The Civil Aviation (Customs and Excise Airports) Order 2021

Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 1437

Civil Aviation

The Civil Aviation (Customs and Excise Airports) Order 2021

Made

13th December 2021

Coming into force

1st January 2022

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred in article 219 of the Air Navigation Order 2016(1) and with concurrence of the Commissioners of Revenue and Customs, makes the following Order.

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Customs and Excise Airports) Order 2021 and comes into force on 1st January 2022.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Revocation

2.  The Civil Aviation (Customs and Excise Airports) Order 2001(2) and the Civil Aviation (Customs and Excise Airports) Order 2009(3) are revoked.

Designation of Customs and Excise aerodromes

3.  The following aerodromes are designated as places for the landing or departure of aircraft for the purposes of the enactments for the time being in force relating to customs and excise—

• Aberdeen Airport

• Belfast International Airport

• Biggin Hill Airport

• Birmingham Airport

• Blackpool Airport

• Bournemouth Airport

• Bristol Airport

• Cambridge Airport

• Cardiff Airport

• Coventry Airport

• Doncaster (Sheffield) Airport

• East Midlands Airport

• Edinburgh Airport

• Exeter Airport

• Farnborough Airport

• Filton Airport

• George Best (Belfast City) Airport

• Glasgow Airport

• Humberside Airport

• Inverness Airport

• Leeds Bradford Airport

• Liverpool Airport

• London City Airport

• London Gatwick Airport

• London Heathrow Airport

• London Luton Airport

• London Stansted Airport

• Lydd Airport

• Manchester Airport

• Manston Airport

• Newcastle Airport

• Newquay Airport

• Norwich Airport

• Plymouth Airport

• Prestwick Airport

• Shoreham Airport

• Southampton Airport

• Southend Airport

• Sumburgh Airport

• Teesside Airport

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Robert Courts

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Transport

13th December 2021

We concur

Katherine Green

Angela MacDonald

Two of the Lord Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

8th December 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Civil Aviation (Customs and Excise Airports) Order 2001 (the “2001 Order”) and the Civil Aviation (Customs and Excise Airports) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1605) and replaces them with a new Order which designates certain airports to be places for the landing or departure of aircraft for the purposes of the enactments for the time being in force relating to customs and excise. This Order adds three additional airports for these purposes. These airports are Doncaster (Sheffield) Airport, George Best (Belfast City) Airport and Inverness Airport. The 2001 Order is not available online, however, a copy of it can be obtained by contacting the Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 4DR. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument, as no, or no significant impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

(1)

S.I. 2016/765, amended by S.I. 2019/645. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(2)

Made by Order of 22nd September 2001 and amended by S.I. 2009/1605. The 2001 Order is available on request from the Department for Transport at Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR.

(3)

S.I. 2009/1605.