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Statutory Instruments
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
Made
9th October 1970
Laid before the House of Commons
15th October 1970
Coming into Operation
16th October 1970
Whereas it appears to the Treasury expedient that the relief from import duties provided by this Order should be allowed with a view to conforming with an agreement concerning co-operation in defence satellite communications which has been made between Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Government of the United States of America and entered into force on 1st April 1970:
Now therefore, the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 5 of the Import Duties Act 1958, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, on the recommendation of the Board of Trade hereby make the following Order:-
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Import Duty Reliefs (No. 2) Order 1970.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
(3) This Order shall come into operation on 16th October 1970.
2. Payment shall not be required of any import duty chargeable on goods in the case of which it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise that they are imported solely for purposes connected with the carrying into effect of the said agreement.
David Howell
Bernard Weatherill
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
9th October 1970
This Order provides for relief from import duty on goods imported under arrangements with the United States of America regarding co-operation in defence satellite communications.
