AI-assisted research summary: This law amends Jersey oils and spirits duty laws and lets certain Impôts officers take fuel samples from road vehicles on public highways.
Jersey Law 3/1995 FINANCE (No. 3) (JERSEY) LAW 1995 ____________ A LAW to amend the Laws relating to oils and spirits duty; sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the 2nd day of NOVEMBER 1994 ____________ (Registered on the 20th day of January 1995) ____________ STATES OF JERSEY ____________ The 1st day of February 1994 ____________ T HE STATES , subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law – ARTICLE 1 In the “Loi (1940) autorisant la perception d’un impôt sur certaines huiles et essences”, as amended, 1 in both sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) of Article 3A and Article 5 the words “ou d’un navire ou un avion” shall be deleted. ARTICLE 2 In the Revenue Duty on Oils and Spirits (Administration) (Jersey) Law 1940, as amended 1 – (a) in paragraph (1) of Article 15 the words “, ship or aircraft” shall be deleted; (b) for Article 18 there shall be substituted the following Article – “ARTICLE 18 The Agent, Sub-Agents and other officers of the Impôts shall be entitled to take samples of the contents of the fuel tank of any road vehicle propelled by an internal combustion engine, when on a public highway, in order to assure themselves that no offence under this Law or under the Tax Law is being or has been committed.”. (c) in Article 37 – (i) for the semi-colon at the end of the definition of the expression “dutiable goods” there shall be substituted a full stop, and (ii) the definition of the expression “ship” shall be deleted. ARTICLE 3 This Law may be cited as the Finance (No. 3) (Jersey) Law 1995 and shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day of January 1994. G.H.C. COPPOCK Greffier of the States. 1 Volume 1994–199, page 231.