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20(A). Approved wharvesU.K.
(1)In this Act, references to an approved wharf are to—
(a)a place approved under section 20 above; or
(b)a 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.
(2)Any 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.
(3)An officer may at any time enter an approved wharf and inspect it and any goods for the time being at the wharf.
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