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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1996 No. 292

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

The Police and Criminal Evidence (Application to Customs and Excise) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996

Made

18th July 1996

Laid before Parliament

18th July 1996

Coming into force

1st September 1996

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Article 85(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989(1) hereby make the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Police and Criminal Evidence (Application to Customs and Excise) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1996.

2.  The Police and Criminal Evidence (Application to Customs and Excise) Order (Northern Ireland) 1989(2) shall be amended as follows:

(a)In Schedule 2, Part I, Column 2 for the word “grade” there shall be substituted the word “title”.

(b)For Schedule 2, Part II there shall be substituted the following:—

“Equivalent titles of officers

Where in the 1989 Order, an act or thing is to be done by a constable or police officer of the rank specified in column 1 below, that same act or thing shall, in the application of the 1989 Order to Customs and Excise, be done by an officer of at least an equivalent title specified in column 2 below—

Column 1Column 2
Rank of constable or police officerTitle of officer

The abbreviations used in Column 2 above shall have the following meaning:—

  • “PSD” shall mean “Passenger Services Division”

  • “EFIT” shall mean “Excise Fraud Investigation Team”

  • “EVO” shall mean “Excise Verification Officer”

  • “EVU” shall mean “Excise Verification Unit”

  • “LVOIT” shall mean “Local Value Added Tax Office Investigation Team”.

The job bands referred to in Column 2 above are as set from time to time by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise”.

superintendent

Anti-Smuggling Manager;

Cargo Operational Team Manager;

Investigation Team Leader;

PSD Operations Manager; or any other officer within job band 9

inspector/chief inspector

Anti-Smuggling Team Leader;

Cargo Team Leader (2);

EFIT Team Leader;

EVU Team Leader;

LVOIT Officer (2);

PSD Team Manager;

Road Fuel Control Officer;

Specialist Investigator (3); or any other officer within job bands 7 or 8

sergeant

Anti-Smuggling Officer (2);

Cargo Team Leader (1);

Cargo Team Member (3);

Drug Dog Unit Team Leader;

EFIT Team Member;

EVO (2);

LVOIT Officer (1);

PSD Team Member (1);

Road Fuel Testing Officer;

Specialist Investigator (1); or any other officer within job bands 5 or 6

Derek Conway

Simon Burns

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

Dated 18th July 1996

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

In consequence of the abolition of certain civil service grades and the introduction of job titles and a pay-band system for officers of HM Customs and Excise, this Order amends the Police and Criminal Evidence (Application to Customs and Excise) Order (Northern Ireland) 1989 by applying the equivalent job titles and pay-banding, as appropriate, of officers of HM Customs and Excise to equivalent ranks of constables and police officers.