http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/20A/1993-01-01Customs and Excise Management Act 1979An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to the collection and management of the revenues of customs and excise and in some cases to other matters in relation to which the Commissioners of Customs and Excise for the time being perform functions, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.1980-02-29texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-10-111993-01-01 Part III Customs and Excise Control Areas Approved wharves201In this Act, references to an approved wharf are to—aa place approved under section 20 above; orba place specified or approved under Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4151/88 (equivalent provision for goods imported on or after 1st January 1992 from a place outside the customs territory of the Community), other than an examina-tion station.2Any person contravening or failing to comply with any condition or restriction attaching to an approval by virtue of which a place is an approved wharf shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of level 3 on the standard scale.3An officer may at any time enter an approved wharf and inspect it and any goods for the time being at the wharf.Ss. 20 and 20(A) substituted (01.01.1992) for s. 20 by S.I. 1991/2724, reg. 6(3)
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