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 HM Revenue & Customs |
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| Fiscal Officer | Deane Gillian |
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| Deputy Fiscal Officer | Griffiths Huw |
| Area | Akrotiri and Dhekalia |
| Size | 254 km² |
| Population | 15,000 |
| HQ | SBAA, Episkopi Garrison |
| Officers | 49 |
| Crossing Points | 2 |
| Coastline | 46.5 km |
 SBA Customs Vehicle |
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Sovereign Base Areas Customs is a semi-autonomous branch of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs of the United Kingdom. It has jurisdiction over Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus, administered as a Sovereign Base Area, and home to British Forces Cyprus. It is managed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and around 3500 military personnel are posted there at any one time.
In contrast with other customs forces the SBA Customs has a much wider role of responsibility, like most branches within the territory, administrating many areas including immigration, imports, exports, tax, births, marriages, divorces, and deaths.
The senior and local management officers are on loan from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in the UK, and assist with operational management and training and development of the locally employed officers of SBA Customs and Immigration service. SBACI officers monitor two crossing points at Pergamos and Strovilia in the Eastern Sovereign Base Area at the Green Line Border between the Republic of Cyprus and North Cyprus. Between the North and South areas of the island there are formal customs and immigration controls at these crossing points and the UN Buffer Zone remains along most part of the Green Line. SBA Customs are involved in preventing smuggling and illegal immigration into SBA territory. There are mobile patrols along the ESBA section of the Green line and training exercises and operations are accomplished with the cooperation of SBA Police and UK Military units based in Cyprus at the time.
Businesses based within territory must be licensed by the SBA Customs to conduct trade and there are guidelines and restrictions for various types of business. The administration produces birth, marriage and death certificates for UK Dependants based within the territory.
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