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Section 177(1).

SCHEDULE 4U.K. Consequential Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of Sch. 4 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not wholly reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

Construction of references in Acts passed before 1st April 1909 and in instruments made thereunderU.K.

1U.K.Save where the context otherwise requires, any reference in, or in any instrument made under, any enactment relating to customs or excise passed before 1st April 1909 to any of the persons mentioned in column 1 of the following Table shall be construed as a reference to the persons respectively specified in relation thereto in column 2.

TABLE

Original referenceTo be construed as reference to—
Commissioners of Customs
Commissioners of Inland RevenueCommissioners of Customs and Excise.
Commissioners of Excise
Solicitor for the CustomsSolicitor for the Customs and Excise.
Solicitor of Inland Revenue
Secretary for the CustomsSecretary to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.
Secretary of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
Accountant and Comptroller General of CustomsAccountant and Comptroller General of the Customs and Excise.
Accountant and Comptroller General of Inland Revenue
Collector of Customs
Collector of Inland RevenueCollector of Customs and Excise.
Collector of Excise
Officer of Customs
Officer of Inland RevenueOfficer of Customs and Excise.
Officer of Excise

2F1U.K.

Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964U.K.

3U.K.In section 2 of the M1Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964, after subsection (5) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(5A)The reference in Article 36 to customs duties shall be construed as including a reference to excise duties chargeable on goods imported into the United Kingdom.

Marginal Citations

Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1964U.K.

4U.K.In section 3 of the M2Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968, after subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(2A)Subsection (2) above shall apply for the purposes of a duty of excise imposed as mentioned in subsection (1) above to the extent that the duty is charged on goods imported into the United Kingdom, as it applies for the purposes of a duty of customs so imposed.

Marginal Citations

5U.K.In section 3(3) of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968, after the words duty of excise there shall be inserted the words

then—

(a)where it is a duty of excise charged otherwise than on goods; or

(b)where it is a duty of excise charged on goods, to the extent that it is charged on goods produced or manufactured in the United Kingdom;

Consular Relations Act 1968U.K.

6U.K.In section 1 of the M3Consular Relations Act 1968, after subsection (8) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(8A)The references in Articles 50 and 62 to customs duties shall be construed as including references to excise duties chargeable on goods imported into the United Kingdom.

Marginal Citations

7U.K.In section 5 of the Consular Relations Act 1968, after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(1A)In subsection (1)(b) of this section the expression the law relating to customs, to the extent that it refers to the law relating to duties on goods, refers to the law relating to duties (whether of customs or excise) for the time being chargeable on goods imported into the United Kingdom.

Misuse of Drugs Act 1971U.K.

8U.K.In section 12(1)(b) of the M4Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, after the words “the Customs and Excise Act 1952” there shall be inserted the words “ or under section 50, 68 or 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 ”.

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9–11F2U.K.

Table of textual amendmentsU.K.

12U.K.In the enactments specified in the following Table, for so much of the provision in column 1 as is specified in column 2 there shall be substituted the words in column 3.

TABLE
Part I Enactments of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Section or ScheduleWords or provision replacedReplacement
F3F3F3Naval Prize Act 1864 c. 25
Section 47.duties of Customs.duties chargeable on imported goods (whether of customs or excise).
the Customs (twice).customs or excise.
Sections 48 and 48A.relating to the Customs.relating to customs or excise.
Section 49.duties of Customs.duties (whether of customs or excise) chargeable on imported goods.
Explosives Act 1875 c. 17
Section 40(9)(e).the Customs (twice).customs or excise.
Section 43.the Customs (twice).customs or excise.
Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1879 c. 21
Section 5 (as originally enacted).From the beginning to following.The importation of the following goods is prohibited, that is to say.
Stamp Duties Management Act 1891 c. 38
Section 23.duty of excise.duty of excise other than a duty of excise chargeable on goods imported into the United Kingdom.
F4. . .F4. . .F4. . .
Foreign Prison-Made Goods Act 1897 c. 63
Section 1 (as originally enacted).From the beginning to following.The importation of the following goods is prohibited.
Revenue Act 1898 c. 46
Section 1 (as originally enacted).From the beginning to following.The importation of the following articles is prohibited.
Finance Act 1901 c. 7
Section 10.customs import duty (in three places).customs duty.
Seal Fisheries (North Pacific) Act 1912 c. 10
Section 4 (as originally enacted).From shall onwards.are hereby prohibited to be imported.
F5F5F5F6F6F6Diseases of Fish Act 1937 c. 33
Section 1(2).the Customs Acts.the enactments for the time being in force relating to customs or excise.
Trade Marks Act 1938 c. 22
Section 64A(5).section 11 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952.section 17 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
customs.duties (whether of customs or excise) charged on imported goods
Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 1939 c. 69
Sections 1(4) and 3(1).enactments relating to customs.enactments for the time being in force relating to customs or excise.
Section 1(5) (as originally enacted).section eleven of the Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1879.section 145 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Section 9(2).Customs Consolidation Act 1876, and the enactments amending that Act.Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
F7F7F7F8. . ...
Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 c. 43
Section 24(5).the Customs Consolidation Act 1876.section 35 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
F9F9F9F10F10F10F11. . .
F11. . .F11. . .F11. . .
F11. . .F11. . .F11. . .
F12F12F12F13F13F13Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956 c. 30
Section 58(1) (in the definition of importation).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
F14F14F14F15F15F15Isle of Man Act 1958 c. 11
Section 2(4).duties of customs (in four places).duties of customs or excise.
Dog Licences Act 1959 c. 55
Section 15(1).From section three hundred and thirteen to dog licences).section 176(2) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (which makes provision for the application of certain provisions of that Act to game licences and duties thereon and is applied by section 16(5) below).
Section 16(5).From the beginning to the said section three hundred and thirteen.Subsections (1) to (3) of section 176 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (which make provision for the application of certain provisions of that Act to game licences and duties thereon), and any order made by the Treasury under that section,.
From duties transferred under section six to the said Act of 1908.duties on licences to kill and to deal in game and to local authorities and their officers with respect to those duties and licences, and the reference in the said subsection (3) to the Order in Council made under section 6 of the Finance Act 1908.
Finance Act 1961 c. 36
Section 37(3).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
F16F16F16Licensing Act 1964 c. 26
Section 87(1).section 16 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952.section 22 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
F17. . .F17. . .F17. . .
Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964 c. 81
Section 7(1)(b).customs duties.duties (whether of customs or excise) chargeable on imported goods.
F18F18F18Finance Act 1966 c. 18
Section 2(13)(b).section 11 of the Act of 1952.section 17 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Section 53(2).From Customs and Excise Act 1952 to that Act.Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Schedule 1, paragraph 4.Act of 1952.Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
that Act.the Customs and Excise Acts 1979.
section 270.section 135.
section 271(1).section 136(1) and (2).
section 301(2).section 167(4).
Plant Health Act 1967 c. 8
Section 2(2).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Finance Act 1967 c. 54
Section 7(8)(b).sections 281 and 287 of the Act of 1952.sections 145 and 151 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
the excise Acts (twice).the customs and excise Acts.
Section 45(3)(a).From Customs and Excise Act 1952 to that Act.Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 c. 72
Section 7(5).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Section 7(6).1952.1979.
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968 c. 2
Section 3(3).the excise Acts.the revenue trade provisions of the customs and excise Acts.
Section 3(5).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Section 4.duty of customs or excise.duty of excise.
Consular Relations Act 1968 c. 18
Section 8(1).From customs duty to which are.duty (whether of customs or excise) paid on imported hydrocarbon oil (within the meaning of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979) or value added tax paid on the importation of such oil which is.
Section 8(1)(b).they.it.
customs duty.duty.
Firearms Act 1968 c. 27
Section 45(2)(b).enactments relating to customs.enactments for the time being in force relating to customs or excise.
Trade Descriptions Act 1968 c. 29
Section 32(b).Customs and Excise Act 1952.Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
International Organisations Act 1968 c. 48
Section 9.customs duty.duty.
Schedule 1, paragraphs 3(1), 4, 9, 10, 16 and 17.customs duties.duties (whether of customs or excise).
Schedule 1, paragraphs 6 and 12.From customs duty to which are.duty (whether of customs or excise) paid on imported hydrocarbon oil (within the meaning of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979) or value added tax paid on the importation of such oil which is.
F9F9F9Medicines Act 1968 c. 67
Section 116(1).section 44 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952.section 49 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Section 116(2).section 56 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952.section 68 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Customs Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act 1969 c. 16
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Finance Act 1969 c. 32
Section 61(3)(a).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Acts 1979.
F20. . .
F20. . .F20. . .F20. . .
Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 c. 10
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F21. . ..F21. . ..
F21. . .F21. . ..F21. . ..
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 c. 38
Section 22(a)(ii).the Customs and Excise Act 1952, that is to say sections 45(1), 56(2) and 304.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, that is to say, sections 50(1) to (4), 68(2) and (3) and 170.
F22F22F22Diplomatic and Other Privileges Act 1971 c. 64
Section 1(1).From customs duty to 1971).duty (whether of customs or excise) paid on imported hydrocarbon oil (within the meaning of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979) or value added tax paid on the importation of such oil.
Section 1(1)(b).customs duty.duty.
F23F23F23F24F24F24European Communities Act 1972 c. 68
Section 6(5).Paragraph (a).(a) the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (as for the time being amended by any later Act) and any other statutory provisions for the time being in force relating generally to customs or excise duties on imported goods; and.
From section 267 to customs duties.section 133 (except sub-section (3) and the reference to that subsection in sub-section (2)) and section 159 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 shall apply as they apply in relation to a drawback of excise duties.
Section 6(6).section 259 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952.section 126 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
F25. . ..F25. . ..F25. . ..
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 c. 37
Schedule 3, paragraph 2(2).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Acts 1979.
Merchant Shipping Act 1974 c. 43
Section 2(9) (in the definition of importer).customs purposes.customs or excise purposes.
Schedule 4, paragraph 1(3).Section 53 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952.Section 65 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Schedule 4, paragraph 2(1)(c).customs Acts which relate to duties of customs.enactments for the time being in force relating to duties (whether of customs or excise) chargeable on goods imported into the United Kingdom.
Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 c. 51
Schedule 4, paragraph 6.Schedule 7 to the Customs and Excise Act 1952.Schedule 3 to the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Paragraph (a).(a) paragraphs 1(2) and 5 shall be omitted;.
Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 c. 66
Section 63(2).section 16 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952.section 22 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 c. 72
Section 1(8).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Section 4(8).section 45 or 304 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952.section 50 or 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Section 5(4) (in the definition of airport).From customs airport to 1952.customs and excise airport as mentioned in section 21(7) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Section 5(4) (in the definition of port).section 13(1).section 19(1).
Finance Act 1977 c. 36
Section 10(5).made by the Commissioners.made by statutory instrument by the Commissioners which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Section 59(3)(a).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.such of the Customs and Excise Acts 1979 as the provision in question requires.
Finance Act 1978 c. 42
Section 80(3)(a).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Part IIEnactments of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
F26F26F26Diseases of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1958 c. 13
Section 52(2) (in the definition of the Customs Acts).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
F27F27F27F28F28F28Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 c. 28
Section 2(2).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Miscellaneous Transferred Excise Duties Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 c. 11
Section 73.the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.

Textual Amendments

F4Entry in Table relating to the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Gp. 6.

F8Entry relating to the Radioactive Substances Act 1948 repealed (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 12, ss. 50, 51, Sch. 6 Pt. I.

F11Sch. 4: Entry in para. 12 Table relating to 1953 c. 36 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2

F17Entries in Table relating to the Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II.

F19Sch. 4: Entries in para. 12 Table relating to 1969 c. 16 repealed (31.7.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 165, Sch. 27 Pt. V(4)

F20Sch. 4: Entry in para. 12 Table relating to 1969 c. 48 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2

F21Sch. 4: Entries in para. 12 Table relating to 1971 c. 10 repealed (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 22, ss. 65, 66(1), Sch. 5 Pt. I (with s. 57(4))

F25Sch. 4: Entry in para. 12 Table relating to 1973 c. 62 repealed (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(4), 168(1), Sch. 12 Pt. I (with Sch. 11 paras. 1, 2)

F26Entry repealed by S.I. 1984/702, (N.I. 2) Sch.

F27Entry repealed by S.I. 1981/1675, (N.I. 26) Sch. 7

F28Entry repealed by S.I. 1981/231, Sch. 11

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