PART 7Information and records
Trade: application of information powers in CEMA46
1
Section 77A of CEMA19 applies in relation to a person carrying on a relevant activity as it applies in relation to a person concerned in the importation or exportation of goods but as if—
a
in subsection (1), the reference to a person concerned in the importation or exportation of goods for which for that purpose an entry is required by regulation 5 of the Customs Controls on Importation of Goods Regulations 199120 or an entry or specification is required by or under CEMA were to a person carrying on a relevant activity;
b
any other reference to importation or exportation were to a relevant activity;
c
any other reference to goods were to the goods, technology, services or funds to which the relevant activity relates.
2
For the purposes of paragraph (1), a “relevant activity” means an activity which would, unless done under the authority of a trade licence, constitute a contravention of—
a
any prohibition in Chapter 2 or 3 of Part 5 (Trade) except the prohibition in regulation 23(1), or
b
the prohibition in regulation 31 (circumventing etc prohibitions).