Editing HM Customs and Excise (section)

===Other===
For various reasons HMCE and its predecessors had accrued a variety of other responsibilities over the years, some of which had nothing to do with revenue collection and protection. Many of these additional duties pertained to the regulation of activities in UK coastal waters on behalf of HM Government (not least because HMCE had [[customs officer]]s stationed all around the UK coast). Thus at various times in the 20th century HMCE was involved in receiving, regulating or recording:<ref name="NARecords" /><ref name="Carson1972">{{cite book |last1=Carson |first1=Edward |title=The Ancient and Rightful Customs |date=1972 |publisher=Faber and Faber |location=London}}</ref>
* [[Import license|import and export licences]]
* trade [[statistics]] (since 1696)
* [[light dues]] (recorded since 1615)
* [[Receiver of Wreck|wrecks]] (statutory by 1713)
* [[embargoes]] 
* [[quarantine]] and other public health restrictions (since 1663)
* [[occupational licensing]]
* registration of [[moneylenders]]
* [[exchange controls]]
* [[ship registration]]
* [[immigration control]] (in smaller ports and airports)