Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979

19 Consequential amendments, repeals and transitional provision. U.K.

(1) The enactments specified in Schedule 2 to this Act shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of that Schedule.

(2) The enactments specified in Part I of Schedule 3 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule and the regulations specified in Part II of that Schedule are hereby revoked to the extent so specified.

(3) References to import duties in instruments in force at the commencement of this Act shall, on and after that commencement, be construed—

(a) in the case of references in orders under section 5 or directions under section 6 of the M1 Import Duties Act 1958, as references to customs duties charged under section 5(1) or (2) of the M2 European Communities Act 1972;

(b) in the case of references in such orders or directions made by virtue of section 5(1A) of the said Act of 1958 or in regulations under section 5(6) of the M3 European Communities Act 1972, as references to customs duties (whether so charged or charged under the M4 Customs Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act 1969 or section 6(1) of the M5 Finance Act 1978).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of s. 19(1)(2), Schs. 2 (except as indicated) and 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.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

M1 1958 c. 6.

M2 1972 c. 68.

M3 1972 c. 68.

M4 1969 c. 16.

M5 1978 c. 42.