Customs and Excise Management Act 1979

MiscellaneousU.K.

172 Regulations.U.K.

(1)Any power to make regulations under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2)Subject to subsection (3) below, a statutory instrument containing regulations made under this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

(3)A statutory instrument containing regulations made under section 120 above shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.

173 Directions.U.K.

Directions given under any provision of this Act may make different provision for different circumstances and may be varied or revoked by subsequent directions thereunder.

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Textual Amendments

175 Scotland—special provisions.U.K.

(1)In the application of this Act to Scotland—

(a)any reference to costs shall be construed as a reference to expenses;

(b)any provision that any amount shall be recoverable summarily as a civil debt shall be construed as if the word “summarily” were omitted;

(c)any reference to a plaintiff shall be construed as a reference to a pursuer;

(d)any reference to a magistrates’ court shall be construed as a reference to the sheriff court.

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F3176 Game licences. S.R. & O. 1908/844.E+W

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177 Consequential amendments, repeals and saving and transitional provisions.U.K.

(1)The enactments specified in Schedule 4 to this Act shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of that Schedule.

(2)

F4(3)The enactments specified in Schedule 6 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

(4)The saving and transitional provisions contained in Schedule 7 to this Act shall have effect.

(5)The provisions of Schedules 4, 5 and 7 to this Act shall not be taken as prejudicing the operation of sections 15 to 17 of the M1Interpretation Act 1978 (which relate to the effect of repeals).

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of s. 177(1)(3) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

Marginal Citations

178 Citation and commencement.U.K.

(1)This Act may be cited as the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.

(2)This Act, the M2Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979, the M3Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979, the M4Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 F5 and the M5Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 may be cited together as the Customs and Excise Acts 1979.

(3)This Act shall come into operation on 1st April 1979.

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations