{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-and-excise-duties-general-reliefs-act-1979/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-and-excise-duties-general-reliefs-act-1979/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/3",
  "legislation_title": "Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/customs-and-excise-duties-general-reliefs-act-1979",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Relief from ... excise duty on antiques, prizes, etc.",
  "text": "The Commissioners may allow the delivery without payment of ... excise duty on importation—\n(a) of any goods (other than spirits or wine) which are proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioners to have been manufactured or produced more than 100 years before the date of importation;\n(b) of articles which are shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioners to have been awarded abroad to any person for distinction in art, literature, science or sport, or for public service, or otherwise as a record of meritorious achievement or conduct, and to be imported by or on behalf of that person.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 9 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. 127(a) (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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 9 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. 127(b) (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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/3/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:19:17.907508+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}