The Northern Ireland (Prescribed Area) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

Statutory Instruments

1992 No. 1820

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

The Northern Ireland (Prescribed Area) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

Made

21st July 1992

Laid before Parliament

29th July 1992

Coming into force

31st August 1992

The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in the exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 1(1) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Northern Ireland (Prescribed Area) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 31st August 1992.

2.  In Regulation 2 of the Northern Ireland (Prescribed Area) Regulations 1987(2) for the words “twenty miles ” there shall be substituted the words “32.18 kilometres”.

Alexander W. Russell

Commissioner of Customs and Excise

New King’s Beam House 22 Upper Ground London SE1 9PJ

21st July 1992

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations delineate the area in Northern Ireland adjoining the land boundary and referred to in the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 as the “prescribed area ”. Within this area the Act provides control powers to assist in counteracting import and export smuggling.

This change is made in order to comply with Council Directive 80/181/EEC (OJ No. L39, 15.2.80, p.40) as amended by Council Directive 89/617/EEC (OJ No. L357, 7.12.89, p.28), which requires Member States to replace references in legislation to most imperial measurements by metric counterparts.

(1)

1979 c. 2; section 1(1) defines “the Commissioners ” as meaning the Commissioners of Customs and Excise; the power to make these Regulations is conferred under the definition of “prescribed area ”.

(2)

S.I. 1987/2114.