Point in time view as at 01/01/1993. This version of this provision has been superseded.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, Section 20.
(1)In this Act, references to an approved wharf are to—
(a)a place approved under section 20 above; or
(b)a place specified or approved under Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4151/88 (equivalent provision for goods imported on or after 1st January 1992 from a place outside the customs territory of the Community), other than an examina-tion station.
(2)Any person contravening or failing to comply with any condition or restriction attaching to an approval by virtue of which a place is an approved wharf shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of level 3 on the standard scale.
(3)An officer may at any time enter an approved wharf and inspect it and any goods for the time being at the wharf.
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 20 and 20(A) substituted (01.01.1992) for s. 20 by S.I. 1991/2724, reg. 6(3)
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