The Foreign Prison-made Goods Act 1897 (Amendment) Regulations 1988
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2011-07-04
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
The Regulations amend the Foreign Prison-made Goods Act 1897 to accord with Article 30 of the EEC Treaty. Article 30 prohibits quantitative restrictions on imports of goods from other Member States and all measures having equivalent effect. Prison-made goods originating or in free circulation in another Member State are expressly removed from the prohibition in section 1 of the 1897 Act.
1988 No. 1772
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
The Foreign Prison-made Goods Act 1897 (Amendment) Regulations 1988
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the control of the import and export of goods, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section hereby makes the following Regulations:—