The Import of Goods (Control) (Amendment) Order 1978

Made: 1st June 1978

Coming into Operation: 3rd July 1978

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 1939 and now vested in him[^f00001], hereby orders as follows:

1

• (1) This Order may be cited as the Import of Goods (Control) (Amendment) Order 1978 and shall come into operation on 3rd July 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

The Import of Goods (Control) Order 1954, as amended[^f00002], shall have effect as if there were added as Article 2A the following:

(2A) (1) Any licence granted under Article 2 permitting goods to be imported for transit or transhipment may be granted subject to either or both of the following conditions: (a) that the goods shall be exported to a specified destination; (b) that the goods shall be exported within a specified time. (2) If any goods are imported under the authority of such a licence and any such condition imposed by the licence is contravened or not complied with, then the goods shall be liable to forfeiture.

Signed

G.R. Sunderland — An Assistant Secretary — Department of Trade — 1st June 1978

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order further amends the Import of Goods (Control) Order 1954. It makes it clear that an import licence for transit or transhipment can be granted on condition that goods are exported to a specified destination or within a specified time and provides that if any such condition imposed by a licence is contravened or not complied with the goods shall be liable to forfeiture.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: See S.I. 1970/1537.

[^f00002]: The amending Orders are not relevant to the subject matter of this Order.