Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 3131
STATISTICS OF TRADE
THE STATISTICS OF TRADE (CUSTOMS AND EXCISE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2003
Made
3rd December 2003
Laid before Parliament
4th December 2003
Coming into force
1st January 2004
The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 1 ) being the department designated( 2 ) for the purpose of that subsection in relation 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 of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Statistics of Trade (Customs and Excise) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 1st January 2004.
2. The Statistics of Trade (Customs and Excise) Regulations 1992( 3 )shall be amended in accordance with regulation 3 below.
3. β(1) In regulation 3(1) for βΒ£233,000β, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted βΒ£221,000β.
(2) In paragraphs (6) and (7) of regulation 4, for βΒ£13,500,000β there shall be substituted βΒ£14,000,000β.
Ray McAfee
Commissioner of Customs and Excise
New Kingβs Beam House, 22 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PJ
Date 3rd December 2003