Statutory Instrument 1990 No. 1169

The Pleasure Craft (Arrival and Report) Regulations 1990

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1990 No. 1169

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

The Pleasure Craft (Arrival and Report) Regulations 1990

Made	1st June 1990

Laid before Parliament

11th June 1990

Coming into force

1st July 1990

The Commissioners of Customs and Excise in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 35(4) and 42(1) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979^[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf hereby make the following Regulations:

PART I
preliminary

Citation and commencement
    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Pleasure Craft (Arrival and Report) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st July 1990.

Interpretation
    2.    In these Regulations—
"the Act of 1979" means the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979;
"arrival" means the anchoring, berthing or mooring of a pleasure craft within the limits of a port and "arrive" and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
"duty" means any duty, tax or levy charged on goods imported into the United Kingdom;
"the person responsible" means the person on board a vessel under whose command or subject to whose personal direction it has arrived or is intended to arrive as a pleasure craft;
"the prescribed form" means the form prescribed by the Commissioners for the purpose of these Regulations in directions made under section 35(1) of the Act of 1979;
"pleasure craft" means—
 (a) a vessel which, at the time of its arrival from abroad at a port in the United Kingdom, is being used for private recreational purposes, and of which the total complement, including passengers and crew, does not exceed 12 persons; or
 (b) any vessel which an officer allows, after application is made to him in person or in writing, to be treated as a pleasure craft for the purposes of these Regulations.

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Notes:

[1] 1979 c. 2.

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