http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/1991-02-01Customs 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 Database2024-10-111991-02-01 Part IV Control of Importation Provisions as to duty on imported goods Duty on imported goods. <CommentaryRef Ref="c14772651"/>431Save as permitted by or under the customs and excise Acts or section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 or any Community regulation or other instrument having the force of law, no imported goods shall be delivered or removed on importation until the importer has paid to the proper officer any duty chargeable thereon, and that duty shall, in the case of goods of which entry is made, be paid on making the entry.2Subject to subsections (2A), (2B) and(2C) below, the duties of customs or excise and the rates thereof chargeable on imported goods— aif entry is made thereof, except where the entry is for warehousing, or if they are declared under section 78 below, shall be those in force with respect to such goods at the time when the entry is accepted or the declaration is made;bif entry or, in the case of goods entered by bill of sight, perfect entry is made thereof for warehousing, shall be ascertained in accordance with warehousing regulations;cif no entry is made thereof and the goods are not declared under section 78 below shall be—ias respects Community customs duties, those in force with respect to such goods at the time of their entry into the customs territory of the Community; andiias respects other duties, those in force with respect to such goods at the time of their importation.2AWhere the Commissioners require a duty of customs to be paid because of a failure to comply with a condition or other obligation imposed under section 47 or 48 below (not being a condition or obligation required to be complied with before the goods were allowed to be removed or delivered) the duty shall be charged as if entry of the goods had been accepted at the time when the non-compliance occurred.2BWhere any duties of customs are chargeable in respect of waste or debris resulting from the destruction of imported goods in free circulation, those duties and their rates shall be those in force at the time when the goods were destroyed.2CAs respects goods which have been unlawfully removed from customs charge, subsection (2)(c) above shall have effect with respect to any duties of customs as if they had entered the customs territory of the Community, or, as the case may be, had been imported at the time of their removal.3Any goods brought or coming into the United Kingdom by sea otherwise than as cargo, stores or baggage carried in a ship shall be chargeable with the like duty, if any, as would be applicable to those goods if they had been imported as merchandise; and if any question arises as to the origin of the goods they shall, unless that question is determined under section 120 below, section 14 of the Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979 (produce of the sea or continental shelf) or under a Community regulation or other instrument having the force of law, be deemed to be the produce of such country as the Commissioners may on investigation determine.4Where, in accordance with approval given by the Commissioners, entry of goods is made by any method involving the use of a computer, subsection (2) above shall have effect as if the reference in paragraph (a) to the time of the delivery of the entry were a reference to the time when particulars contained in the entry are accepted by the computer.5Subject to sections 10 and 11 of the Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979 (reliefs for re-imported goods) and save as provided by or under any such enactments or instruments as are mentioned in subsection (1) above, any goods which are re-imported into the United Kingdom after exportation from the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man, whether they were manufactured or produced in or outside the United Kingdom and whether or not any duty was paid thereon at a previous importation, shall be treated for the purpose of charging duty—aas if they were being imported for the first time; andbin the case of goods manufactured or produced in the United Kingdom, as if they had not been so manufactured or produced.6Where entry of goods is made otherwise than for warehousing and there is a reduction in the rate of duty of customs or excise chargeable on the goods between—athe time mentioned in subsection (2)(a) above; andbthe time when the goods are cleared from customs and excise charge,the rate of the duty chargeable on the goods shall, if the importer so requests, be that in force at the time mentioned in paragraph (b) above unless clearance of the goods has been delayed by reason of any act or omission for which the importer is responsible.7Notwithstanding section 6(5) of the European Communities Act 1972 “duty of customs” in subsection (6) above does not include any agricultural levy.8Where the samples are taken of goods under section 38A above and the quantity of the goods covered by the entry which is subsequently delivered does not include the samples the duties of customs and the rates of those duties chargeable on the samples shall be those in force at the time when the application under subsection (1) of that section was made and shall be determined by reference to the particulars contained in the application.9Where a substituted entry is delivered under section 38(2) or 38B(2) above the entry referred to in subsection (2)(a) above is the original entry.S. 43 modified by S.I. 1986/260, regs. 5(d) (as substituted by S.I. 1986/1019, reg. 2), 18S. 43(1) modified by S.I. 1983/947, regs. 12, 13, 1988/1810, reg. 4 and 1988/1898, reg. 4S. 43(1) amended by S.I. 1985/1032, reg. 11(a)1972 c. 68. Words inserted by S.I. 1982/1324, reg. 2(2)S. 43(2)(a) substituted by Finance Act 1981 (c. 35, SIF 40:1), s. 10(1), Sch. 6 para. 7(2)Words repealed (prosp.) by Finance Act 1981 (c. 35, SIF 40:1), Sch. 19 Pt. IS. 43(2)(c) substituted by S.I. 1982/1324, reg. 2(3)S. 43(2A)–(2C) inserted by S.I. 1982/1324, reg. 2(4)1979 c. 3. S. 43(4) repealed (prosp.) by Finance Act 1981 (c. 35, SIF 40:1), s. 139(6), Sch. 19 Pt. IWords substituted by Isle of Man Act 1979 (c. 58), Sch. 1 para. 8S. 43(6)–(9) inserted by Finance Act 1981 (c. 35, SIF 40:1), s. 10(1), Sch. 6 para. 7(4)
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<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/2/c/ii/1991-02-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/2/c/ii" RestrictEndDate="2020-12-31" id="section-43-2-c-ii" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63167" CommentaryRef="c14772721">ii</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63167" CommentaryRef="c14772721">as respects other duties, those in force with respect to such goods at the time of their importation.</Addition>
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/2A/1991-02-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/2A" RestrictEndDate="2018-09-13" id="section-43-2A" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63187" CommentaryRef="c14772731">2A</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63187" CommentaryRef="c14772731">Where the Commissioners require a duty of customs to be paid because of a failure to comply with a condition or other obligation imposed under section 47 or 48 below (not being a condition or obligation required to be complied with before the goods were allowed to be removed or delivered) the duty shall be charged as if entry of the goods had been accepted at the time when the non-compliance occurred.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/2B/1991-02-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/2B" RestrictEndDate="2018-09-13" id="section-43-2B" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63187" CommentaryRef="c14772731">2B</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63187" CommentaryRef="c14772731">Where any duties of customs are chargeable in respect of waste or debris resulting from the destruction of imported goods in free circulation, those duties and their rates shall be those in force at the time when the goods were destroyed.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/2C/1991-02-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/2C" RestrictEndDate="2018-09-13" id="section-43-2C" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63187" CommentaryRef="c14772731">2C</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63187" CommentaryRef="c14772731">As respects goods which have been unlawfully removed from customs charge, subsection (2)(</Addition>
<Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63187" CommentaryRef="c14772731">c</Addition>
</Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63187" CommentaryRef="c14772731">) above shall have effect with respect to any duties of customs as if they had entered the customs territory of the Community, or, as the case may be, had been imported at the time of their removal.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/3/1991-02-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/3" RestrictEndDate="2020-12-31" id="section-43-3" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
Any goods brought or coming into the United Kingdom by sea otherwise than as cargo, stores or baggage carried in a ship shall be chargeable with the like duty, if any, as would be applicable to those goods if they had been imported as merchandise; and if any question arises as to the origin of the goods they shall, unless that question is determined under section 120 below, section 14 of the
<CommentaryRef Ref="c14772741"/>
Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979 (produce of the sea or continental shelf) or under a Community regulation or other instrument having the force of law, be deemed to be the produce of such country as the Commissioners may on investigation determine.
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/4/1991-02-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/4" id="section-43-4">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63218" CommentaryRef="c14772751">4</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63218" CommentaryRef="c14772751">Where, in accordance with approval given by the Commissioners, entry of goods is made by any method involving the use of a computer, subsection (2) above shall have effect as if the reference in paragraph (a) to the time of the delivery of the entry were a reference to the time when particulars contained in the entry are accepted by the computer.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/5/1991-02-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/5" RestrictEndDate="2020-12-31" id="section-43-5" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
Subject to sections 10 and 11 of the Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979 (reliefs for re-imported goods) and save as provided by or under any such enactments or instruments as are mentioned in subsection (1) above, any goods which are re-imported into the United Kingdom
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63232" CommentaryRef="c14772761">after exportation from the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man</Addition>
, whether they were manufactured or produced in or outside the United Kingdom and whether or not any duty was paid thereon at a previous importation, shall be treated for the purpose of charging duty—
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/5/a/1991-02-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/5/a" id="section-43-5-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>as if they were being imported for the first time; and</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/5/b/1991-02-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/5/b" id="section-43-5-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in the case of goods manufactured or produced in the United Kingdom, as if they had not been so manufactured or produced.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/6/1991-02-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/6" RestrictEndDate="2020-12-31" id="section-43-6" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">6</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">Where entry of goods is made otherwise than for warehousing and there is a reduction in the rate of duty of customs or excise chargeable on the goods between—</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/6/a/1991-02-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/6/a" id="section-43-6-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">the time mentioned in subsection (2)(</Addition>
<Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">a</Addition>
</Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">) above; and</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/6/b/1991-02-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/6/b" RestrictEndDate="2020-12-31" id="section-43-6-b" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">the time when the goods are cleared from customs and excise charge,</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">the rate of the duty chargeable on the goods shall, if the importer so requests, be that in force at the time mentioned in paragraph (</Addition>
<Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">b</Addition>
</Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">) above unless clearance of the goods has been delayed by reason of any act or omission for which the importer is responsible.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/7/1991-02-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/7" id="section-43-7">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">7</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">Notwithstanding section 6(5) of the European Communities Act 1972 “duty of customs” in subsection (6) above does not include any agricultural levy.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/8/1991-02-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/8" RestrictEndDate="2020-12-31" id="section-43-8" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">8</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">Where the samples are taken of goods under section 38A above and the quantity of the goods covered by the entry which is subsequently delivered does not include the samples the duties of customs and the rates of those duties chargeable on the samples shall be those in force at the time when the application under subsection (1) of that section was made and shall be determined by reference to the particulars contained in the application.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/9/1991-02-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/9" RestrictEndDate="2020-12-31" id="section-43-9" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">9</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">Where a substituted entry is delivered under section 38(2) or 38B(2) above the entry referred to in subsection (2)(</Addition>
<Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">a</Addition>
</Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p63248" CommentaryRef="c14772771">) above is the original entry.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Pblock>
</Part>
</Body>
</Primary>
<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="c14772651" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c06409" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43" SectionRef="section-43">S. 43</CitationSubRef>
modified by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/260" id="c06410" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1986" Number="260">S.I. 1986/260</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c06411" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/260/regulation/5" Operative="true" CitationRef="c06410" SectionRef="regulation-5">regs. 5</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>d</Emphasis>
) (as substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/1019" id="c06412" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1986" Number="1019">S.I. 1986/1019</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c06413" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/1019/regulation/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c06412" SectionRef="regulation-2">reg. 2</CitationSubRef>
), 18
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c14772661" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c06414" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/1" SectionRef="section-43-1">S. 43(1)</CitationSubRef>
modified by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1983/947" id="c06415" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1983" Number="947">S.I. 1983/947</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c06416" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1983/947/regulation/12" Operative="true" CitationRef="c06415" SectionRef="regulation-12">regs. 12</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c06417" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1983/947/regulation/13" CitationRef="c06415" SectionRef="regulation-13">13</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c06418" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1983/947/regulation/1988" CitationRef="c06415" SectionRef="regulation-1988">1988</CitationSubRef>
/1810, reg. 4 and 1988/1898, reg. 4
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c14772671" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c06419" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/1" SectionRef="section-43-1">S. 43(1)</CitationSubRef>
amended by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1985/1032" id="c06420" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1985" Number="1032">S.I. 1985/1032</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c06421" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1985/1032/regulation/11" Operative="true" CitationRef="c06420" SectionRef="regulation-11">reg. 11</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c14772681" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/68" id="c06422" Year="1972" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="68">1972 c. 68</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c14772691" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words inserted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1982/1324" id="c06423" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1982" Number="1324">S.I. 1982/1324</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c06424" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1982/1324/regulation/2/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c06423" SectionRef="regulation-2-2">reg. 2(2)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c14772701" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c06425" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/2" SectionRef="section-43-2">S. 43(2)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>
) substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/35" id="c06426" Year="1981" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="35" Title="Finance Act 1981">Finance Act 1981 (c. 35, SIF 40:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c06427" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/35/section/10/1" CitationRef="c06426" SectionRef="section-10-1">s. 10(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c06428" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/35/schedule/6/paragraph/7/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c06426" SectionRef="schedule-6-paragraph-7-2">Sch. 6 para. 7(2)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c14772711" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words repealed (
<Emphasis>prosp.</Emphasis>
) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/35" id="c06429" Year="1981" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="35" Title="Finance Act 1981">Finance Act 1981 (c. 35, SIF 40:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c06430" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/35/schedule/19/part/I" Operative="true" CitationRef="c06429" SectionRef="schedule-19-part-I">Sch. 19 Pt. I</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c14772721" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c06431" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/2" SectionRef="section-43-2">S. 43(2)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>c</Emphasis>
) substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1982/1324" id="c06432" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1982" Number="1324">S.I. 1982/1324</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c06433" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1982/1324/regulation/2/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c06432" SectionRef="regulation-2-3">reg. 2(3)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c14772731" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c06434" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/2A" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/2C" Type="group" StartSectionRef="section-43-2A" EndSectionRef="section-43-2C">S. 43(2A)–(2C)</CitationSubRef>
inserted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1982/1324" id="c06435" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1982" Number="1324">S.I. 1982/1324</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c06436" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1982/1324/regulation/2/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c06435" SectionRef="regulation-2-4">reg. 2(4)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c14772741" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/3" id="c06437" Year="1979" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="3">1979 c. 3</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c14772751" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c06438" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/4" SectionRef="section-43-4">S. 43(4)</CitationSubRef>
repealed (
<Emphasis>prosp.</Emphasis>
) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/35" id="c06439" Year="1981" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="35" Title="Finance Act 1981">Finance Act 1981 (c. 35, SIF 40:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c06440" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/35/section/139/6" CitationRef="c06439" SectionRef="section-139-6">s. 139(6)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c06441" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/35/schedule/19/part/I" Operative="true" CitationRef="c06439" SectionRef="schedule-19-part-I">Sch. 19 Pt. I</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c14772761" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/58" id="c06442" Year="1979" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="58" Title="Isle of Man Act 1979">Isle of Man Act 1979 (c. 58)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c06443" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/58/schedule/1/paragraph/8" Operative="true" CitationRef="c06442" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-8">Sch. 1 para. 8</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c14772771" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c06444" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/6" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/2/section/43/9" Type="group" StartSectionRef="section-43-6" EndSectionRef="section-43-9">S. 43(6)–(9)</CitationSubRef>
inserted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/35" id="c06445" Year="1981" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="35" Title="Finance Act 1981">Finance Act 1981 (c. 35, SIF 40:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c06446" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/35/section/10/1" CitationRef="c06445" SectionRef="section-10-1">s. 10(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c06447" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/35/schedule/6/paragraph/7/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c06445" SectionRef="schedule-6-paragraph-7-4">Sch. 6 para. 7(4)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
</Legislation>