Statutory Instruments
Statistics Of Trade
Made
5th March 2008
Laid before Parliament
5th March 2008
Coming into force
1st April 2008
The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs(1) are the department designated(2) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(3) in relation to measures relating to the receipt, regulation and control of statistics relating to the trading of goods between the United Kingdom and other Member States of the Communities, and in exercise of the powers conferred by that section they make the following Regulations:
The functions of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise were transferred to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs by section 5 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c.11). Section 50(1) of that Act provides that a reference to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise shall be taken as a reference to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
By article 2 of and the Schedule to the European Communities (Designation) Order 1992, S.I.1992/707.