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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Entry and exit of goods, persons, and craft - Customs places and Customs-controlled areas - Customs-controlled areas

64: Revocation or suspension of licence

You could also call this:

"When the boss of Customs can cancel or stop your licence"

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The chief executive can cancel or stop a licence for a Customs-controlled area if you have not paid the annual fee on time, as set out in section 61(b). They can also cancel or stop a licence if you have not followed the rules or conditions of the licence, as set out in section 61(c), or if the area is not being used for its intended purpose. The chief executive can also cancel or stop a licence if they think you are not a suitable person to hold it, as decided under section 60.

If the chief executive wants to cancel or stop a licence, they must tell you in writing, unless they think there is a good reason not to. If they do cancel or stop a licence, they must tell you in writing about the decision.

You can appeal to a Customs Appeal Authority if you are not happy with the chief executive's decision to cancel or stop a licence, and you must do this within 20 working days of being told about the decision.

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Part 3Entry and exit of goods, persons, and craft
Customs places and Customs-controlled areas: Customs-controlled areas

64Revocation or suspension of licence

  1. The chief executive may revoke or suspend a licence for a Customs-controlled area if—

  2. the licensee has not paid the annual licence fee prescribed for the purposes of section 61(b) (if any) at or within the time the licensee is required to pay it; or
    1. there has been a failure to comply with a term, condition, or restriction imposed under section 61(c); or
      1. the area in respect of which the licence was granted is being used solely for purposes other than the purpose or purposes for which the area is licensed or is not being used for any purpose at all; or
        1. the licensee is no longer an eligible person in relation to the area; or
          1. the chief executive is not satisfied, in accordance with section 60, that the licensee is a fit and proper person to hold the licence.

            1. The chief executive must notify the licensee in writing if the chief executive intends to revoke or suspend a licence.

            2. Subsection (2) does not apply if the chief executive considers that there is good reason not to give notice of the revocation or suspension.

            3. If the chief executive revokes or suspends a licence, the chief executive must notify the licensee in writing of the revocation or suspension.

            4. A person who is dissatisfied with a decision of the chief executive under this section may, within 20 working days after the date on which notice of the decision is given, appeal to a Customs Appeal Authority against that decision.

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