Customs and Excise Management Act 1979

156 Saving for outlying enactments of certain general provisions as to offences. U.K.

(1) In subsections (2), (3) and (4) below (which reproduce certain enactments not required as general provisions for the purposes of the enactments re-enacted in the Customs and Excise Acts 1979) “the outlying provisions of the customs and excise Acts” means—

(a) the M1 Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1972, as for the time being amended; and

(b) all other provisions of the customs and excise Acts, as for the time being amended, which were passed before the commencement of this Act and are not re-enacted in the Customs and Excise Acts 1979.

(2) It is hereby declared that any act or omission in respect of which a pecuniary penalty (however described) is imposed by any of the outlying provisions of the customs and excise Acts is an offence under that provision; and accordingly in this Part of this Act any reference to an offence under the customs and excise Acts includes a reference to such an act or omission.

(3) Subject to any express provision made by the enactment in question, an offence under any of the outlying provisions of the customs and excise Acts—

(a) where it is punishable with imprisonment for a term of 2 years, with or without a pecuniary penalty, shall be punishable either on summary conviction or on conviction on indictment;

(b) in any other case, shall be punishable on summary conviction.

[F1 F2 (4) The maximum term of imprisonment which may be imposed on summary conviction in the sheriff court of an offence under any of the outlying provisions of the customs and excise Acts shall be 6 months.

(5) Where, in Scotland, an offence under any of the outlying provisions of the customs and excise Acts is triable only summarily by virtue of subsection (3)(b) above, the penalty for the offence shall be that to which a person was liable on summary conviction of the offence immediately before 29th July 1977 (the date of the passing of the Criminal Law Act M2 1977) subject to any increase by virtue of section 289C(5) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act M3 1975 or Part IV of the Criminal Justice Act 1982.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 156(4)(5) substituted for s. 156(4) by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 77, Sch. 14 para. 43(b)

F2 Words repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 77, 78, Sch. 14 para. 43(a), Sch. 16

Marginal Citations

M1 1972 c. 25.

M2 1977 c. 45(39:3).

M3 1975 c. 21(39:1).