The Customs Duties (Repeals) (Appointed Day) Order 1976

Statutory Instruments

1976 No. 1304 (C.37)

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

The Customs Duties (Repeals) (Appointed Day) Order 1976

Made

10th August 1976

Coming into Operation

1st September 1976

The Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred by section 4 of, and Part I of Schedule 3 to, the European Communities Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Customs Duties (Repeals) (Appointed Day) Order 1976 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1976.

(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

2.  The repeal of the enactments specified in the Schedule hereto shall take effect on 1st September 1976.

Michael Meacher

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department of Trade

10th August 1976

SCHEDULE REPEALS

SHORT TITLE	EXTENT OF REPEAL
The Import Duties Act 1958	Section 5(5) Section 7(1)(c) with the preceding “and” Section 16(3) Schedules 2 and 6
The European Free Trade Association Act 1960	The whole Act
The Finance Act 1965	Section 2, except subsection (5)
The Finance Act 1966	Section 1(6) Section 9

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order, made under section 4 of, and Part I of Schedule 3 to, the European Communities Act 1972, appoints 1st September 1976 for the repeal of certain provisions of the Import Duties Act 1958 and of the Finance Acts 1965 and 1966 and the whole of the European Free Trade Association Act 1960, which are no longer required.