PART 7Information and records

Trade: application of information powers in CEMA39

1

Section 77A of CEMA20 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 199121 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 constitutes a contravention of—

a

any prohibition in Part 5 (trade) except the prohibition in regulation 19(1)(export of military goods), or

b

the prohibition in regulation 27 (circumventing etc. prohibitions).