Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 1834
CUSTOMS
The Free Zone Designations (Amendments) Order 2006
Made
10th July 2006
Coming into force
1st August 2006
The Treasury make the following order, exercising the powers conferred on them by sections 100A(1); 100A(3) and 100A(4)(b) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979( 1 ):
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Free Zone Designations (Amendments) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st August 2006
Amendments
2. —(1) For paragraph (2) of Article 2 of each of the Free Zone (Southampton) Designation Order 2001( 2 ), the Free Zone (Liverpool) Designation Order 2001( 3 ), the Free Zone (Prestwick Airport) Designation Order 2001( 4 ), the Free Zone (Port of Tilbury) Designation Order 2002( 5 ), the Free Zone (Port of Sheerness) Designation Order 2004( 6 ), substitute—
“ (2) The map shall be kept by the Commissioners and a copy of the map shall be kept at the offices of the responsible authority. ”
3. —(1) For Article 3 of each of the Free Zone (Liverpool) Designation Order 2001 and the Free Zone (Port of Sheerness) Designation Order 2004 substitute—
“ 3. The responsible authority for the free zone shall be the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, whose Head Office is at Maritime Centre, Port of Liverpool, Liverpool, L21 1LA. ”
Frank Roy
Dave Watts
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
10th July 2006
1979 c. 2 ; section 100A was inserted by the Finance Act 1984 (c. 43) section 8 and Schedule 4, Part 1.
S.I. 2001/2880 .
S.I. 2001/2881 .
S.I. 2001/2882 .
S.I. 2002/1418 .
S.I. 2004/2742 .
The functions of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise were transferred to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs by section 5(2) 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.