TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS CUSTOMS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 2014 (Ordinance 1 of 2014) ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION
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Short title and commencement Interpretation Section 115A amended Section 116 amended
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TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS CUSTOMS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 2014 (Ordinance 1 of 2014)
Assent………………………………………………….4th February 2014 Publication in Gazette……………………………….7th February 2014 Commencement…………………………In accordance with section 1 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CUSTOMS ORDINANCE; AND FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES.
ENACTED by the Legislature of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Short title and commencement 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Customs (Amendment) Ordinance 2014 and shall come into operation on such day as the Governor may appoint by Notice published in the Gazette.
Interpretation 2. In this Ordinance the “principal Ordinance” means the Customs Ordinance.
Section 115A amended 3. Section 115A of the principal Ordinance is amended— (a) in subsection (1) by substituting the concluding paragraph with— “shall keep or cause to be kept in the Islands, in the English language and in the currency of the Islands, all documents, books, records, including computer records; and any information relating to those
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goods, for a period of not less than five years from the date of import, export or carriage coastwise of those goods.”; and (b) in subsections (2) and (3) by repealing “$5,000” and substituting with “$10,000”.
Section 116 amended 4. Section 116 of the principal Ordinance is amended— (a) in subsection (1)(a) by repealing “as the officer” and substituting with “as the Collector”; (b) by repealing subsection (2) and substituting with— “(2) The Collector may— (a) take possession of and retain any document, book or record or other information, presented in connection with any entry or, required to be produced under this Ordinance; and (b) require evidence to be produced to his satisfaction in support of any information provided by virtue of this Ordinance in respect of any goods imported, exported or carried coastwise, or in respect of which any repayment of duty is claimed.”; (c) by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection— “(2a)Notwithstanding subsection (2), where the Collector requires original invoices or certificates of origin, or both, to be produced for imported or exported goods, the Collector may— (a) require such invoices or certificates of origin, or both, to be submitted in duplicate; or (b) retain the originals if such invoices or certificates of origin, or both, are not submitted in duplicate.”; (d) in subsection (3) by repealing “$5,000” and substituting with “$20,000”; and (e) by inserting after subsection (5) the following subsection— “(6) The Minister may by Order prescribe the type of documents, books, records and information to be kept under this Ordinance, and the form and manner in which they are to be kept.”. __________________________
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