the form either of an exemption from payment of duty or of a provision whereby the sum payable by way of duty is less than it otherwise would be.

(2)

An order under this section—

(a)

may make any relief for which it provides subject to conditions specified in or under the order, including conditions to be complied with after the importation of the goods to which the relief applies;

(b)

may contain such incidental and supplementary provisions as the Commissioners think necessary or expedient; and

(c)

may make different provision for different cases.

(3)

In this section, reference to excise duty include any additions to such duty by virtue of section 1 of the Excise Duties (Surcharges or Rebates) Act M11979.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 11A inserted by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39, SIF 40:1), s. 5(1)

F2

cross-heading omitted (13.9.2018 for specified purposes, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(1)(a), Sch. 7 para. 128 (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2020/1449, reg. 3 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(a)

Marginal citations

M1

1979 c.8 (40:1).

Subordinate legislation made

P1

S. 11A: S. 11A power exercised by S.I. 1991/2089

Notes on ...

Textual amendments

F1

S. 10 cross-heading omitted (13.9.2018 for specified purposes, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(1)(a), Sch. 7 para. 128 (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2020/1449, reg. 3 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(a)