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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

72: Storage charges

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"Paying for storing goods in a Customs area"

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When you have goods stored in a Customs-controlled area, you might have to pay storage charges. Regulations can say when the person in charge of the area cannot charge you for storing your imported goods. This can be for certain situations or for specific periods of time. You can find more information about this by looking at the relevant section of the law.

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

72Storage charges

  1. Regulations may prescribe any of the following:

  2. circumstances in which the licensee of a Customs-controlled area must not make charges for the reception or storage of imported goods in that area:
    1. periods in respect of which the licensee of a Customs-controlled area must not make charges for the reception or storage of imported goods in that area.

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