Customs and Excise Management Act 1979

F1 22A Examination stations U.K.

(1) In this Act, references to an examination station are to—

(a) a part of, or a place at, a customs and excise airport approved under section 22 above; or

(b) a place at such an airport specified or approved under [F2 Article 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).

(2) Any person contravening or failing to comply with any condition or restriction attaching to an approval by virtue of which a part of, or place at, a customs and excise airport is an examination station shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of level 3 on the standard scale.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 22 and 22A substituted (01.01.1992) for s. 22 by S.I. 1991/2724, reg. 6(6)

F2 Words in s. 22A(1)(b) substituted (1.1.1994) by S.I. 1993/3014, reg. 2(3).