Statutory Instruments
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
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
(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.