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X1The text of ss.42, 43 was taken from S.I.F. Group 40:3 (Customs and Excise: Import and Export Controls), s. 141 from S.I.F. Group 111 (Shipping), and ss.277, 285 from S.I.F. Group 40:1: (Customs and Excise: Customs and Excise Duties); provisions omitted from S.I.F. have been dealt with as referred to in other commentary.
X2This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Short title given by s. 290 of this Act
Commencement Information
I1Act wholly in force at Royal Assent.
1–38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1U.K.
Textual Amendments
F1The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
As to the Importation, Prohibition, Entry, Examination, Landing, and Warehousing of GoodsU.K.
39–41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2U.K.
Textual Amendments
F2The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
F342 Prohibitions and restrictions.U.K.
The goods enumerated and described in the following table of prohibitions and restrictions inwards are hereby prohibited to be imported or brought into the United Kingdom, F4. . . . . . F5
Textual Amendments
F3 By Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12), Sch. 2 para. 1 it is provided (21.7.2008) that the words "All articles bearing or having affixed to them any stamp, name, writing, or other device implying or tending to imply any sanction or guarantee by the Customs or by any other Department of the Government." are inserted in the Table of prohibitions and restrictions inwards as the first entry under the heading “Goods prohibited to be imported”
F4Words in s. 42 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Group1.
F5Words repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. I
A Table of Prohibition and Restrictions InwardsU.K. Goods prohibited to be imported
Table of prohibitions and restrictions.U.K.
. . . F6
. . . F7
. . . F8
Indecent or obscene prints, paintings, photographs, books, cards, lithographic or other engravings, or any other indecent or obscene articles.
. . . F9
[F10Infected cattle, sheep, or other animals, or the carcases thereof, and hides, skins, horns, hoofs, or any other part of cattle, or other animals which the Privy Council may, by order prohibit in order to prevent the dessemination of any contagious distemper.]
. . . F11
Textual Amendments
F6Words repealed by Copyright Act 1911 (c. 46), Sch. 2
F7Words repealed by Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45, SIF 39:7), s. 30, Sch. Pt. II
F8Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (c. 39), Finance Act 1929 (c. 21), Sch., Finance Act 1946 (c. 64), Sch. 12 Pt. I, Isle of Man (Customs) Act 1946 (c. 69), s. 1 and Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. I
F9Words repealed by Revenue Act 1883 (c. 55), Sch., Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. I and Hallmarking Act 1973 (c. 43), Sch. 7 Pt. I
F10Words repealed (E.W.)(S.) by Diseases of Animals Act 1975 (c. 40), Sch. 2
F11Words repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. I
43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12U.K.
Textual Amendments
F12S. 43 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV
44–49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13U.K.
Textual Amendments
F13The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
50–139. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14U.K.
Textual Amendments
F14The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
As to Coasting TradeU.K.
140. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15U.K.
Textual Amendments
F15The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
141 Foreign ships in coasting trade subject to same rules as British ships. Foreign ships employed in the coasting trade not to be subject to higher rates than British ships.U.K.
Every foreign ship proceeding either with cargo or passengers or in ballast on any voyage from one part of the United Kingdom to another, or from the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man to the United Kingdom, or from the United Kingdom to any of the said islands, or from any of the said islands to any other of them, or from any part of any of the said islands to any other part of the same, shall be subject . . . F16to the same laws, rules, and regulations to which British ships when so employed are now subject; but no such foreign ship nor any goods carried therein shall during the time she is so employed, be subject to any higher or other rate of dock, pier, harbour, light, pilotage, tonnage, or other dues, duties, tolls, rates, or other charges whatsoever, or to any other rules as to the employment of pilots, or any other rules or restrictions whatsoever, than British ships employed in like manner or goods carried therein, any law charter special privilege or grant to the contrary notwithstanding; nor shall any body corporate or person having or claiming any right or title to any such higher or other rates dues duties tolls or other charges as aforesaid be entitled to any compensation in respect thereof under any law or statute relating thereto, or otherwise howsoever.
Textual Amendments
F16Words repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. I
142–148. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17U.K.
Textual Amendments
F17The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
149–274. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18U.K.
Textual Amendments
F18The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
275. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19U.K.
Textual Amendments
F19S. 275 repealed in part by Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (c. 19); residue repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c.52)
276. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20U.K.
Textual Amendments
F20The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
As to the Isle of ManU.K.
277 Isle of Man deemed part of United Kingdom for Customs purposes. U.K.
The Isle of Man shall be deemed and taken to be part of the United Kingdom for all the purposes of the Customs Acts; but nothing herein contained shall prejudice or affect, or be construed in any way, directly or indirectly, to prejudice or affect, any of the rights or privileges legally exercised or enjoyed by the said isle at the time of the passing of this Act.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 277 restricted by Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2), Sch. 7 para. 3
278–282. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21U.K.
Textual Amendments
F21The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
283. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22U.K.
MiscellaneousU.K.
284. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23U.K.
Textual Amendments
F23The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
285 Customs fund available for officers of the United Kingdom, and the Life Assurance Companies Act shall not apply to that fund. U.K.
The unrepealed provisions of the M1 Act of the fifty-sixth year of George the Third chapter seventy-three shall apply to and be available by and for the benefit of the officers, clerks, and other persons in the department of the Customs in Scotland and Ireland, and their relatives, as fully and amply as if they had been originally mentioned therein, and the Act made applicable to the United Kingdom instead of England only; F24. . ..
Textual Amendments
F24Words in s. 285 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. V Group2.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3Reference to Ireland to be construed as exclusive of Republic of Ireland: S.R. & O. 1923/405 (Rev.X, p.298; 1923, p.400), art. 2
Marginal Citations
M156 Geo. 3. c. 1xxiii.
286–290. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F25U.K.
Textual Amendments
F25The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULES A–CU.K. . . . F26
Textual Amendments
F26The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
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