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The Statistics of Trade (Customs and Excise) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1993

S.I. 1993/3015 · Made 3 December 1993

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STATISTICS OF TRADE

Made 3rd December 1993

Laid before Parliament 10th December 1993

Coming into force 1st January 1994

The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f1, being the department designatedf2 for the purpose of that subsection in relation to the receipt, regulation and control of statistics relating to the trading of goods between the United Kingdom and other Member States of the Communities and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1972 c. 68.

f2

S.I. 1992/707.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. 3Regulation 3
  4. 4Regulation 4
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Statistics of Trade (Customs and Excise) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st January 1994.

2

The Statistics of Trade (Customs and Excise) Regulations 1992f1 shall be amended as follows.

3

In regulation 3(1) for “£135,000”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “£140,000”.

4

After regulation 12 there shall be inserted the following regulation–

“13

The following provisions of the Act shall apply to these Regulations as they apply to the customs and excise ActsSections 145 to 148f1 (proceedings for offences, etc.); Sections 150 to 154f2 (incidental provisions as to legal proceedings, mitigation of penalties, proof and other matters).”

Signature

Alexander W. Russell

Commissioner of Customs and Excise

New King’s Beam House 22 Upper Ground London SE1 9PJ

3rd December 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 1st January 1994, amend the Statistics of Trade (Customs and Excise) Regulations 1992 (S.I.1992 No. 2790) by—

(a)

raising the assimilation thresholds set at £135,000 by regulation 3 of the above Regulations to £140,000;

(b)

applying Sections 145 to 148 (proceedings for offences, etc.) and 150 to 154 (incidental provisions as to legal proceedings, mitigation of penalties, proof and other matters) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 to the above Regulations.