Part III Customs and Excise Control Areas

F120 Approved wharves

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 F2Article 46 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2913/92(equivalent provision for goods imported on or after 1st January 1992 from a place outside the customs territory of the Community), other than an examination 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.