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HM Customs and Excise: Import Duties Act 1958 and new Customs Tariff: collection...

Catalogue reference: CUST 154

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CUST 154

These papers record the preparation of the Import Duties Act, 1958 and the introduction of the new Customs Tariff based on the Brussels Nomenclature

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Reference

CUST 154

Title
HM Customs and Excise: Import Duties Act 1958 and new Customs Tariff: collection of principal papers
Date

1949-1963

Description

These papers record the preparation of the Import Duties Act, 1958 and the introduction of the new Customs Tariff based on the Brussels Nomenclature

Related material

There are some references in: CUST 118

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Board of Customs and Excise, Secretaries' Office, 1909-1909
Physical description

19 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

In 2002 Board of Customs and Excise

Subjects
Topics
Taxation
Trade and commerce
Accruals

No further accruals

Selection and destruction information

Series preserved intact. Whilst it is probable that some items in the collection exist elsewhere, the collection itself is probably unique in that it draws together all aspects of this important legislation. Shows policy and administrative processes. (2.2.1.2, 2.2.2.1)

Administrative / biographical background

HM Customs and Excise was created in 1909 by the merger of the Board of Customs with the Board of Excise (Inland Revenue). The Secretaries' Office was the administrative and executive organisation through which the Board of Customs and Excise discharged its functions.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15710/

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