PART 6

Final provisions

Prohibition on collection of certain taxes or duties on behalf of country or territory without reciprocity
54
1
Subject to subsection (2), it shall be unlawful for HMRC to account for any duty of customs or VAT or excise duty collected by HMRC to the government of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.
2
Subsection (1) shall not apply if the Treasury declare by Order that arrangements have been entered into by Her Majesty's Government and that government under which that government will account to HMRC for those duties and taxes collected in that country or territory on a reciprocal basis.
S. 54 excluded (10.6.2021 for specified purposes, 1.7.2021 in so far as not already in force) by 1994 c. 23, Sch. 9ZF para. 13(1)(2) (as inserted by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), s. 95(6)(a), Sch. 18 para. 6); S.I. 2021/770, regs. 3, 4 (with regs. 5-7))