(1)In this Act, references to a transit shed are to a place approved—
(a)under section 25 above; or
(b)under [F2Article 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 [F3European Union]).
(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
F1Ss. 25 and 25A substituted (1.1.1992) for s. 25 by S.I. 1991/2724, reg. 6(7)
F2Words in s. 25A(1)(b) substituted (1.1.1994) by 1993/3014, reg. 2(4).