The Customs Safety and Security (Penalty) Regulations 2019

This Statutory Instrument has been made partially in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2003/3113 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Statutory Instruments

2019 No. 121

Customs

The Customs Safety and Security (Penalty) Regulations 2019

Made

29th January 2019

Laid before Parliament

30th January 2019

Coming into force

20th February 2019

The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972(1).

The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs(2) are a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to customs matters of the European Communities(3).

(1)

1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7); paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 and was amended by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 and by S.I. 2007/1388.

(2)

The functions of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise were transferred to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs by section 5(2) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11). Section 50(1) of that Act provides that insofar as it is appropriate in consequence of section 5, a reference to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise shall be taken as a reference to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.

(3)

S.I. 1977/980.