The three new customs acts, which had original implementation dates of “about June 2015”, are still stuck at a public discussion phase – and sitting in limbo with the SA Revenue Service (Sars).
When the idea was at its natal stage, the releases from Sars suggested that somewhere around June 2015, it would replace the current Customs and Excise Act with two new pieces of legislation - the Customs Control Act and the Customs Duty Act.
Pieces of the existing legislation were to be repealed through the Customs Repeal Act and the bits that were left over would be renamed the Excise Duty Act.
The process towards implementation has continued in the usual government stutter towards completion, but is currently just left up in the air at Sars.
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FTW pick: New Customs Acts still ‘in limbo’
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