Customs and Excise Management Act 1979

25A F1 Transit sheds U.K.

(1) In this Act, references to a transit shed are to a place approved—

(a) under section 25 above; or

(b) under [F2 Article 51 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 place is a transit shed shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of level 3 on the standard scale.

(3) An officer may at any time enter a transit shed and inspect it and any goods for the time being in the transit shed.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 25 and 25A substituted (1.1.1992) for s. 25 by S.I. 1991/2724, reg. 6(7)

F2 Words in s. 25A(1)(b) substituted (1.1.1994) by 1993/3014, reg. 2(4).