Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (17.12.2020 for specified purposes, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by 2018 c. 22, Sch. 7 para. 158(5) (as inserted by Taxation (Post-transition Period) Act 2020 (c. 26), s. 11(1)(e), Sch. 1 para. 10(6) (with Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 9)
C2Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The Customs Miscellaneous Non-fiscal Provisions and Amendments etc. (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1624), regs. 1(2), 7
C3Pt. 1 continued (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Transitional) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1449), regs. 1(2), 3(1)(b); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4Pt. 1 Chapter 2 (ss. 7-19) applied (17.3.2000) by S.I. 2000/426, art. 5
C5Pt. 1 Ch. 2 applied (24.11.2003) by The Channel Tunnel (Alcoholic Liquor and Tobacco Products) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2758), arts. 1, 4(a)
C6Pt. 1 Ch. 2 applied (1.4.2010) by The Channel Tunnel (Alcoholic Liquor and Tobacco Products) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/594), arts. 1, 4(a)
C7Pt. 1 Ch. 2 modified (29.10.2020 for specified purposes, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by S.I. 2018/1248, reg. 29B(8)(a) (as inserted by The Customs (Transitional Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1088), regs. 1(2)(4), 3(5); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.)
C8Pt. 1 Ch. 2 modified (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Managed Transition Procedure) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/487), regs. 1(2)(3), 8(7)(a) (with reg. 11); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.
C9Pt. 1 Ch. 2 modified (31.12.2020) by The Customs (Managed Transition Procedure) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/487), regs. 1(2)(3), 3(7)(a) (with reg. 7); S.I. 2020/1643, reg. 2, Sch.
C10Pt. 1 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) (8.11.2021) by S.I. 2010/593, Pt. 14A reg. 85F (as inserted by The Free Zones (Customs, Excise and Value Added Tax) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1156), regs. 1, 7(2))
(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section, expressions used in this Chapter and in the Management Act have the same meanings in this Chapter as in that Act.
(2)In this Chapter—
“appeal tribunal” shall be construed in accordance with section 7(3) above;
“conduct” includes any act, omission or statement;
“contravention” includes a failure to comply, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
F1...
[F2“HMRC” means Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;]
“the Management Act” means the M1Customs and Excise Management Act 1979;
“relevant duty” [F3means any customs duty] or agricultural levy of the [F4European Union] or any duty of excise; and
“subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in the M2Interpretation Act 1978.
(3)For the purposes of this Chapter a contravention consisting in a failure to do something at or before a particular time shall be taken to continue after that time until the thing is done, and references in this Chapter to the remedying of such a contravention shall be construed accordingly.
(4)References in this Chapter to a duty of excise do not include references to [F5vehicle] excise duty.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 17(2) omitted (13.9.2018 for specified purposes, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(1)(a), Sch. 7 para. 144(a) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2020/1449, reg. 3 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(a)
F2Words in s. 17(2) inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 204
F3Words in s. 17(2) substituted (13.9.2018 for specified purposes, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(1)(a), Sch. 7 para. 144(b) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2020/1449, reg. 3 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(a)
F4Words in Act substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3, 4 (with art. 3(2)(3), 4(2), 6(4)(5))
F5Word in s. 17(4) substituted (1.9.1994 subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 4 of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 22, ss. 63, 66(1), Sch. 3 para. 32 (with s. 57(4))
Commencement Information
I1S. 17 wholly in force at 1.1.1995; s. 17 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 19(1); s. 17 in force for certain purposes at 1.11.1994 by S.I. 1994/2679, art. 2, Sch.; s. 17 in force at 1.1.1995 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 1994/2679, art. 3
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