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The Customs Duties (Repeals) (Appointed Day) Order 1977

Type Statutory-Instrument

Publication 1977-12-07

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Made: 7th December 1977

Coming into Operation: 1st January 1978

The Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred by section 4 of, and Part I of Schedule 3 to, the European Communities Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Customs Duties (Repeals) (Appointed Day) Order 1977 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1978.

(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

2

(1) The repeal of the enactments specified in the Schedule hereto shall take effect on 1st January 1978.

(2) Nothing in the previous paragraph shall affect the operation of the Origin of Goods (Petroleum Products) Regulations 1977[^f00001] or of any direction under section 6 of the Import Duties Act 1958.

SCHEDULE — REPEALS

Short Title	Extent of Repeal
The Import Duties Act 1958	Sections 1 to 3. Section 11. Section 12; except, in subsection (4), the words “fish, whales or other natural produce of the sea, or goods produced or manufactured therefrom at sea, if brought direct to the United Kingdom, are” and paragraphs (a) and (b). Schedule 1. In Schedule 4, paragraph 1.
The Finance Act 1971	Section 1(1) to (3).

Signed

Michael Meacher — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — Department of Trade — 7th December 1977

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order, made under section 4 of, and Part I of Schedule 3, to the European Communities Act 1972, appoints 1st January 1978 for the repeal of certain provisions of the Import Duties Act 1958 and of section 1(1) to (3) of the Finance Act 1971, which are no longer required. By 1st January 1978 import duties under section 1 of the Import Duties Act 1958 will have been replaced by duties charged under section 5 of the European Communities Act 1972.

The Order provides that the repeal of those provisions of the Import Duties Act 1958 shall not affect the continued operation of the origin rules for petroleum products contained in the Origin of Goods (Petroleum Products) Regulations 1977 or of any direction under section 6 of that Act relating to goods qualifying for relief from import duty by virtue of any provision of Schedule 4 to that Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: (1977 II, p. 2701).

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