Application of excise enactmentsU.K.
1(1)The M1Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 shall have effect for the purposes of Chapter IV of Part I of this Act in relation to—U.K.
(a)any person who is or is liable to be registered,
(b)any fiscal representative, and
(c)any handling agent where a notice given to him under section 37 of this Act is effective,
as it has effect in relation to revenue traders, but with the modifications mentioned in sub-paragraph (2), and paragraphs 3 and 4, below.
(2)That Act shall have effect, in relation to any person to whom sub-paragraph (1) above applies, as if—
(a)the reference in section 112(1) (power of entry) to vehicles included aircraft,
(b)section 116 (payment of duty) were omitted,
(c)in section 117 (execution and distress)—
(i)the references to goods liable to any excise duty included tickets, and
(ii)the references to the trade in respect of which duty is imposed were to the trade or business by virtue of which sub-paragraph (1) above applies to him, and
(d)any power under section 118B(1)(b) to require any person who is or is liable to be registered to produce or cause to be produced any such documents as are referred to in that subsection included power to require his fiscal representative to produce them.
2U.K.Section 118B of that Act shall have effect for the purposes of Chapter IV of Part I of this Act in relation to any person who, in the course of a trade or business carried on by him, issues or arranges for the issue of tickets as if—
(a)he were a revenue trader, and
(b)the references to services supplied by or to him in the course or furtherance of a business were to services supplied by or to him in the course of issuing or arranging for the issue of tickets.
3(1)A notice may require any person to whom paragraph 1 above applies to furnish, at specified times and in the specified form, any such information to the Commissioners as he could be required by the Commissioners to furnish under subsection (1) of section 118B; and any such requirement shall have effect as a requirement under that subsection.U.K.
(2)A notice may require any person to whom paragraph 1 or 2 above applies to produce or cause to be produced for inspection by an officer, at specified places and times, any such documents as he could be required by the officer to produce under that subsection; and any such requirement shall have effect as a requirement under that subsection.
(3)In this paragraph—
“notice” means a notice published, and not withdrawn, by the Commissioners, and
“specified” means specified in such a notice.
4U.K.In relation to any person to whom paragraph 1 or 2 above applies—
(a)that Act shall have effect as if “document” had the same meaning as in Chapter IV of Part I of this Act, and
(b)that Act and this Schedule shall have effect as if any reference to the production of any document, in the case of information recorded otherwise than in legible form, were to producing a copy of the information in legible form.