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Customs and Excise Management Act 1979

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Version Superseded: 31/01/1997

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Point in time view as at 01/01/1996.

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Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, Cross Heading: Keeping and preservation of records is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 17 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

[ Keeping and preservation of records]U.K.

75A Records relating to importation and exportation.U.K.

(1)Every person who is concerned (in whatever capacity) in the importation or exportation of goods of which [F1for that purpose an entry is required by regulation 5 of the Customs Controls on Importation of Goods Regulations 1991 or an entry or specification is required by or under this Act] shall keep such records as the Commissioners may require.

(2)The Commissioners may require any records kept in pursuance of this section to be preserved for such period not exceeding four years as they may require.

(3)The duty under this section to preserve records may be discharged by the preservation of the information contained therein by such means as the Commissioners may approve; and where that information is so preserved a copy of any document forming part of the records shall, subject to the following provisions of this section, be admissible in evidence in any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, to the same extent as the records themselves.

(4)The Commissioners may, as a condition of an approval under subsection (3) above of any means of preserving information, impose such reasonable requirements as appear to them necessary for securing that the information will be as readily available to them as if the records themselves had been preserved.

(5)The Commissioners may at any time for reasonable cause revoke or vary the conditions of any approval given under subsection (3) above.

(6)A statement contained in a document produced by a computer shall not by virtue of subsection (3) above be admissible in evidence—

(a)in civil proceedings in England and Wales, except in accordance with sections 5 and 6 of the Civil Evidence Act 1968;

(b)in criminal proceedings in England and Wales, except in accordance with sections 68 to 70 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;

(c)in civil proceedings in Northern Ireland, except in accordance with sections 2 and 3 of the Civil Evidence Act (Northern Ireland) 1971; and

(d)in criminal proceedings in Northern Ireland, except in accordance with the said sections 2 and 3, which shall, for the purposes of this section, apply with the necessary modifications to such proceedings.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 75A(1) substituted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3095, reg. 10(1), Sch. 1 para.7.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 75A restricted (3.5.1994) by 1994 c. 9, s. 20(5)(a)

[F275B Records relating to firearmsU.K.

(1)Every person who is concerned (in whatever capacity) in the importation or exportation of weapons or firearms within the meaning of Council Directive 91/477/EEC F3 (control of acquisition and possession of such goods) shall keep such records as the Commissioners may require for the purposes of that Directive.

(2)Subsections (2) to (6) of section 75A above shall apply in relation to any requirement under this section and to the records kept in pursuance of this section as they apply in relation to any requirement under that section and to the records kept in pursuance of that section.]

Textual Amendments

F2Ss. 75B, 75C inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3095, reg. 3(8).

F3OJ No. L256, 13.9.91, p. 51.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2S. 75B restricted (3.5.1994) by 1994 c. 9, s. 20(5)(a)

F475C Records relating to goods subject to certain transit arrangementsU.K.

(1)Every person who is concerned (in whatever capacity) in the importation or exportation of goods which are subject to the transit arrangements set out in [F5Title II of Part II of Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 2454/93] shall keep such records as the Commissioners may require for the purposes of [F6Article 324] of that Regulation (verification of procedures and documents).

(2)Subsections (2) to (6) of section 75A above shall apply in relation to any requirement under this section and to the records kept in pursuance of this section as they apply in relation to any requirement under that section and to the records kept in pursuance of that section.

Textual Amendments

F4Ss. 75B, 75C inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3095, reg. 3(8).

F5Words in s. 75C(1) substituted (1.1.1994) by S.I. 1993/3014, reg. 2(6)(a).

F6Words in s. 75C(1) substituted (1.1.1994) by S.I. 1993/3014, reg. 2(6)(b).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3S. 75C restricted (3.5.1994) by 1994 c. 9, s. 20(5)(a)

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