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Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979
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Relief for goods for Her Majesty’s shipsU.K.
12 Supply of duty-free goods to Her Majesty’s ships.U.K.
(1)The Treasury may by regulations provide that, subject to any prescribed conditions, goods of any description specified in the regulations which are supplied either—
(a)to any ship of the Royal Navy in commission of a description so specified, for the use of persons serving in that ship, being persons borne on the books of that or some other ship of the Royal Navy or a naval establishment; or
(b)to the Secretary of State, for the use of persons serving in ships of the Royal Navy or naval establishments,
shall for all or any purposes of any excise duty or drawback in respect of those goods be treated as exported, and a person supplying or intending to supply goods as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above shall be treated accordingly as exporting or intending to export them.
(2)Regulations made under this section with respect to goods of any description may regulate or provide for regulating the quantity allowed to any ship or establishment, the manner in which they are to be obtained and their use or distribution.
(3)The regulations may—
(a)contain such other incidental or supplementary provisions as appear to the Treasury to be necessary for the purposes of this section, including any adaptations of the customs and excise Acts; and
(b)make different provision in relation to different cases, and in particular in relation to different classes or descriptions of goods or of ships or establishments.
(4)In subsection (1) above “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under this section or, in pursuance of any such regulations, by the Commissioners after consulation with the Secretary of State.
(5)Before making any regulations under this section, the Treasury shall consult with the Secretary of State and with the Commissioners.
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F1S. 12(6) omitted (13.9.2018 for specified purposes, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(1)(a), Sch. 7 para. 130 (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2020/1449, reg. 3 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(a)
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