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12U.K.In the enactments specified in the following Table, for so much of the provision in column 1 as is specified in column 2 there shall be substituted the words in column 3.

TABLE
Part I Enactments of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Section or ScheduleWords or provision replacedReplacement
F1...
Naval Prize Act 1864 c. 25
Section 47.duties of Customs.duties chargeable on imported goods (whether of customs or excise).
the Customs (twice).customs or excise.
Sections 48 and 48A.relating to the Customs.relating to customs or excise.
Section 49.duties of Customs.duties (whether of customs or excise) chargeable on imported goods.
Explosives Act 1875 c. 17
Section 40(9)(e).the Customs (twice).customs or excise.
Section 43.the Customs (twice).customs or excise.
F2. . .
F2. . .F2. . .F2. . .
Stamp Duties Management Act 1891 c. 38
Section 23.duty of excise.duty of excise other than a duty of excise chargeable on goods imported into the United Kingdom.
F3. . .F3. . .F3. . .
Foreign Prison-Made Goods Act 1897 c. 63
Section 1 (as originally enacted).From the beginning to following.The importation of the following goods is prohibited.
Revenue Act 1898 c. 46
Section 1 (as originally enacted).From the beginning to following.The importation of the following articles is prohibited.
Finance Act 1901 c. 7
Section 10.customs import duty (in three places).customs duty.
F4. . .
F4. . .F4. . .F4. . .
F5...
F6...
[F7Diseases of Fish Act 1937 c. 33]
Section 1(2).the Customs Acts.the enactments for the time being in force relating to customs or excise.
Trade Marks Act 1938 c. 22
Section 64A(5).section 11 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952.section 17 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
customs.duties (whether of customs or excise) charged on imported goods
Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 1939 c. 69
Sections 1(4) and 3(1).enactments relating to customs.enactments for the time being in force relating to customs or excise.
Section 1(5) (as originally enacted).section eleven of the Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1879.section 145 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Section 9(2).Customs Consolidation Act 1876, and the enactments amending that Act.Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
F8...F8...F8...
F9. . ...
Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act 1949 c. 43
Section 24(5).the Customs Consolidation Act 1876.section 35 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
F10...
F11...
F12. . .
F12. . .F12. . .F12. . .
F12. . .F12. . .F12. . .
F13...
F14...
Food and Drugs (Scotland) Act 1956 c. 30
Section 58(1) (in the definition of importation).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
F15...F15...F15...
F16...F16...F16...
Isle of Man Act 1958 c. 11
Section 2(4).duties of customs (in four places).duties of customs or excise.
Dog Licences Act 1959 c. 55
Section 15(1).From section three hundred and thirteen to dog licences).section 176(2) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (which makes provision for the application of certain provisions of that Act to game licences and duties thereon and is applied by section 16(5) below).
Section 16(5).From the beginning to the said section three hundred and thirteen.Subsections (1) to (3) of section 176 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (which make provision for the application of certain provisions of that Act to game licences and duties thereon), and any order made by the Treasury under that section,.
From duties transferred under section six to the said Act of 1908.duties on licences to kill and to deal in game and to local authorities and their officers with respect to those duties and licences, and the reference in the said subsection (3) to the Order in Council made under section 6 of the Finance Act 1908.
Finance Act 1961 c. 36
Section 37(3).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
F17...
F18. . .
F18. . .F18. . .F18. . .
F19. . .F19. . .F19. . .
Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964 c. 81
Section 7(1)(b).customs duties.duties (whether of customs or excise) chargeable on imported goods.
F20...F20...F20...
Finance Act 1966 c. 18
Section 2(13)(b).section 11 of the Act of 1952.section 17 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Section 53(2).From Customs and Excise Act 1952 to that Act.Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Schedule 1, paragraph 4.Act of 1952.Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
that Act.the Customs and Excise Acts 1979.
section 270.section 135.
section 271(1).section 136(1) and (2).
section 301(2).section 167(4).
Plant Health Act 1967 c. 8
Section 2(2).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Finance Act 1967 c. 54
Section 7(8)(b).sections 281 and 287 of the Act of 1952.sections 145 and 151 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
the excise Acts (twice).the customs and excise Acts.
Section 45(3)(a).From Customs and Excise Act 1952 to that Act.Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
F21. . .
F21. . .F21. . .F21. . .
F21. . .F21. . .F21. . .
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968 c. 2
Section 3(3).the excise Acts.the revenue trade provisions of the customs and excise Acts.
Section 3(5).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Section 4.duty of customs or excise.duty of excise.
Consular Relations Act 1968 c. 18
Section 8(1).From customs duty to which are.duty (whether of customs or excise) paid on imported hydrocarbon oil (within the meaning of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979) or value added tax paid on the importation of such oil which is.
Section 8(1)(b).they.it.
customs duty.duty.
Firearms Act 1968 c. 27
Section 45(2)(b).enactments relating to customs.enactments for the time being in force relating to customs or excise.
F22. . .
F22. . .F22. . .F22. . .
International Organisations Act 1968 c. 48
Section 9.customs duty.duty.
Schedule 1, paragraphs 3(1), 4, 9, 10, 16 and 17.customs duties.duties (whether of customs or excise).
Schedule 1, paragraphs 6 and 12.From customs duty to which are.duty (whether of customs or excise) paid on imported hydrocarbon oil (within the meaning of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979) or value added tax paid on the importation of such oil which is.
F10...F10...F10...
Medicines Act 1968 c. 67
Section 116(1).section 44 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952.section 49 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Section 116(2).section 56 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952.section 68 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Customs Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act 1969 c. 16
F23. . ..F23. . ..F23. . ..
F23 . . ..F23. . ..
F23. . ..F23. . ..
F23. . .F23. . ..F23. . ..
F23. . . . . ..F23. . ..F23. . ..
Finance Act 1969 c. 32
Section 61(3)(a).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Acts 1979.
F24. . .
F24. . .F24. . .F24. . .
Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 c. 10
F25. . ..F25. . ..F25. . ...
F25. . .F25. . ..F25. . ..
F25. . ..F25. . ..
F25. . .F25. . ..F25. . ..
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 c. 38
Section 22(a)(ii).the Customs and Excise Act 1952, that is to say sections 45(1), 56(2) and 304.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, that is to say, sections 50(1) to (4), 68(2) and (3) and 170.
F26...F26...F26...
Diplomatic and Other Privileges Act 1971 c. 64
Section 1(1).From customs duty to 1971).duty (whether of customs or excise) paid on imported hydrocarbon oil (within the meaning of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979) or value added tax paid on the importation of such oil.
Section 1(1)(b).customs duty.duty.
F27...F27...F27...
F28...F28...F28...
F29. . .
F29. . .F29. . .F29. . .
F29. . .F29. . .
F29. . .F29. . .F29. . .
F30. . ..F30. . ..F30. . ..
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 c. 37
Schedule 3, paragraph 2(2).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Acts 1979.
Merchant Shipping Act 1974 c. 43
Section 2(9) (in the definition of importer).customs purposes.customs or excise purposes.
Schedule 4, paragraph 1(3).Section 53 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952.Section 65 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Schedule 4, paragraph 2(1)(c).customs Acts which relate to duties of customs.enactments for the time being in force relating to duties (whether of customs or excise) chargeable on goods imported into the United Kingdom.
Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 c. 51
Schedule 4, paragraph 6.Schedule 7 to the Customs and Excise Act 1952.Schedule 3 to the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Paragraph (a).(a) paragraphs 1(2) and 5 shall be omitted;.
Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 c. 66
Section 63(2).section 16 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952.section 22 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 c. 72
Section 1(8).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Section 4(8).section 45 or 304 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952.section 50 or 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Section 5(4) (in the definition of airport).From customs airport to 1952.customs and excise airport as mentioned in section 21(7) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Section 5(4) (in the definition of port).section 13(1).section 19(1).
Finance Act 1977 c. 36
Section 10(5).made by the Commissioners.made by statutory instrument by the Commissioners which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Section 59(3)(a).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.such of the Customs and Excise Acts 1979 as the provision in question requires.
Finance Act 1978 c. 42
Section 80(3)(a).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Part IIEnactments of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
F31...F31...F31...
Diseases of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1958 c. 13
Section 52(2) (in the definition of the Customs Acts).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
F32...F32...F32...
F33...F33...F33...
Plant Health Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 c. 28
Section 2(2).the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.
Miscellaneous Transferred Excise Duties Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 c. 11
Section 73.the Customs and Excise Act 1952.the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979.

Textual Amendments

F2Sch. 4 para. 12: entry repealed (21.7.2008) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008 (c. 12), Sch. 1 Pt. 8

F3Entry in Table relating to the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Gp. 6.

F7Words in Sch. 4 para. 12 omitted (E.W.) (27.3.2009) by virtue of The Aquatic Animal Health (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/463), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 4 (with reg. 2(2)); and words in Sch. 4 para. 12 omitted (S.) (27.3.2009) by virtue of The Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/85), reg. 1(2)(c), sch. 2 para. 5 (with reg. 2.)

F9Entry relating to the Radioactive Substances Act 1948 repealed (27.8.1993) by 1993 c. 12, ss. 50, 51, Sch. 6 Pt. I.

F12Sch. 4: Entry in para. 12 Table relating to 1953 c. 36 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2

F18Sch. 4 para. 12: entry repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2) (with art. 4)

F19Entries in Table relating to the Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II.

F21Words in Sch. 4 para. 2 repealed (25.6.2013) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(2), Sch. 21 para. 2

F23Sch. 4: Entries in para. 12 Table relating to 1969 c. 16 repealed (31.7.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 165, Sch. 27 Pt. V(4)

F24Sch. 4: Entry in para. 12 Table relating to 1969 c. 48 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2

F25Sch. 4: Entries in para. 12 Table relating to 1971 c. 10 repealed (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 22, ss. 65, 66(1), Sch. 5 Pt. I (with s. 57(4))

F30Sch. 4: Entry in para. 12 Table relating to 1973 c. 62 repealed (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(4), 168(1), Sch. 12 Pt. I (with Sch. 11 paras. 1, 2)

F31Entry repealed by S.I. 1984/702, (N.I. 2) Sch.

F32Entry repealed by S.I. 1981/1675, (N.I. 26) Sch. 7

F33Entry repealed by S.I. 1981/231, Sch. 11

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