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F1The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
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F2The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
The goods enumerated and described in the following table of prohibitions and restrictions inwards are hereby prohibited to be imported or brought into the United Kingdom, save as thereby excepted . . . F3
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F3Words repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. I
Valid from 05/11/1993
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Indecent or obscene prints, paintings, photographs, books, cards, lithographic or other engravings, or any other indecent or obscene articles.
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[F8Infected cattle, sheep, or other animals, or the carcases thereof, and hides, skins, horns, hoofs, or any other part of cattle, or other animals which the Privy Council may, by order prohibit in order to prevent the dessemination of any contagious distemper.]
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F4Words repealed by Copyright Act 1911 (c. 46), Sch. 2
F5Words repealed by Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45, SIF 39:7), s. 30, Sch. Pt. II
F6Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1883 (c. 39), Finance Act 1929 (c. 21), Sch., Finance Act 1946 (c. 64), Sch. 12 Pt. I, Isle of Man (Customs) Act 1946 (c. 69), s. 1 and Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. I
F7Words repealed by Revenue Act 1883 (c. 55), Sch., Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. I and Hallmarking Act 1973 (c. 43), Sch. 7 Pt. I
F8Words repealed (E.W.)(S.) by Diseases of Animals Act 1975 (c. 40), Sch. 2
F9Words repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. I
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F10S. 43 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV
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F11The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
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F12The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
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F13The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
Every foreign ship proceeding either with cargo or passengers or in ballast on any voyage from one part of the United Kingdom to another, or from the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man to the United Kingdom, or from the United Kingdom to any of the said islands, or from any of the said islands to any other of them, or from any part of any of the said islands to any other part of the same, shall be subject . . . F14to the same laws, rules, and regulations to which British ships when so employed are now subject; but no such foreign ship nor any goods carried therein shall during the time she is so employed, be subject to any higher or other rate of dock, pier, harbour, light, pilotage, tonnage, or other dues, duties, tolls, rates, or other charges whatsoever, or to any other rules as to the employment of pilots, or any other rules or restrictions whatsoever, than British ships employed in like manner or goods carried therein, any law charter special privilege or grant to the contrary notwithstanding; nor shall any body corporate or person having or claiming any right or title to any such higher or other rates dues duties tolls or other charges as aforesaid be entitled to any compensation in respect thereof under any law or statute relating thereto, or otherwise howsoever.
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F14Words repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. I
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F15The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
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F16The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
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F17S. 275 repealed in part by Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (c. 19); residue repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 (c.52)
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F18The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
The Isle of Man shall be deemed and taken to be part of the United Kingdom for all the purposes of the Customs Acts; but nothing herein contained shall prejudice or affect, or be construed in any way, directly or indirectly, to prejudice or affect, any of the rights or privileges legally exercised or enjoyed by the said isle at the time of the passing of this Act.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 277 restricted by Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2), Sch. 7 para. 3
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F19The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
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F21The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
The unrepealed provisions of the M1 Act of the fifty-sixth year of George the Third chapter seventy-three shall apply to and be available by and for the benefit of the officers, clerks, and other persons in the department of the Customs in Scotland and Ireland, and their relatives, as fully and amply as if they had been originally mentioned therein, and the Act made applicable to the United Kingdom instead of England only; and [F22the M2Insurance Companies Act 1974], shall not be deemed to apply to the Customs Annuity and Benevolent Fund.
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F22Words substituted by virtue of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)(a)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2Reference to Ireland to be construed as exclusive of Republic of Ireland: S.R. & O. 1923/405 (Rev.X, p.298; 1923, p.400), art. 2
Marginal Citations
M156 Geo. 3 c.1xxiii.
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F23The whole Act except ss. 42, 43, 141, 275, 277, 283 and 285 repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44), Sch. 12 Pt. 1
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