# The Free Zone (Customs Site No. 1 Thames) Designation (Amendment) Order 2024, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Free Zone (Customs Site No. 1 Thames) Designation Order (S.I. 2021/1432) (“the 2021 Order”). The amendments come into force on 10th November 2024.
These amendments insert a definition of “unauthorised activity” into article 1 of the 2021 Order, and substitute DP World Logistics UK Ltd as the responsible authority, in future, for the free zone designated by the 2021 Order (by substituting article 4 of that Order).
A Tax Information and Impact Note covering the Free Zones (Customs, Excise and Value Added Tax) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1156) was published on the website at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-information-and-impact-notes-tiins and remains an accurate summary of the impacts that apply to this instrument.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1106/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/free-zone-customs-site-no-1-thames-designation-amendment-order-2024/note
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